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After the news of the Coronavirus becoming a worldwide pandemic, we decide to escape civilization and sail out into the Pacific Ocean for a while, doing our own isolation. We come ac...
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We tried to sail to Playa Venao to relax and surf while the world went crazy with the Coronavirus pandemic, but the police had other ideas. With all borders closed around the world, ...
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We decided to leave Panama City as the lockdown rules became one of the most strict in the world. We sail out the the beautiful remote islands of Las Perlas (Pearl islands) where we ...
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We continue to explore the Las Perlas islands during lockdown in Panama. The Coronavirus changed the whole world, so it was nice living off grid in such a remote location. We have pe...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged 2012 Lagoon 450 Catamaran bought in Tortola, BVI at the beginning of 2018, after Hurricane Irma. Colin and his friends spent 4 months getting her seaworthy, before setting sail across the Caribbean. They then did an extensi...
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We continue to explore Las Perlas islands during lockdown in Panama. The rainy season was approaching fast, but that didn't stop us making the best of the situation.
We spent our da...
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As the days were passing, our chances to cross the Pacific were getting thinner. Lucky for us, the sailing community we found in the Las Perlas Islands of Panama was amazing.
We took...
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We had a friendly race with another Lagoon 450 catamaran while we continued sailing in the pacific! We keep exploring the beauty of Las Perlas Islands in Panama and having fun togeth...
In this weeks episode, we sail to a place called Playa Venao in Panama, to surf and have a good time, but end up having a nightmare when our dinghy drags its anchor and ends up flipping in the surf. We scramble to save it, and end up with it on the beach i...
Here is part 1 of a 2 part series showing the sequence of events that lead to SV Parlay having to go back to the shipyard. As we were sailing along, the rigging when totally slack, and we knew something was damaged internally. What we were to find was extr...
In part one you saw us realize that we had a serious issue, as we completely lost rig tension. Well, this episode reveals the actual cause of this, how we found it, and some ideas as to why it happened. The main bulkhead which supports the mast has cracked...
In parts 1 and 2 you saw us discover major cracks in the bulkheads of the boat. In this final part we get a visit from the Lagoon catamaran dealer in Panama to assess the damage, and the next day get struck by lightning in the anchorage!! We lose almost al...
VICE did an episode about our situation in Panama, when the borders closed around us. They have given the video to us to share it on our channel with you all! I sent them a tonne of footage and they edited it all together to make their own VICE style versi...
In this episode we meet Aiko, who tells us the horrifying story of her getting attacked by a crocodile in the San Blas islands, in Panama. The crocodile bit her on the leg and dragged her under the water, making her see her life flash before her eyes. She ...
After discovering cracks in the bulkhead of our hurricane damaged cat, we have to come back through the Panama Canal for the 2nd time in 3 months, back into the Caribbean, to repair the boat in Linton Bay marina, Panama.
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged ...
After having to come back into the Caribbean to repair our hurricane damaged catamaran, we find home in a place called Linton bay, near the Panama Canal, where we take a few days to explore the area before we get to work. With cracked bulkheads and almost ...
We are finally settled in at Linton Bay Marina in Panama, and can start working on the cracked bulkheads of our hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran. We also got struck by lightning recently so start the troubleshooting process for seeing what exactly ha...
In this episode the crew have a guest tattoo artist come to do some work on the captain and his girlfriend. In the meantime, the repairs continue on their salvage catamaran to get ready to cross the Pacific next year.
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged 2012...
I had to make the decision to leave Parlay in the marina in Panama to go to work on a Superyacht. The repairs needed for Parlay are to the tune of $30,000 so I had to take the opportunity to earn some money when it presented itself. Meanwhile the crew love...
Devastating episode about how I lost my dog Marty to a blood infection, while I was away working on a Superyacht. This also leaves our other dog McFly without a brother, so it was a tremendously tough event for all of us...
On a lighter note, we manage to...
After a short stint working on a Superyacht, I start to make the journey back to Panama, which unfortunately was still in lockdown! So I fly to Florida where Martina meets me, and we start to figure out a way to go back to Parlay. As the airports are close...
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An opportunity came up for me to rebuild a couple of salvage catamarans, and I decided to take up the opportunity to try and make some money, in order ...
If anyone is interested in buying one of these catamarans you can email me at [email protected]
We have to patch the transom of a 2015 fountain pajot Helia 44 catamaran, in order to drive her back to Florida. We have to do some unorthodox repairs,...
We are attempting to tow one salvage catamaran across the Gulf Stream to Florida, with another salvage cat. These boats were damaged in the Bahamas during Hurricane Dorian, and we are repairing them to be sold hopefully to one of our followers. You can ema...
The weather just wasn't cooperating with us as we attempted to tow a salvage catamaran to Florida from Freeport, Bahamas....
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We finally manage to leave the Bahamas on a hurricane damaged 2015 fountain pajot Helia 44. We go through a few of the things I did to prepare for this passage across the Gulf Stream to Florida, but get pulled over by the cops on arrival. We weren't breaki...
We get to work on a salvage boat after driving it over from the Bahamas to Florida. We haul her out in Riviera beach and start ripping yards and yards of rotten/wet balsa core out of her hulls. We leave no stone unturned as try to find good dry core throug...
Thought I would give a detailed explanation of how to replace the core of your boat. In this example we use a balsa core, but the princple for other core materials is the same. Watch the previous episode (94) to see us removing the core.
If you are intere...
In this episode we show you how we made this huge mold on from a donor Fountain Pajot Helia 44, to fix a hurricane damaged sister ship. She was baldy damaged during hurricane dorian but was salvaged and we drove her to Florida to do the repairs..
If you a...
Action packed episode this week as we pull the engine out and cut out the transom of the hurricane damaged Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 catamaran, and install the mold we made to repair it. We also tow another salvage cat into American waters from the Bahamas,...
We continue the rebuild of the hurricane damaged Fountain Pajot Helia 44 catamaran, where we go inside and start the stringer repairs using west systems epoxy. We then take a day off and Jamie and I end up getting into a little friendly competition!
To jo...
Yep. We bought 2 more. For a price we couldn't refuse. Watch until the end to see how much we made flipping them...
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I can't believe we actually made it to 100,000 subscribers! A huge milestone which looked almost impossible to reach just even a year ago. The channel has been going for 2.5 years and at episode 100 we just rolled over to 100k subs. In true Parlay fashion ...
Big episode this week as we spray gelcoat on some of the repairs with a $20 spray gun and drill it out to be suitable for gelcoat. Our brand new mast and rigging arrives and we install of the extras and then step the mast ourselves, saving thousands of dol...
We share how we repaired our salvage catamaran keels which were crushed during hurricane dorian to their former glory in this in-depth episode shot over 4 weeks!
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The final week before this hurricane damaged boat goes back in the water!! Lots happening this episode as we pop the mold off the transom and start the fairing and spraying process. The engine also goes back in, so she is basically ready to hit the water a...
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