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It was such an amazing week with all of our orders from the states arriving including brand new Highfield dinghy, with tohatsu outboard, all of our new lines from precision sails, Selden electric winch, starlink from FMC GlobalSat, the list goes on! But we get the worst news of the year when a rigge...
Bit of a crazy episode this week as Darryl, the owner of precision sails, brings a 24ft dinghy 3000 miles down the coast of North America from Canada to Mexico, to deliver 3 sails to us, and also hang out for our 60 person Patreon meet up in Puerto Vallarta!
Check out Darryls YouTube channel here!...
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 of the underwater lights, and MORE!
If you...
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 room, so we send Jamie to San Diego to...
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 when preparing to sail across the Pacific Oce...
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 worthy of becoming shell backs! LIVE right her...
If you would like to give Travis and Shawna a little love, go visit their gofundme page:
This is the story of SV Niniwahuni, a west sail 43, and the family who found themselves 950 nautical miles off the coast of Mexico, with NO MAST. Shawna and their 3 young children were rescued by a cargo ship,...
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 damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin re...
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 with friends and has started sailing around th...
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 sailing around the world. They found bulkhead dama...
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:
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and...
In this episode Im sharing some news with you that will change my planned Pacific crossing. The transit fee is paid and the transit is finally scheduled and we do have a date. After quite some time with Gee onboard Im happy to share with you guys she is joining me onboard BE FREE for the pacific wit...
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 started sailing around the world. They found bulkh...
Sailing from the west towards the east in the Caribbean is always an interesting exercise, Especially after weeks of strong winds. The shallow waters of Bocas del Toro make it sometimes quite a challenge to leave as the waves can be pretty nasty. Again BE FREE is flying over the Caribbean waves on t...
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 sailing around the world. They found bulkhead ...
In this episode, we were boarded by the customs at anchor. What can you bring and what can you not bring into Panama? When trying to check in we were told to go back to BE FREE and be in quarantine until we were cleared... The Customs was actually quite polite and friendly. However this time I was t...
Sorry for the delay! Busy busy week at the boat yard! We start ripping apart and re assembling in this episode and get to enjoy some motoring aboard a 50 foot yacht!
It’s been tough, I’ve had to sell off a lot of my personal possessions to make this work, but the support here has been slowly mak...
Some great sailing this time from San Andres to Bocas del Toro in Panama.
BE FREE is flying over the Caribbean in choppy waves and my new friend onboard is enjoying this fast sailing. We found a good weather window sending us the fast track south to Panama again where we first make a short stop in B...
I'm back in San Andres after running away from the hurricane and in this episode, we show you our full-throttle tourist experience above and below the surface around San Andres Island. Going out with a semi-submarine and snorkeling with lots of fish, renting a motorbike and Gee is showing me he...
We got struck for the second time in 2 years during wet season in Costa Rica. We lost all navigation equipment and also most of the Victron gear is now toast. But chief engineer Colin Trouble shoots the systems slowly, to get to the bottom of the total damages to the boat.
SV Parlay is a hurricane ...
How could I possibly start the new year in a better way than doing a test sail and visa run to San Andres. Also getting the chance to test my new anchor at some of the most challenging anchorages in the Caribbean.
I met a very sweet Dutch girl in Shelter Bay Marina that wanted to join me for this sh...
3 Weeks of hard work here in Shelter Bay Marina in Panama sorting out my electrical problems and even upgrading my power storage to 17,5 kwh. If this is a new world record for express refit upgrades and rebuilds after a lightning strike I don't know. But being in Panama things takes time and to...
Sailing to Shelter Bay Marina and docking in the dark after our trip to San Blas from Bocas Del Toro. My friends are moving off BE FREE and I'm again back to solo sailor life. A bit sad as we have had such a great time together, but at least I'm not on a schedule anymore. Now it's tim...
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