The Kiwi reality TV star sailing the world

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Kiwi Below Deck and YouTube star Colin MacRae has a new mission - to circumnavigate the world in his hurricane-ravaged and now-restored 13.7 metre catamaran. He's preparing for the Pacific crossing from Mexico next year which he describes as "one of the biggest adventures of my life so far". Sailing the biggest ocean on the planet cannot be underestimated, he says. The aim is to arrive in New Zealand by November next year.

Scarcely a moment of the journey has not been captured after MacRae formed a YouTube channel called Sailing Parlay Revival. The channel has gained hundreds of thousands of subscribers, tracking the adventure of the Parlay Revival crew as they’ve so far sailed to around 25 countries covering about 20,000 nautical miles. The crew, by the way, includes two rescue dogs.

The former Mount Albert Grammar boy fell in love with sailing at age 16 when he was given a Hobie Cat. Armed with a mechanical engineering degree, he left New Zealand nearly 14 years ago for a life at sea. He quickly found positions as chief engineer on superyachts - just the ticket for a life of surfing, diving, fishing, spearfishing and sailing his way around the world. We may not be able to do the same, but we can, at least, read all about it!

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