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Are We RICH??? Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 433

Happy Friday everyone!  Life is grand in French Polynesia right now....but....we'd by lying if we said we weren't having just a little bit of FOMO of missing the boat show this year!  We had so much fun meeting so many of you at our meetup and our circumnavigation presentation.  We've gotten messages from quite a few of you that are going this year, so we hope you're having a great time and please drink a few Pain Killers in our honor!

But I digress...this week's episode is a goodie!  While strolling on the beach Si...

French Polynesia's Sexy Secret 🤐 Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 432

Ahoy Fam!  We are seriously stoked to share this with you!!! We put more than a little extra love and elbow grease into this one because this experience was SO incredible (and also sketchy/intense) that we wanted to do it justice and give you a taste of what it was really like.  This week's episode finds us in Fakarava which is home to one of the rarest marine events on planet earth.  Once a year on the full moon towards the end of June/early August, thousands upon thousands of grouper travel from the atolls of French Polynesi...

We Sailed 13 Years To Find The MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON EARTH 🤯 Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 431

Ahoy Friends!

If you've had a stressful week and need to unwind, we've got just the thing for ya...this week's episode is nothing but pure, jaw droppingly beautiful, magic moments in a place that looks like an illustration in a kids book if you imagined a perfect island paradise.  Seriously, this place is so unbelievable, rewatching this video gave us all the feels 🥰 The ups and downs are all special in their own ways and its the richness of the entire experience that has made this journey so meaningful for us....but damn it's ...

Hola From Señor Brady! Patreon Only Discount for Cruisers Academy

Ahoy Delos Tribe!

Señor Brady here!  You may remember me from the first 258 episodes of Delos… If not you have a LOT of catching up to do haha.

Since leaving Delos in 2019 Blue and I have started Cruisers Academy sailing school, with the mission of giving real world, hands on experience to people looking to see what it’s like to live the cruising lifestyle.

Helping to build the Delos Tribe and Patreon crew over those 10 years of sailing was incredibly meaningful so Blue and I want to show our appreciation to you a...

Barehand CATCH & COOK 🦀 On UNINHABITED Island! Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 430

Ahoy Patreon fam!  After a couple weeks of hectic sailing episodes, we've got some pure, unadulterated island fun comin' at ya!  We're just starting to scratch the surface of the Tuamotu Islands, and holyyyyyy cow you guys it is such an insane place....the drone shots in this one will transport you to an alternate dimension.  But besides enjoying the truly jaw dropping views all around us, we also get busy trying to feed the family when provisions start getting a bit bleak on board.  So we take to the sand flats and get c...

SO Freaking Gnarly Out Here….3 Day Race To The FINISH LINE! Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 429

Part 2 is HERE! Join us for the dramatic conclusion and find out who will be crowned the CHAMPION!  It's funny because we kind of proposed the race as bait to get Colin to go to this atoll with us so we could have some buddies out there...but actually it turned out to be a pretty epic battle and one of the gnarliest sails we'd had in quite some time.  We had some rough days on our Pacific Crossing but we also had extra crew with us then.  Since someone needs to always be watching the boat and the other person watching/entertai...

Join Us For A Special Premiere and Livestream!

Ahoy Delos Tribe! Many of you may have already watched the early release for this one last week, but we will be Premiering part 1 of our ultimate rematch with Parlay Revival! That means we will be watching and live chatting right alongside you guys, and then it will roll directly into a livestream where we can chat more, give you some updates, and answer some questions!  If you missed our last post, during the livechat we get so many comments that it's hard to filter through them all, so we came up with a codeword so we can recognize Pa...

3-Day OPEN OCEAN Race (It Gets ROUGH 😱)... Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 428

Happy Friday Friends!  And boyyyy are you in for a treat this week.  We are so stoked to share this week's latest episode with you!  We go head to head with our arch-rivals Parlay Revival on a 3 day open ocean race from the Marquesas to the Tuamotu Islands.  There's BIG fish, BIG seas, and some big laughs too.  We also have a special plan for this video when it comes out on YouTube next week....we're going to do a "Premiere" for it which means that we can all watch together and live chat in the comments section. &nbs...

Real Time Update Just For You!

Ahoy amazing Patreon fam!  We're taking this week off from posting a video for a very special occasion (you'll have to watch to find out 😉 ).  BUT we wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone and share our latest and greatest backyard with you, and let you know what we've been up to lately.  We hope you enjoy this little rendez vous with us, and we'll be back next week with an absolute dooooozie of an episode...the Parlay/Delos rematch extravaganza which Kiril did SUCH an insane job editing, you won't wanna miss it!

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Sometimes Paradise Isn't Enough 😢 Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 427

Hey hey Patreon Fam!  This is certainly not the first time we've explored this topic, but since this is such a big part of our lifestyle its a theme that comes up often...the delicate and alternating dance between highs and lows.  Sailing has brought us the most truly memories, experiences, and friendships...it brought our family together and allows us to explore the most beautiful and remote corners of the world.  But it's true that sometimes it can be damn exhausting and challenging.  And even thought we often find ours...

Life Lately…A Rescue At Sea and Saying Goodbye 🥺 Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 426

Ahoy Friends!  We're comin at ya with our latest and greatest Polynesian adventure!  We're faced with a rather unexpected rescue at sea unlike anything we've done before, and we continue to explore the incomparable Marquesas Islands.  It had been well over a month since we left Mexico, and the time had absolutely flown by.  We knew that this moment would come, but we couldn't believe it was already here...the time to say goodbye to one of our beloved crew members.  After spending weeks at sea together, the bonds we f...

Lush, Remote, EXOTIC (We Sailed 3 WEEKS To Get Here) Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 425

Ahoy Friends!  Can't wait to share our first proper adventures in French Polynesia with you.  Fatu Hiva is truly a dream, and we were completely blown away at every turn.  We're anchored in the Bay of Virgins, and one of the iconic features of this anchorage is a waterfront perfectly manicured soccer field.  So of course we had to take to the grass and give our legs a proper workout after being confined to a 53 foot bubble for nearly 3 weeks.  This would be just the first of our immersions into the local culture here...

Can’t Describe This Feeling…LAND After 19 Days At Sea 🤯 Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 424

Hey hey friends!  It's Friday again and we've got a suuuuuper fun episode for you today.  After 19 days at sea, we FINALLY see (and smell 😂 ) LAND!  It was such a crazy feeling for all of us, and honestly one of our most special moments of this entire 13 year journey.  Long passages are such a rewarding experience, and that first sight of land wraps so many powerful emotions into one.  A lot of it is definitely "type 2 fun" meaning it's not necessarily fun in the moment (although we did have SO MUCH easy fun on th...

Last Chance For Sail Bags!

Ahoy fam!  Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that these sail bags are going to be announced to the public on Friday...they will likely sell out pretty fast so if you've been thinking about grabbing one then make sure and do it before then :) Hope everyone is having a great week and we will see ya on Friday for our grand arrival into the Marquesas!

Lots of love from all of us!

Brian, Kazza & Sierra

Amel Super Maramu "Fire Sale" $99,000 (Sistership to Delos)

Ahoy Tribe!  Meet Stephan and Christine Reguliski, who where actually the original owners of Delos.  I bought Delos from them in Bellingham in 2008.  Since then they re-filled their cruising kitty, bought another Amel Super Maramu, and took off for another cruise.  

Unfortunately due to a fire while in the marina in Panama their dreams have been paused and they are forced to put her up for sale.  Although the exterior and engine room appear to be in good condition, the inside will require substantial work to ma...

17 Days at Sea With A Toddler: What its REALLY Like (Pacific Crossing 8 of 8) S.V. Delos Ep. 423

Ahoy patreon fam!  We're proud to present our last episode of our Pacific crossing series (can't believe how fast these 8 episodes have flown by!!!).  For this one we thought it would be  interesting to explore what it's really been like to spend so long at sea with Sierra...When we were in Mexico after hauling out in Penasco, we were trying to decide between spending another whole year there, or making the jump across the Pacific.  We were both super stoked about the idea of making it back into the South Pacific, but the...

Autographed Sail Bags Pre-Sale for PATRONS ONLY :)

Hey hey beautiful friends, we've got something really cool to share with you today!   We're releasing another round of our autographed sail bags made with a piece from our main sail that we replaced during our last haulout in Puerto Penasco.  The supplies are pretty limited on these bad boys since we only have so much sail to work with, so we're offering them up to you guys first!  We did a similar bag a few years ago and they sold out super fast, so make sure and snatch yours up right away.  Here is the link to buy ...

Sea-crets REVEALED 😱 How Sailors Cross The Equator (Pacific Crossing 7 of 8) S.V. Delos Ep. 422

Happy Friday Tribe!  Join us for my 5th (and Kazza's 4th) equator crossing on Delos as we induct our two lowly polliwogs Hannah and Sierra into our society of trusted shellbacks.  In this video we explain the history and significance behind the time honored tradition of the line-crossing ceremony, and of course things get more than a little bit silly on board.  After two weeks at sea with nothing around us but blue water, it was quite the treat to have something out of the ordinary to get really excited about.  I think yo...

NOT What We Expected Out Here 😳 (Pacific Crossing Pt. 6 of 8) Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 421

Ahoy friends!  Welcome to part 6 of our Pacific Crossing, get ready for some wet n' wild action as we approach the equator.  We arrive to the doldrums, or the Interpropical Convergence Zone.  This is where the northeast and southeast trades converge, and its known for being mostly calm and windless...on my last Pacific Crossing we had to motor for a couple days straight to get through this part of the ocean, but this time we are FLYIN!  It worked out great for our speed and fuel consumption, but man did things get sporty!...

Special Discount For YOU! $50 Off Battleborn Lithium Batteries

Hey everyone!  We just got a special discount code from BattleBorn batteries that will knock $50.00 off per battery.  We know a lot of you are boat owners or on your way to being boat owners (or off grid living, van life, or lots of other applications) so we wanted to share this with ya.  So if you’re in the market for some spanking-brand-new LIFEPo4 batteries to super charge your power system check them out. We’ve torture tested them on Delos for years...

INSANE Wahoo Catch! Best Deep Sea Fishing Of Our Lives! (Pacific Crossing 5 of 8) S.V. Delos Ep. 420

Ta-Daaaaa!  We did it!  Thanks so much for your patience on this one, and anyways who couldn't use a little sumfin' sumfin' extra on a Monday :) So without further ado, we present part 5 of our Pacific Crossing.  It's day 11, and we are creeping up on the halfway mark of the trip.  It started off like any other day, until ole King Neptune decided to mark the occasion with something pretttttty dang special.  We hook a MONSTER wahoo that puts the whole crew's fishing prowess to the test, leaving our fridges and freezer...

Real Time Update From Fakarava!

Ahoy amazing Delos Tribe! We’ve been diving our brains here and spending so much time underwater that we mayyyyy have gotten a tad behind on our work duties 🙈 So this week’s new episode is going coming SOON but we wanted to just say hey and tell you a bit about what we’ve been up to and let you know were thinking about ya!!!! We will post the video here as soon as it’s ready, it’s a really fun one that will be worth a he wait for sure!

Hope everyone has a fantastic day, and we will catch up with ya sooooon!

Big hugs...

Would You Climb A Sailboat Mast 1,000 NM From Land? (Pacific Crossing 4 of 8) SV Delos Ep. 419

Sorry had some technical difficulties on this post 🙈 Here is the link to watch on YouTube!

https://youtu.be/4qYXbHufK4s

Ahoy friends! If you’re in need of some giggles on this Friday morning then we’ve got you covered. We’re at the one week mark of our passage, and things start to get a liiiiiiitle bit strange on board. So join us as we make our descent into madness in this weeks episode!

Meanwhile life is pretty g...

SLOW TV- 75 Minutes of Pure Sailing (Unedited) Sailing S.V. Delos

Greetings on this beautiful Friday morning!  This week we've got a little sumfin' sumfin' different for ya than our typical programming.  We're back with another SLOW TV video from our Pacific Crossing.  If you're newer around here and haven't seen one of these yet, it's exactly what it sounds like.  75 minutes of unedited, uninterrupted sights and sounds of sailing.  Put this bad boy on in the background while you're at work (cheeky), while sharing a glass of wine and having a super deep conversation with someone sp...

A few pics, a hello, and lots of hugs from us!

Hey hey friends!  We wanted to show you a few snaps from our first stop in the stunning Tuamotu Islands 🥰. This little slice of paradise is Raroia, and for the first time since leaving the Sea of Cortez in April Delos is STILL!  After 19 days at sea and super rolly anchorages in the Marquesas, then our passage here, it feels like heaven to have found a flat anchorage.  There's a nice 15-20 knot breeze so it's been nice and fresh on board.  The water is super clear and we've been getting in some great scuba diving, snor...

UNFILTERED: A Day In The Life On The Open Ocean (Pacific Crossing Pt. 3 of 8) S.V. Delos Ep. 418

Ahoy friends!  Hope everyone is having a fabulous day.  Life is pretty over here on our end, we made it to the Tuamotu Islands, and holyyyyy cow is it incredible here!!!  If you picture a perfect tropical paradise in your head, this is it.  Tuamotus have about 80 islands/atolls, but it spans an incredible large area, in fact its largest chain of atolls in the world, and it extends (from northwest to southeast) over an area roughly the size of Western Europe.  We'll post a real time update soon and show you our latest...

Sailing Hardcore - Life in ROUGH SEAS! (Pacific Crossing Part 2 of 8) S.V. Delos Ep. 417

We’re back with part 2 of our 3,000 nautical mile trip across the Pacific Ocean. This one’s got a bit of everything. We bash our way through one of the roughest nights we’ve had in YEARS.  When we're going hard upwind the bow really smashes up and down. Sierra was copping the worst of it in her room up front, so for the first time in her nearly 4 years of living on Delos we had to take her into our room in the back to sleep.

But as we round Cabo San Lucas and make more miles out into the open ocean, things start to settle, a...

Real Time Update From the Open Ocean!

Hey Hey fam!  Just wanted to say hello and let all you wonderful humans know we're thinking about ya 😁 Here's a little update with what we've been up to, and some pretty sweet views of our AMAZING sail to the Tuamotu Islands.  Hope you're having a great day and we'll see ya tomorrow for part 2 of our Pacific crossing series :)

Big hugs!

Brian, Kazza, & Sierra

Sailing Across The Pacific! 4 Semi-adults, 1 Toddler, and 3,000 NM (Part 1 of 8) S.V. Delos Ep. 416

Let's GOOOOO!!!!! We are so stoked and proud to present part 1 of our Pacific crossing series.

Even after all the years and all the miles, crossing the Pacific is such a HUGE milestone.  It had been years since we did a big ocean passage...Delos crossed the Atlantic without us while we were in Sweden welcoming Sierra into the world, but our last big sail was Africa to Brazil, which feels like a life time ago!  We had forgotten what it felt like to spend weeks at sea, to lose sight of land, familiarity, and civilization...To l...

Midweek Bonus! How To Cross the Pacific Ocean: Passage Planning and Weather Routing 💨 Sailing Vessel Delos

Ahoy there friends!  A while back we asked you for your questions all about passage planning and weather routing, and our simple Q&A evolved into this super in depth video!  We touched on most of the questions you all asked in the body of the video, and then we circled back at the end to any questions that we feel like didn't really get covered.  So if we missed anything, or you have some new questions, please let us know in the comments and we will make sure and respond to you here!  

Thanks so much for all you...