Happy Friday Patrons!
We're back in the land of internet and just finished uploading this new episode last night! We did a bit of experimental First Person Point of View in this one and tried to show what it's like at sea during a 24 hour period.
Ever wondered what a typical day on a two week open ocean passage is like? It varies depending on the boat, the crew and the ocean but there is definitely a couple common themes that weave their way into all of our long distance sai...
2019-12-13 14:00:35 +0000 UTC
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There must be something in the water?.... Or maybe it's the romance of the sea?
LOVE IS IN THE AIR ON DELOS! For those of who you saw it coming miles away like we did, it may not be a big surprise to you that Sean and Chia officially have something special between them!! A boat acts like a pressure cooker to a relationship, it truly heats things up REAL quick! As the new couple tries to play it cool, the crew has fun secretly filming their budding relationship. We also ...
2019-12-06 09:59:59 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons!
This is Part 4 of our Cruiser University Safety Series!
Number 1 rule don’t fall off the boat! In this video we go through our offshore sailing safety rules we have on Delos - MOB, Fire onboard, Breach in the vessel and Ditch our list.
Please visit https://www.svdelos.com/safety for links and resources mentioned in this video.
Much Love ~ The Delos Crew
2019-12-04 10:00:01 +0000 UTC
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This is why we love sharing adventures with you! Being able to show our patrons beautiful anchorages and adventures inspires us to keep going. Thanks for being there with us :)
After 3 busy days in Bermuda we decide to move Delos to one of the most beautiful anchorages we have seen! It seriously felt like we sailed into a swimming pool! After settling into our new hood we celebrate Ruben becoming a man (turning 20), head to some magical caves and becoming even closer as a fa...
2019-11-29 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Our first successful passage of the Season in Complete!!! Thank you Patrons for being with us on this journey!
After 7 days at Sea we sail into the beautiful waters of BERMUDA!!! We knew so very little about this place before arriving, but instantly fell in love with it’s cool history & friendly people! After being greeted by our “official Bermudian welcoming party”, we take advantage of land life with skateboarding, bridge jumping, and Dark N’ Stormy drinkin’. A mem...
2019-11-22 12:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey Delos Tribe! Want to own a piece of SV Delos history? We created these awesome and durable sail bags using some of the material from our retired Mizzen Sail from Delos. They are perfect for your beach gear, shopping, and we've even used ours as an airplane carry on. If you are looking for a unique holiday gift for your family, or even yourself, and want to get ahead of the Black Friday shopping madness here you go! We were only able to make 125 bags in total,...
2019-11-21 15:21:02 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy Patrons! Here is the continued series of videos answering the questions asked. Particulars are below! Just in case I have also put the direct links to the videos. Hope you enjoy! Capt. Brian
Lithium Battery Monitoring, heavy draw items, and inverters - BOAT TECH (4 of 7)
What's in Brian's Electrical Repair K...
2019-11-18 15:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Have any patrons sailed into the Bermuda triangle and had something strange happen?!
The Bermuda Triangle in infamous for its unexpected storms and unexplained effects on boats… Delos seemed to hold up fine, but her crew start to go a bit wacky in this episode!! Ruben writes some shanties, Blue tries to communicate with sea birds, Sean & Chia think they are in a rap music video and Captain Brady wonders if the world has ended after his buddy Elon Musk doesn’t answer a sat phone ...
2019-11-15 11:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy Delos Tribe! After the boat show madness I finally found some time to edit together the videos with answers to all the electrical boat tech questions about solar, wind, and batteries you all asked before Karin and I got off the boat. It's a playlist with 3 videos and I hope to have the final 4 videos done for next week!
Just in case the player is acting up again I'll put direct links to each video individually below so you can watch directly in YouTube.
2019-11-11 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! What is the highest wind speed at sea you've experienced??
Brady definitely earns some Captain points in this episode! The furler on the Genoa gives out in the dead of the night, right in the middle of a rainy squall which is gusting up to 46 knots!! The squall damages our wind sensor and we have to sail old school through the night by looking at the flags. After getting everything back in working order, we get a little weather lesson from Sean and the crew explores what th...
2019-11-08 09:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Yeahhhh!! The passage is in full swing now... Happy Friday Patrons!
Squall after squall roll over Delos as we head off the coast of Florida, but despite the windless holes they leave us in- we are still able to travel 5 knots over ground thanks to the Gulf Stream!! The crew adjusts to life at sea, Ruben struggles with his seasickness, we have to act fast to drop the Gennekar from a sneaky squall, and things start to HEAT UP between Sean and Chia! Often our episodes cover a span of a few...
2019-11-01 18:29:13 +0000 UTC
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Happy Wednesday Patrons! Another Bonus video today!
How do you survive in a life raft? In this video we go trough our offshore Ditch Kit. Everything we would want to bring with us in a worse case scenario - Delos sinks and we would need to survive on the open ocean in our life raft. For a detailed list of all the items please visit 2019-10-30 18:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Bonus mid-week slow TV!
This weeks SLOW TV is truly something special for the Tribe! We hit record on the @gopros just before casting the lines to begin our ATLANTIC CROSSING! The first hour or so shows Delos slipping through the Canals of Pompano Beach, just chomping at the bit to make it to the open ocean! We managed to keep this Slow TV recording for almost 7 HOURS and capture a massive squall rolling off the coast and over Delos. We have a lot of fun making these and hope you enjoy ...
2019-10-29 19:32:47 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Patrons!
Really excited to share this episode with you! After a month at the dock we are ready to do a BIG provision run and check the last items off the to-do list. We then cast the lines and head off into the Atlantic Ocean, next stop Bermuda!
BIG THANKS to fellow Patron JIM for letting us take over his house and dock!!
Much Love,
Brady and Blue
2019-10-25 12:33:52 +0000 UTC
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Happy Monday Tribe! Here's the next BONUS video in our series about safety at sea!
In this video we show step by step how to service our Mustang inflatable pfd life-vests.
We also go through how to add and install a personal locating AIS Man OverBoard device for extra safety.
Our offshore medical kit has come together over many years of cruising! It’s based on recommendations from marine physicians and our own personal experiences of the trip. We've wanted to m...
2019-10-21 17:00:58 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy Patrons! Well, what can I say... It's been an incredible 10 years of sailing and living aboard Delos! When I joined as a 21 year old I had absolutely no idea where my heart and gut instinct would take me. But, here I am, opening the next chapter in the Delos Story.
As Brian and Karin fly off to Sweden to have a little one, Blue and I will be sailing Delos across the North Atlantic with a whole new crew, including the DELOS SCHOLARSHIP WINNER. Change is scary and t...
2019-10-18 11:06:24 +0000 UTC
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I felt so emotional putting this episode together. It’s the end of a big chapter in our lives and things will be different from here. But before leaving we do our best to finish what felt like hundreds of boat projects and have a big Patron party where we inflate a 16 man life raft! It was awesome!! And then we say a sad see you later :( Now Brian and I fly to Sweden to have a baby and Alex and Brady set sail across the Atlantic!
Lots of hugs and Kisses!! Love you all ~Kazza
2019-10-11 05:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Our offshore medical kit has come together over many years of cruising! It’s based on recommendations from marine physicians and our own personal experiences of the trip. We've wanted to make this video for a long time and we hope it helps you to to decide what is important for you to have onboard! Please visit https://svdelos.com/safety for links and resources mentioned in this video.
In this video we cove...
2019-10-08 14:09:40 +0000 UTC
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AHOY ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW!!! 10:00AM EST Friday, Oct. 11th @ Annapolis Waterfront Hotel I’ll be giving a presentation entitled the “Cost of Cruising” where I recount 10 years of our average cruising costs! Senior Brady will be doing his best to Live Stream this event internet permitting, so if you can’t make it visit https://svdelos.com/subscribe an...
2019-10-07 15:26:16 +0000 UTC
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After 10 years of sailing Delos around the world we are back in mainland US waters! A very special time as we have the family out for a prefect daysail up the coast of Florida!
Arriving into the channels at Pompano beach we get a visit from the Sheriff and hit bottom 2 feet from the dock. Hope you like this cozy family episode!
Much Love - Kazza :D
XoXoooox
PS- There have been a few problems with people playing the videos released on Patreon. ...
2019-10-04 14:07:24 +0000 UTC
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Hey Delos Tribe! When we were in Grenada last year we ran a little competition and choose two very lucky couples (Deelah Tribe and the Denaway's) to fly down to Grenada to film a video series about what the ASA Sailing courses are all about! The guys from LTD just finished editing it together and I wanted to share it with you. If you've ever wondered what one of these courses is like have a look at the video series. It's very well done!
Chris from LTD asked...
2019-10-02 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hellloooo Patrons!
Wow! Thank you all so much for the love and interest on our previous post about crewing on Delos across the Atlantic!!
Thank you for taking the time to fill out the questionnaire. We read every last entry, more than once! For a few of you, we want to speak to you a bit more and ask some questions :) Please check your Patreon Inbox and if you got a message from us, follow t...
2019-10-01 20:00:20 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy Delos Tribe! It's super important that we have a chance to meet up with as many of you as possible, and since some of you weren't able to make the Arctic Storytelling Presentation, or the sail on the Woodwind I wanted to set up something else to try and accommodate!
The event is at the Federal House (just across from boat show entrance) Friday Oct. 11th, from 5:00PM to 8:00PM. Tickets are just $5.00 and can be reserved here.
Please use access code "svdelos" to make ...
2019-10-01 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
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My dad often speaks of life in chapters. When one chapter ends, the next begins, and this video really sums up our emotions as we approach the close of 2 chapters in our adventures. Our passage sailing from the Ragged Islands in the Bahamas is the close of a 10 year chapter of Delos returning to the mainland USA. The crew is a little emotional because we also know that this will be our last time sailing together with just the 4 of us. When we return to Delos in a few m...
2019-09-27 13:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy Patrons! Hope your having a beautiful day wherever in the world you might be :)
Blue and I are putting plans together to sail from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean and are in the process of picking crew! Of course, we wanted to let our PATRONS know first and be involved in the process. This is not a drawing and doesn't guarantee we will have a patron on board, but it's really important to us to have you be in the mix! Please read the details of the passage below and if it'...
2019-09-26 21:47:58 +0000 UTC
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We find our own deserted island in the Bahamas! The Ragged Islands are a magical spot :)
Crystal clear water, white sand beaches, no internet and no other people. Spending endless days, kiting, snorkeling, foil-boarding and just soaking up the sun.
Editing this footage really made me miss this incredible spot.
Hope you like! Lots of love ~ Kazza and the crew
2019-09-20 11:00:01 +0000 UTC
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How much does it cost to sail around the world, and how do we pay for it? This is one of the most popular questions we get asked. As some of you might know I’m a bit of a numbers and stats nerd, and I’ve compiled our average costs over the 10 years that Delos has been sailing. Things like insurance costs, fuel usage, boat maintenance, and food budget. Plus how we’ve made money along the way to pay for it! I’m preparing a presentation about the subject for the Annapolis and South...
2019-09-17 08:44:22 +0000 UTC
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The midnight skies were lit up like day as Delos sails into the heart of a massive lightning storm. With lightning crashing all around us the thunder cell surrounded Delos and we were forced to take precautions to save our backup navigation and communication gear. The strikes were close enough to make our hair stand on end!
What would you do to safeguard your equipment and yourself against a lightning strike at sea?
2019-09-13 11:49:56 +0000 UTC
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For those of you that will be at the Annapolis Boat show we have a little Patrons treat! Together with our friends at 59 North Sailing we've decided to book the entire boat, the 74' Schooner Woodwind, for a sail :) If you are going to be there and interested in getting out on the water a little bit the details are below.
There are only 38 spaces available, so if you are interested grab them quick!
When: Friday, October 11...
2019-09-12 13:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Our hearts go out to those affected by Hurricane Dorian. In support of relief efforts we pledge to 100% match Delos Tribe contributions. So for every $5 you donate, we will match your donation and contribute $5 as well for the first $2,500 in donations we receive. Let’s turn $2,500 into $5,000! For about same as a cup of coffee we can get together and make a huge difference.
Just head to 2019-09-09 18:11:18 +0000 UTC
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