Sailing Zatara assist emotional reunion between mother and teenage son separated by covid 19.
Separated by the covid 19 pandemic travel restrictions, I have not seen my teenage son for over eighteen months. But that is about to change. Rob and Finn have be...
This week Andy starts stripping our mast down and removing the rigging for inspection and Melissa starts tackling the pilot house hatches. Lots of help from jack and a flying boat!!
We also have a fantastic chat about rigging with the lovely Herby and Ma...
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We are on Magnetic Island at the Wallaby sanctuary learning about the little guys and all the struggles they face.
Adorbs is an understatement!
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Dinghy disappears from the back of our boat - Sailing life Ep 110
This weeks action takes place at Airlie Beach, gateway to the Whitsundays.
It's a great harbour anchorage but being a tourist town it is known for having a few unsavory characters hanging ...
At the very end of the Florida Keys lies an isolated paradise that is one of the smallest and most remote national parks in the US! The Dry Tortugas lie about 70 miles from Key West. We'd heard a lot of hype from other cruisers over the years so we decid...
This week we tackle servicing the FORD engine in our boat.
Our good friend Chris is here to help go over the engine thoroughly and help get it running sweetly.
But does it all go to plan?
Do we manage to do the complete service and what else will be left t...
This week we don't have a video for you guys, so sorry!!! Here's just a little update with where we are REALTIME, and why no video this week . . . Check out our earlier videos, https://youtu.be/ZIwN1aSApdY
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This week we take you to show some of Australia’s unique wildlife.
An enchanted butterfly forest, koalas & were heading back to the Yongala ship wreck and this time were bringing friends along for the ride!
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We head to Grenada's best hurricane hole to dodge a huge storm and do some boat work. Between the storms we upgrade our solar panels and get a little party on with our catamaran friends!
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Well, we got our behind's kicked by New England winter! Our boat (and ourselves) are not equipped for such conditions. We are lucky enough to have a yard!
WHAT?! SAILING BOAT STUCK IN CORAL WITH NO WAY OUT! Ep 109
Can you trust your charts to take you to a safe anchorage? We sailed in to Driftwood Bay, Hamilton Island, Australia at high tide, dropped the pick and enjoyed the cove in the afternoon sunshine ...
Delos feels like a dog let off her leash on the open ocean! With all our projects complete we hoist sail and set sail for the Florida Keys. Nothing feels better than crossing that last project off your list, stocking the boat with provisions, and heading...
This week it's finally happening, we are going through the Panamá Canal! We get a bit nostalgic and realise we have been sailing over 7 000 NM, from Ios in Greece where we started a little under 2 years ago, to Colón in Panamá. After our some what hecti...
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In this episode, we depart from Cairns, clean Sylfias Hull, and dive to the Historic Yongala Ship Wreck that sank from a cyclone.
She’s covered in venomous sea snakes & some of the biggest fish we’ve seen.
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Careful what you wish for!!!! Downwind sailing proves to be quite exciting. Join us on our passage to the Canaries, and wait for it . . . . . we caught TWO fish !!!!!
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There is a huge storm about to hit, and our boat is LITERALLY freezing. We needed to have already winterized the boat, but I guess better late than never!
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Each episode we have a ton of footage that doesn't make the cut. Here we have taken that footage, the outtakes, from episodes 104 and 105 an...
After being reported to the planing and zoning commission we're asked to leave our dock :( It doesn't matter though because it's the perfect time to leave having finished most of our projects. With a canal width of 60 feet and Delos being 56 feet includi...
This week we head into the beautiful Shelter bay marina to finally install our Hydrovane, and a few other maintenance jobs that one has to do owning a boat. In the 30 + heat we put piece by piece together and Kieran drills several hols in Merewether, not a...
Our autopilot has steered us true, but now with over 100,000 miles on her it’s time to upgrade. Time to tackle some boat projects and prepare Delos for the next season offshore!
Our autopilot is crucial for our survival offshore, more so now than ever ...
Every sailors worst nightmare.
Being off the boat and your home starts sinking.
It makes me sick to my stomach just to think about.
We did our very best to help our neighbor out, and keep his boat afloat while he was away.
The damage in the end was substan...
Let's do a bit of a tour of the boat. We go fore to aft and point out all the things we need to fix on the boat, and all the things we just want to fix or add.
How to stay grounded living on a sailing boat
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We sailed back to New Zealand from Fiji in 2018, with two sailing hitchhikers. Rob and the bo...
This week we say goodbye to our beloved Bocas del toro, we have stayed for almost 2 months and we have loved every minute of it but now it's time to continue. Having 5-6 knots of wind coming out of Bocas we decided to try out our spinnaker for the first ti...
The first taste of Australia! We finally checked in in Australia to discover the uniqueness of the country! We feel relieved and happy to be here. Lots of adventures await!
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In a freak accident I lost our entire downwind whisker pole overboard. And now I get to build one from scratch. The big question- how much will it cost?
The cruisers code is kind of like the Good Samaritan law, except at sea! We begin this episode by h...
OK so we were "sailing" without sails for a while there, but thank goodness for the excellent and quick work of Northern Sails in Valencia, it was short lived. They not only repaired our Genoa, but also serviced and repaired our Main, great job guys!!
A ...
This week we take you for a ride, we show you our favourite spots on one of our new favourite islands and we do it on push bikes! We have been in Bocas for some weeks now and it's safe to say: We LOVE it here, and we want to show you why. Haven't biked in ...
The final survey is complete, and we passed! He had very little to comment on, only a handful of things to correct and none of them major. Lots of hose clamps
DIVING in to Great Keppel, GREAT BARRIER REEF on a BOAT - Ep 105
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“How are you feeling?” Kazza asks my dad. His reply- “With my hands! That’s a Grandpa-ism…”. And that pretty much describes having my dad, Papa SV Delos, onboard for a cruise through the iconic Intracoastal Waterway. In this episode we trans...
This week we continue to explore Bastimentos and Red Frog, we make a spontaneous decision and follow our friends to a bar cave! Not really knowing what to expect we follow them, we take Ralph our dingy and drive a couple kilometers into the depth of the ju...
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This video is about the gear we use to film underwater and take those amazing shots! We talk about the wide angle and macro set ups, different lights, white balance and slow motion!
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Some crazy hectic blows and some serious sailing in the Mediterranean!!! OMG we ripped our genoa coming around the corner just off Barcelona, and guess what?? In the middle of the night . . . .
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