Hurricane Irma destroyed hundreds of boats, SV parlay being one of them, which sank on her port side and was deemed a constructive total loss. That's when I bought her for $150k at the start of 2018 and proceeded to spend the next couple of years rebuildin...
It is our final week in the shipyard in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico as we put the engines and sail drives back into the boat, install brand new Bruntons folding propellers, apply Propspeed, light speed, and foul free to our underwater gear, finish the install ...
In this LIVE episode I will talk to Brian and Kazza about what it’s like to live full time on a sailboat!
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The shipyard period continues as we have the sail drive torn completely apart and siting on the bench, leaving a 1ft hole in the bottom of the boat.We have a cracked flange, which I don't want to just weld as it stops the ocean from pouring into the engine...
We haul out in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where we get hit with blow after blow of shocking discoveries, including a possible crack in the hull, and a cracked saildrive flange which stops us from going back in the water as planned. The last thing we needed w...
We go to the Miami boat show to meet up with lots of our friends, but also celebrate being on the cover of Latitudes and attitudes magazine! Here we go on a Vela boat with our friend John after meeting up with some fellow Below deck friends in Miami. Big t...
We are about 2000 miles from Mexico, and are officially going from the northern to the southern hemisphere! There will be a line crossing ceremony performed for all 7 polywogs, in front of king Neptune (Colin) where they will be hazed to see if they are wo...
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This is the story of SV Niniwahuni, a west sail 43, and the family who found themselves 950 nautical miles off the coast of ...
In this episode we continue to sail around Mexico, but have quite a few crew leave for their next adventures, but explain what it is like to live at sea...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has sta...
As we continue to sail up the coast of Mexico, we let Elle captain the boat for a day for her birthday. So we decide to do a man overboard drill with her, which has mixed results!!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt...
We continue to sail up the coast of Mexico towards Barra de Navidad, where we have to creep into an extremely shallow anchorage. We even put a crew member up the mast to look out for reefs, but it didn't really go to plan...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damag...
As we sailed we sailed north up the pacific coast of Mexico, we came across an injured whale with a line wrapped around its body, so jumped in to try and save it...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends an...
We finally make it to Huatulco, Mexico, and attempt to clear into the country, but are completely oblivious to to the local laws which got us unexpectedly in a spot of bother...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt wi...
We sail from Honduras to Mexico on the pacific side, and have a 6 day passage across the infamous Tehunatepec bay, where winds are renown as being the worst in the whole area. Along the way we pick up a line in the propeller in 16,000 ft of water, so the c...
The crew score some EPIC surf in Nicaragua before setting sail to Honduras, but boredom kicks in and the crew decide to jazz things up a little!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sailin...
We try something different for Lattitudes and attitudes magazine, but on second thought realize that it was pretty dangerous for the girls...if you want to see the cover shot they ended up choosing go here:
http://latsatts.com/online-magazine/
SV Parlay i...
We FINALLY clear out of Costa Rica and sail up towards Nicaragua, where Colin has a small lot of land tucked away in a small surf town paradise. And as usual the crew have a LOT of fun along the way, including surf, pranks, and rain showers!
SV Parlay is ...
It is our final few days in Costa Rica, and all the crew go for one last night out in Coco beach, leaving the captain all alone to be as free as a bird!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has starte...
In this episode we sail 230 miles into the wind and sea almost the entire length of Costa Rica, with no auto pilot because of the lightning strike!!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sa...
The Parlay revival had an awesome time at the Annapolis boat show, and Colin invited his good friend Chef Marcos Spaziani to join in the festivities, so its a little below deck reunion at the boat show!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamara...
We are going to be part of the @miamiboatshow from Thursday-Saturday this week! We will be at the @raymarine @battlebornbatteries @ultra_marine_anchoring @highfieldboats @selden_mast @velaboatworks @ugowear booths at various times, as well as a 2 hour slot...
This is the first ever behind the scenes episode of below deck where I interview every cast member about their experiences on the show, and also some of the production team about what its like behind the scenes of below deck sailing. We talk about what it ...
This is the final few days of the lightning damage refit in Costa Rica, as we get ready topsail 2500 miles north to the top end of Mexico, before sailing across the pacific ocean to New Zealand.
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which...
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