The boat has an accidental gybe while sailing 400 miles offshore of Guinea. The cameras were rolling. See how we react to overcome it and find out why this happened, as we sail further south into the storms of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), AK...
our FIRST night dive OH WOW - Sailing life - Ep 150
Busselton is a beautiful town, with the southern hemispheres longest wooden piled jetty at its heart. We abandoned the kids to dive into its clear waters on our first night dive ever. Getting in and out o...
The girls swim in a chilling Cenote with Eels! - Tag along in this weeks’ expedition of SV CUBA to discover a hidden gem on the outskirts of Sami in Kefalonia with us.
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#117 After seeing a very rare north west wind pop up on our predict wind account we look to finally make the long 180nM sail from Suva to the Lau island group in far out south east Fiji. With no re...
We visit a couple of funky places in the bay between Prickly Pear Island and Virgin Gorda. But doing all those stops with the dinghy just made Petro realize that there is just no ladylike manner to get into our out the dinghy, specially when it's low tide...
Constant travel has it's pro's and con's, just like everything in life and we alter our routine to keep things fresh. After weeks alone drifting from island to island we decide to join the social cruising scene of San Blas, Panama. We sail to Isla Cambo...
We visit the infamous WILLY T floating pub and set sail for Anegada, where we made amazing friends and visited a number of pubs along the way. Got pretty Tipsy at the Tipsy bar after we walked the soles off our shoes.
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After a few days exploring the surrounding islands we begin our undersea exploration. Fellow cruiser and friend Hannah is willing to take Sierra off our hands for the day! So we dedicate the day to exploring under the surface. The amount of diversity he...
Spectacular desert road trip sailing western Australia - Ep 148
When we were hit by lightening, two years ago, we had to replace all the cabin lights in both hulls. We put fancy lights in the starboard hull and not so fancy lights in the port hull. The re...
If you had a week to spend on a Deserted Island what would you do? We anchor Delos at the incredible uninhabited Coco Bandero Cays, San Blas, Panama and make a plan to sink into the sand for the next week or so. We begin by exploring the beach, meeting t...
Come join us as we visit the first island in the BVI, Jost van Dyk. We got to buy local South African drinks, SAVANNA, and visited the famous FOXY's and SOGGY DOLLAR. Do you know where the name comes from? Please leave a comment and tell us the story be...
WE OFFICIALLY CROSSED THE INDIAN OCEAN!!!! In this video we round Cape Agulhas(the southern tip of Africa) and officially enter the south Atlantic! After 376 days, 6,700 nautical miles and 9 countries we had officially crossed our first ocean in what has b...
Sinking the boat? In ocean seacock change - Sailing Western Australia Ep 147
How to change the saildrive seacocks while still in the water
Have you ever talked yourself out of something because you think it would be too hard, or its not the 'normal' way, ...
How does a big ole' cruising ketch match up against a production catamaran? We meet up with our buddy Colin from @ParlayRevival in San Blas, Panama for a weekend of messing around in boats. When two boats and crews get together it's always a race, and i...
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We had a blast with Adriaan on the boat, and said a sad goodbye in St Vincent before heading off on a 3 day passage to the BVI. We often miss South African food, so we used the amazing sailing conditions to experiment how to make our own BOEREWORS (sausag...
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This is our story, a story of four souls sailing around the world. It is a story about sailing and travel and adventure. But it's also a story about meeting amazing people and making life long friends. It's a s...
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This is our story, a story of four souls sailing around the world. It is a story about sailing and travel and adventure. But it's also a story about meeting amazing people and making life long friends. It's a s...
We make it to the paradise of San Blas, Panama and promptly consider never leaving! Our first stop in this incredible spot is Cayos Chichime, where we immediately head into the beach to stretch our legs. We find swaying palm trees, golden colored beaches...
Sailing in fog and avoiding a collision - Ep 145
On our last days in The Abrolhos Islands we took a walk on semi inhabited Rat Island, one of the few islands that plays host to the rock lobster fishermen who spend several months, every year working away f...
In this episode we explore the nature of seasickness, and with the sea-state resembling a washing machine we have our task cut out for us. With 200 NM ahead of us we set sail at night to make our passage to the San Blas Islands. Instead of a sailing fami...
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#114 After three long weeks sweating it out replacing our standing rigging this week getting back out on the water really shows us just how much we love this lifestyle. Heading out to the island wh...
Life in PERFECT harmony sailing Western Australia Ep 144
This is our second trip to the Abrolhos Islands. We love them for their history, their marine life and their wind, which between September and May is plentiful. What better way to get in day after d...
Months of planning and preparation are complete and we're off the dock and cruising again! Topped up with veggies and fruit we immediately depart Bocas Del Toro for the San Blas Islands. En-route we end up in BlueField Lagoon, a little known but very calm...
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#113 We have a very technical video this week with the changing of the "standing rigging". "What is standing rigging" you ask? Well...
We visit the smallest island with only ONE UMBRELLA on it! We are still having an absolute blast with Adriaan on board, smiles and laughter all around. We showed him another small island, with only a bar on it, built entirely on conch shells, and blow hi...
EP 202: We're Hauling A** | Sailing on our Small Catamaran
After our adventure in Bequia it was time to head of to St Vincent. We thought we would spend a few days at least here but then the weather had other plans for us.. our options were to be stuck in...
Boat life rescue in shark bay -Sailing Western Australia Ep 143
This week we survive a night rocking and rolling in an exposed anchorage then on our arrival in Denham, Rob and fellow yachtie Bradley just happened to be passing an old fishing vessel where ...
We find an unexpected surprise on the bottom of Delos :) Visit https://www.Policygenius.com/SailingSVDelos to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save.
The race to get off the dock heats up! We tackle the last of our project ...
WILSON!! This week we discover the island in the ever famous Tom Hanks film "Castaway". Learning pretty quickly that those "waves" keeping Tom on the island are very much CGI and in fact the island is very docile and pleasant. With Cassidy feeling unwell w...
Lobster Season in Tobago Cays!!! We were amazed at the amount of lobsters you can get in lobster season, you can have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, AND SO CHEAP!!! Whether you have it on shore at one of the Lobster BBQs or buy from the local fisherma...
Off Grid alternative boatlife meets on grid luxuries best of both worlds sailing Shark Bay - Ep 142
There are very few affordable things about boatlife. However, delving into nature's larder to catch your own food is one of the highlights. During our stay...
After hearing a rumor of a bat cave running deep under the island we decide to seek it out. We spend the afternoon searching by dinghy and finally run across a man living on the edge of the jungle with his family. It just so happens that the cave is on hi...
After getting the news last week that we weren't allowed into Australia for Christmas we found a way for some family to come to us with Kieran Sister Cassidy joining us for a week. It's been a long three year absence away from family with the way the world...
Surviving alternative living in extreme conditions sailing Western Australia Ep 141
Our adventures in Shark Bay started with a death, which was unfortunate because this is an area synonymous with life. We take a road trip (thank you Skipper for the loan o...
MorMor arrives fresh off the plane from Sweden! We visit a friend's off-grid over-water house complete with resident nurse shark population for amazing snorkeling, and I replace some of the crusty old lines on Delos with fresh and snazzy new ones.
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