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COLIN MACRAE OPENS UP ABOUT THE “DRAMAS” IN HIS LIFE OUTSIDE OF BELOW DECK
SAILING YACHT

Here’s where you might have seen Parsifal III’s chief engineer prior to Below
Deck Sailing Yacht.

By Laura Rosenfeld


Colin MacRae joined the Parsifal III crew in Season 2 of Below Deck Sailing
Yacht as the vessel's new chief engineer. But that was hardly his first time in
front of a camera.

In 2018, Colin began chronicling his adventures in working to repair a catamaran
that had been damaged during Hurricane Irma on his YouTube channel, Sailing
Parlay Revival. And sure, both his YouTube channel and Below Deck Sailing Yacht
involve boats and cameras, but that's pretty much where the similarities end,
Colin told Bravo Insider during an exclusive interview earlier this season.
"It’s just completely different," he said. "When I’m on my boat doing my YouTube
channel, I’m choosing what to film and I’m choosing what to show. On Below Deck,
you have no control over what they choose to show and what they film even."

There's also the fact that Colin has to literally give up the helm to Captain
Glenn Shephard on Below Deck Sailing Yacht, whereas he's the captain of Parlay
Revival. "It’s a huge adjustment. It’s a big deal. Like, on my boat, we as a
crew decide where to go and for how long, and who we bring on as crew and even
who we let go as crew on the boat. I'm the captain," Colin said. "And then when
I go on Below Deck, I've got to take orders and respect guests, and it's just a
totally different environment."

But if Colin has to take orders from someone, at least it's Captain Glenn. "Oh,
man, like no joke, he is a phenomenal guy to work for. He doesn't demand
respect; he just kind of earns it. On the show, it looks like we don't have a
lot of respect for him, in a way, like we just party so much and whatnot," Colin
said. "But there's this line that we try to steer clear of, and he's very
lenient. It's kind of like he gives maximum freedom, but we have to take full
responsibility for whatever we do. I really adapt well to that leadership
style."

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It also helps that Captain Glenn is "hilarious," which fans may not get the full
effect of just by watching Below Deck Sailing Yacht, according to Colin. "He is
honestly just cracking jokes the entire time. The number of times that he’s got
the entire crew in stitches," Colin said. "He could be a stand-up comedian, he’s
that funny. Like, it’s just nonstop."

Colin did note a couple of similarities between working on the Parsifal III and
Parlay, such as the "small living space" and the occasional bit of conflict.
"There are dramas on my boat as well, for sure. We're just not filming it 24
hours a day," he added. "If we had cameras rolling on here 24 hours a day, it
would be its own Bravo series, I think."

Though we've heard Colin admit to grabbing the proverbial popcorn when conflict
breaks out on the Parsifal III, the chief engineer said he tries "to stay out of
the drama as much as possible" on the show. "I didn't really go into there
wanting to be part of the drama, and I managed to stay out of it," he told Bravo
Insider. "So for the most part, I was really happy with how the season went, and
watching it was really enjoyable."

One reason Colin doesn't seem to find himself in dramatic situations like some
of his Below Deck Sailing Yacht crewmates is perhaps because he had a girlfriend
for both seasons. Prior to Season 3, Colin began dating Silvia Latini. "She's
from Italy. We've been together for like a year, and we did the long-distance
thing while I was on the show and came back together. And she's now in Panama
with me and standing around on my boat," Colin told Bravo Insider. "She's been
supportive of the whole Below Deck thing, and you need that when you're out
there and amongst all that activity on the boat."





We've seen so many long-distance couples struggle over the years on Below Deck,
but Colin shared how he and Silvia were able to make their relationship work
during the charter season. "You've got to have a lot of trust, and you've got to
have a lot of respect for each other. The main priority when I go on those jobs
is the work, you know? Everything else is secondary to just doing a good job,"
he said. "So I take it pretty seriously, and some things happened throughout the
season that required me to be really on my game. It's a serious job being a
chief engineer. It's no joke."

Colin is now able to share his Below Deck Sailing Yacht experience with Silvia
as the episodes air, and he recalled what it was like to watch the Season 3
premiere with his girlfriend. "We sat down and enjoyed that," he said. "It’s
always just funny watching yourself on television. It's a weird feeling."

What can also be a little odd is having complete strangers recognize you out in
public, although Colin already had some experience with that, thanks to his
YouTube stardom. "People come up to me on the streets or in marinas or wherever
we are and just know my name and start chatting to me, and I never know if
they're fans of the YouTube channel or fans of Below Deck," he said. "It takes a
while to figure out where they know me from, but I'd say it's about 50/50: Half
of them are from YouTube, and half of them are Below Deck fans."





Colin's experience with Parlay Revival has helped him navigate the sometimes
choppy waters of being part of the Below Deck Sailing Yacht crew. "We have this
big thing [on the YouTube channel] where we just live with no regrets. And, you
know, everything happens for a reason. And as we sailed around, we had a whole
bunch of catastrophes happen on my boat. We got struck by lightning, had broke
bulkheads, and all this stuff," Colin shared. "So I took that attitude onto
Below Deck, and I've got no regrets. It all just unfolded exactly how it should,
and I enjoyed it."

Colin has so much faith in the "everything happens for a reason" credo because
he's witnessed it firsthand, citing a time in 2020 when Parlay Revival was
struck by lightning. "I lost like $25,000 worth of electronics on the boat," he
said. "It just fried everything, but it all happened for a reason."

After the incident was documented on YouTube, a marine electronics company
happened to see the episode and decided to send Colin and his crew new equipment
for the catamaran. "Now we've got all upgraded, brand-new electronics on the
boat. So what at the time seemed like a horrific accident turned out to be a
blessing, because now we have all new gear," Colin shared. "So everything
happens for a reason. You just have to take it all in stride."

At the time of his interview with Bravo Insider, Colin was in Panama, having
just traveled from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, his fourth time
crossing through the Panama Canal. "It's always just an incredible experience,"
he said.





This was a crucial moment, as Colin and his crew were getting ready to decide on
their next destination. "We did a regatta on the Bocas del Toro on the Caribbean
side, and then we just came through the canal, and it's a big week for us,
'cause we're all gonna sit down — I've got six crew at the moment — and make a
decision about what we're gonna do next," he said. "So we're gonna look into
which countries are open, which countries have strict lockdown rules, and just
make our mind up about where we're gonna go next."

The Parlay Revival crew had narrowed it down to two options: crossing the
Pacific Ocean to end up in Colin's home country of New Zealand or heading toward
Mexico and seeing all the "amazing countries" along the way, such as Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, and El Salvador, according to Colin.

Sailing around the world does have its drawbacks, including making it a little
difficult to connect with other members of the Below Deck family. "I chat now
and then with the other Colin [Macy-O'Toole]. He's a really, really nice guy. I
[hung] out with Bobby [Giancola] and Alex Radcliffe in Fort Lauderdale when I
was there," Colin said. "But yeah, not too many. I'm down in Panama in Central
America and headed toward either Mexico or New Zealand, so I'm kind of feeling
remote compared to all the other guys and the yachties."

After hitting 200,000 subscribers in February, Colin said he's looking forward
to growing his YouTube channel as he continues to sail the world on Parlay. "The
YouTube channel is all about trying to inspire people to follow their dreams. We
went through a lot of hardships, and the boat itself is a hurricane-damaged
boat. So by filming all of that and making episodes about it, I think we
inspired a lot of other people to follow their dreams and really take on some
projects that they may not have otherwise," Colin said. "We just ticked over
200,000 subscribers, and in the next couple of years I hope to think that we're
coming up around a million subscribers and inspiring the world."





If Colin's life sounds pretty amazing to you, well, he wouldn't disagree. "It's
mind-blowing, and we started with nothing. We had no experience editing videos.
I didn't even have an Instagram account. It was just a pipe dream, and then we
just stuck at it, weekly episodes every Sunday, and grew this audience. And if
you think about an audience with 200,000 people in front of you, that's a lot of
people, so we're so grateful and thankful for everything that's unfolded," he
said. "But the future is pretty exciting."

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