In this week's episode we head to the famous Stromboli Volcano in the Aeolian Islands. We consider ourselves so lucky to experience it shooting lava ...
Sailing Zephyr
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 ...
Sailing Parlay Revival
In this weeks episode get ready to head to two different islands with us. We find ourselves in the Aeolian Islands, just NE of Sicily. Salinas and Panarea are ...
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 ...
Join us this we as we explore the city of Cefalu. We swap up the ocean for land for a couple days as we hike and roam these city streets. Our next destination ...
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 ...
In this episode we continue to explore the Aegadian Islands and hit the water as much as we can. We install our new Mantus Bridal system and retire the old ...
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 ...
In this weeks episode we make our way to Sicily, stopping at the Aegadian Islands, just west of Sicily. Our sail over is full of wildlife and we enjoy every ...
In this episode we continue with our sail across to Sardinia where we lose a few of our key electronics. The weather turns nasty and boy are we happy to arrive ...
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 ...
We are back! Finally! After everything this year has brought, we weren't sure what to do. Do we continue sailing? Will certain places be in total lockdown? It ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The crew of a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran finally take their boat from the Caribbean into the Pacific ocean! This episode describes everything you ...
A lot of people ask if it was worth buying a hurricane damaged boat. That is obviously a loaded question, but in this episode the crew have a deep and ...
In this video James takes you on a tour of the damage sustained on Dec 22nd 2019 when Zingaro was nearly destroyed off the coast of Hawaii. Do you think we ...
Sailing Zingaro
You can see the excitement levels after a 7 month rebuild in Rio Dulce Guatemala, as the boys finally get to set sail into the Caribbean Sea. Colin talks about ...
The episode all you wonderful followers have been waiting for! After 7 months on the hard, Parlay finally gets splashed! The launch was extremely successful, ...
Exactly one week from launch Parlay gets some last minute jobs done as she prepares to be splashed. We primer and antifoul her hull, re-bed some windows, shim ...
We get a bunch of jobs done in this episode including installing underwater lights, unblocking bilge pumps, replacing sail drive lower seals, color matching ...
SV Parlay finally gets a fresh layer of gelcoat in Guatemala! All of her scars from Hurricane Irma slowly get covered up, and she starts to look like a new ...