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EP 206: Assessing the Damage | Can We Fix It?
After exploring the town of Grande Anse D'Arlet, we opt to tour the beautiful waters of the anchorage. It was absolutely insane to see what sea life was living right under our noses. After diving the anchorage...
Through every refit we have become more familiar with Avocet’s design and layup, touching nearly every inch of the boat in the process, but there was one final piece that was left mostly untouched by us - the mast. We had already done a bit of rig work p...
After an extended cruising season, Popao is in need of some much needed love so we pull up a mooring for a few months to refurbish the entire interior and prep her for the tropics. These jobs have been on the todo list since we bought Popao almost 2 years ...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 74
In this episode we use bamboo to build a structure around the boat and finally have her protected from the weather (sun an rain).
Our aft salon continues to progress as more columns get installed around it.
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As we bounce around the San Blas islands, Panama, Colin decides to give some lessons to the new crew, from anchoring, to flying a spinnaker! We also meet up with Plucky from Sailing into Freedom, where he smokes a huge grouper for the crew!
SV Parlay is a...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 73
In this episode we are fetching bamboo to build a structure around the boat, we receive the last parts of our spray boards, the snail/curls get reinstalled to the rail and we have some crazy heavy movement wi...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 72
In this episode our bulwark continues to grow around our aft salon. As well as the high pillars that hold the pilothouse's roof up.
Also, the lathe continues to turn as so many spindles still have to be made...
We continue to sail around the San Blas islands in Panama on our hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, exploring a few of the anchorages, where we meet up with one of our patreons who lets us use his E-foil, an electric foiling paddle board!
SV Parlay i...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 71
In this episode we finally start rebuilding our lounge area, AKA the best part of our boat!
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We continue to sail around the San Blas Islands, where Tom develops an uncomfortable boil between his butt cheeks! We move to Cambombia island to celebrate New Years, where the big man Jamie himself arrives just in time for the celebrations!
SV Parlay is...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 70
In this episode we finally finished our bulwark and gunwale, which means: WE HAVE A BOAT!! From now on, everything we add is just luxury but the "ark" has been built!
Also, Ben shows exactly his trick to use ...
We are sailing around the incredible San Blas islands in Panama, and the boys want to go for a spear fish, but we accidentally put 20 liters of water in the the fuel tank instead of gasoline!!
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which C...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 69
In this episode our bulwark on port is finally finished so we can start tackling our starboard side, which means some more lathe work!
Besides that, our deck gets caulked, which is super exciting!
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In this episode we travel cross country to check out another Pretorian 35 in monetary California. We had placed a verbal offer on the boat but the seller came back with "As is" So we investigate to see if this girl will be worth our trouble or to keep the...
In this episode we finally leave the marina after a 10 month refit, and sail to Playa Blanca! After an amazing time there, we get set to leave for the infamous San Blas Islands, but we lose our water maker the day we are set to leave, so we are not sure if...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 68
In this episode we finally bring our engine back into the boat, by carrying it in our little VW bus.
We also show a quick recap of all the works our engine has gone through.
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In this episode we get a professional rigger and surveyor to guide us through the process of tensioning our rig after repairing the broken bulkheads on our Lagoon 450 catamaran. He advises us that the worst possible thing to do on a catamaran is to over te...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 67
In this episode, we finally reveal the colour of our engine to then test it and hear its ROAR!
Meanwhile, our woodwork continues and our bulwark is almost ready!
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We did it! 4 years after buying Parlay, a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450, who went through 3 separate rebuilds, due to hurricane Irma, finding cracked bulkheads, and getting struck by lightning! But she is now hands down the strongest Lagoon 450 on the plane...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 66
In this episode we put our engine back together and make it ready to receive paint! That includes adding pullies, installing a new water pump, adjusting valves and more!
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From lessons-learned-the-hard-way with fiberglass repairs through the years, we've learned: play to our strengths 💪
That means SHE lays up the glass, HE does the grinding, and when SHE has a bad idea about which solvent to use HE needs to shut her dow...
Ladies and gentlemen, we are finally ready to splash! We throw a solid epoxy barrier coat onto Parlay's hull, then 2 coats of antifoul, and finish up a bunch of last minute jobs before she is finally ready to be launched after 10 months in the shipyard, an...
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 65
In this episode our bulwark design change finally comes to life! We believe Yabá is looking SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL now, we can't believe she is ours!
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