SAILING PARLAY REVIVAL - Channel Trailer!
28 July 2020 · 3 min · 527K views
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Colin, a former superyacht chief engineer, purchased a hurricane-damaged Lagoon 450 in September 2017 after Hurricane Irma destroyed thousands of vessels in the Caribbean.0:45 The insurance company declared the catamaran a constructive total loss due to extensive hull damage and sinking.0:50 After performing emergency repairs in Tortola to make the vessel seaworthy, the crew sailed to Rio Dulce, Guatemala, for a comprehensive refit.1:18 The project required five months of labor in high temperatures to remove and replace meters of rotten balsa core from the hull.1:27 Following the structural repairs and exterior painting, the crew renamed the vessel Parlay Revival and began a circumnavigation toward the Pacific Ocean.2:06 The restoration process demonstrates that extensive structural damage to a fiberglass catamaran can be repaired through intensive labor and core replacement.
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