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In this episode Katie and Zoe offer to do a 48 hour liferaft challenge, in the middle of an atoll in French Polynesia. They suddenly reali...
This is a behind the scenes episode of our trip to Annapolis where Colin blindly bids on upgrading the whole crew to business class, with the minimum possible offer, and actually wins! By the time he realizes this was a very expensive mistake, it was too l...
If you would like to give a little to Herve, I've asked him to make the following gofundme page...
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In this episode I sail...
9 years ago dad shipwrecked in French Polynesia. Almost a decade later I have taken my own hurricane damaged boat into the same atoll, to reunite with Herve, and the family who took us in all those years ago. Full video can be found here: https://youtu.be...
Pretty wild episode as Jamie and I sail to a deserted island to do a 24 hour challenge on a deserted island, but within half an hour I get attacked by fire ants, and have an allergic reaction where my face swells up, I get bumps all over my body, my ear ca...
In this episode we sail from the Tuamotu islands to Makatea island, which only has 3 mooring balls outside of it. All of them were taken but the local guide says that we can tie up to the dinghy dock. I calculate that we will have 1 foot of clearance betwe...
In this episode we enter a regatta in Tahiti, and sail out to Moorea in a race against 25 other cruisers! There we go to a spot where we were able to swim with stingrays and sharks, and they get right up close and personal with us! We love French Polynesia...
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This week, 26 of our Patrons come sailing with us in Tahiti for a 3 day event, with the help of our friends on WeSail. We sail all the way to ...
In this episode we sail to Teahupoo in Tahiti for the World Surf League contest where all of the best surfers in the world compete at one of the heaviest waves in the world. This was a bucket list item and an absolute dream to have my catamaran anchored ri...
In this episode we sail to Bora Bora in French Polynesia to witness one of the most picturesque places we have ever seen. But coming here comes with an enormous price tag, with some of the resorts costing an astounding $10,000 per night to stay at...
If y...
Highlights of our week at the WSL surf comp in Tahiti. Was an insane week seeing all the pro's do their thing. Full video over on our youtube channel .
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started...
In this episode we give yo ua step by step guide to building a thatch roof using only palm leaves. The island we are on is called Maupiha'a, and will be our final stop before we sail across the pacific to the next country!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged...
In this episode we sail to Bora Bora in French polynesia and see some of the incredible over water bungalows at the resorts, but some of them have a price tag of $10,000 per night...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebui...
We sail to Aitutaki in the Cook Islands when disaster strikes. Our buddy boat which is a 54ft Bavaria gets stuck on a reef after we were told that the channel entering the harbour had a depth of 3 meters...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 cata...
We have an awesome episode this week as we take on the 800 mile sail from the Cook Islands to Tonga. We hit 4 meter seas and 30 knots of wind as we cruise straight past the Island of Niue, and end up very relieved in the Vava'u group of islands in the king...
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In this episode we interview SV Blue Beryl, who lost their mast 1000 miles off the coast of Galapagos, headi...
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We have an emotional episode this week as we say goodbye to Don, our oldest crew member we have ever had, at a ripe old age of 70! We also officially mak...
As we reached 300k on YouTube, we celebrate by letting Louis Anderson, former New Zealand rugby league international, to send me flying off our dive board!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has sta...
Huge episode this week as we leave Tonga to sail over 1000 miles to New Zealand! We manage to stop at Minerva reef, which is a submerged atoll in the middle of the south Pacific ocean, and possibly one for the coolest places we have ever been!
SV Parlay i...
In this episode we suddenly have to leave Minerva reef, and try to outrun a cyclone that has formed around Fiji, and is heading straight towards us. Our only option is to sail to New Zealand and hope for the best. In the meantime, the crew open up about wh...
The final part to our sailing to New Zealand series is complete! Been a very long time coming. Thank you all for following the journey!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sailing around ...
Very emotional episode as we sail in a convoy into Auckland, where I grew up. We get a traditional Maori welcome, called a powhiri, and a mind blowing 500 people were in attendance, which raised a bunch of money for a kids charity at Akarana Marine center ...
This monster of an episode took so many people to be able to make. Thanks to all of my friends for the photos and footage from our hurricane Irma days:
Tara Jeffcoat - Salvage photos
Bobo Cogswell (BVI yacht sales) - Irma pics and videos
Tommy Costanza -...
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Pretty wild episode this week as we pull off a 6 day patreon event in Auckland, New Zealand with 50 patrons from all rou...
In this episode we leave Auckland, New Zealand to start our circumnavigation, when disaster strikes, and our bow completely tears away from the hull on the bow. It leaves us uncertain about our future plans...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 c...
In this episode we continue to grind fiberglass inside the forepeak of the boat where the deck tore away from the hull, which is NEVER fun...
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sailing a...
Join this sailing crew on their adventure as they tackle New Zealand's coastline during a worldwide voyage while dealing with engine troubles and mechanical issues.
After having the deck of the bow rip clean off the hull, things go from bad to worse as we develop a very concerning knocking noise inside the Saildrive. It's so bad that we end up having to do an emergency haul out....
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged La...
00:00 Introduction
01:33 SD60 upgrade
06:50 Test in shipyard
07:39 Replacing depth transducer
10:49 Installing prop shaft
14:25 Splashing the boat
16:33 I screwed up!
18:49 Sea trial
23:04 Jamie comes back!
We continue to upgrade the SD50 to the S...
A marine captain shares his experience dealing with the frustration of negative comments from Facebook trolls on a post discussing their boat's damages. Despite the setback, the crew continues to offer valuable tips to their boating community.
Join Colin and his team on their boat repair journey as they work tirelessly to fix major damage to their vessel. Learn the skills needed to repair a weakened bow section and prevent further deterioration of the structure by reinforcing key areas with fibe...
This week we finally get going on our circumnavigation of New Zealand fro Great barrier island, and end up all the way down in Wellington, but on the way, we stop at White Island, or Whakaari (Maori name), where 22 people tragically lost their lives in an ...
This is part 1 of a 2 part behind the scenes look at the Sail GP in Christchurch New Zealand. We meet the best sailors in the world, and get a tour of the team hangars and even the coaching booths at the event. Watch until the end where I get told I may be...
Watch part 1 here!
https://youtu.be/_jB-H3moh4w
In this episode I actually get to go on one of the F50 catamarans with Team Canada! I try to describe what it's like, in what will go down as one of the coolest experiences of my life! The black foils end u...
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