The Indian Ocean is a very special place, unlike any other Delos has sailed so far. Because of this we decided to head back east from Cape Town, against the wind and waves, to spend another season in this amazing place. I wanted to share this video that...
We spent 4 months exploring this epic African city! Cape Town turned out to be by far my favorite summer city! At this point we’d been moving constantly for over 13 months and where more than ready to taste the city life again! And it was cheap too! The ...
Reading the colour of the water helps navigate in the shallow seas of the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos. We keep a lookout for coral heads crossing the Caicos Bank under sail and try out going aloft to extend our view. Sailing in the shallow waters of the...
We sail our way into St. Francis Bay, South Africa! We arrive at night and are guided in by some awesome local dudes who we end up partying with quite a bit! After some work on Delos and a few days, the weather turns in our favor and we round the most sout...
Your feedback on the last 360 video was pretty awesome Delos Tribe! Thanks for that :) For this one each cut is 1 minute in a fixed location. When you get bored of looking around just jump to 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, etc for the next new view. This camera doesn't...
Welcome to our very first sailing video!
This episode we fly back to Antigua where our Southerly 38 yacht has been stored in the boatyard for the past 7 months. We can't wait to get back in the water, but first we have work to do! From antifouling the hu...
After chilling out in Richards Bay waiting for a good weather window to sail south we finally get what we’ve been waiting for! 30 + knots of wind, 5+ knots of current and some big seas rocket us south along the Wild Coast of South Africa! Brian has to ...
Yup, the title is pretty accurate :) As a celebration I put together this little Outtake Montage from 100 episodes, past and present. Thanks so much for staying with us through the best, and most awkward moments :) Hope you enjoy!! Love Breeyawn, Kaz...
We made it to South Africa! After 2 weeks at sea and over 7 months with out being at a dock, we tie Delos up at the Zulu Land Yacht Club in Richards Bay, South Africa! While waiting for a good weather window to continue south we meet awesome people, see s...
Sailing with our new 360 camera! This is **CURRENT** footage guys, as in shot two days ago.... Hope this doesn't confuse the timeline. That's why there's a new dodger, more solar, and wind :) Normal episode release schedule resumes tomorrow with our sa...
Sailing to South Africa we stop at remote Bassas Da India for a shark diving expedition!!! It was really sad to leave our beloved Madagascar but at the same time I felt incredibly excited to explore a new continent. We made plans to stop for some Scuba Di...
This can be a VERY rough passage. We watch the weather and sail directly 6 days offshore from the Exumas to the Caribbean. We start in Staniel Cay in the Exuma Islands installing our new battery bank, then set sail for the Caribbean. This is often a tough ...
Sailing in Madagascar isn't just a sport, it's a way of life for the local people! With our time winding down we prepare Delos to sail to South Africa to escape the coming cyclone season. On our way we take our Friend Florent to a remote village to check ...
Madagascar is just one of those places that continues to blow us away! Our friend Rudy drew up a map of one of his favorite spots, which is just a short sail across the bay. We decide to go on an adventure in search of a holy tree, a water fall, and a vi...
Sailing doesn't have to be expensive! Madagascar is a gem that we really fell in love with and it's incredibly cheap living. Amazingly beautiful people, cheap cold beer, great food, and plenty of places to explore. It's a real gem where you can fill the...
After half our family leaves Delos we find it a bit strange getting used to just the 3 of us on board! Slowly we start feeling better and Madagascar shows us how special of a place it really is! We meet awesome friends, go sailing and even do some epic r...
Have you ever wanted to have a tropical island to yourself? We think the Bahamas is one of the few cruising destinations where this is possible! The Plana Cays lie 20 miles from the nearest settlement, and they are uninhabited.
One theory is that this was...
The time has finally come for Max, Frida, Babs and Josje to head home and continue on their own journeys in life. We make it to Madagascar and spend the last two weeks together loving, laughing, crying and smiling! The whole crew has one last epic sail a...
Sailing 7,000 miles over 7 months we finally make landfall in Madagascar! The last few days of the sail have been very hectic though and we wake up to high 30 knots of breeze and 4-5 meter seas left over from the gale the night before. The crew is in hig...
We have been at sea out of sight of land for more than a week crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and still have 800 miles to go to Saint Lucia. Stormy squalls pass by regularly bringing winds over 30 knots. We also run into huge rafts of Sargasso weed which beco...
Sailing to Madagascar we get hit by the biggest gale we've ever seen. We're about 240 miles East of the northern cape of Madagascar when the GRIB files start to show a compressed pressure gradient and forecasts of 30-40 knots.
We shorten sail and prepa...
We do a little crazy driving in Grenada, catch a very nice size Wahoo (that's a fish). We have fun trading with the local fishermen on Petit Martinique...
Our fastest ocean crossing ever! We run downwind at nearly 200 miles per day en route from the Cabo Verde Islands to the Caribbean with the ARC+ then halfway across we have a crash jibe breaking the mainsheet and traveller blocks.
Sailing to Madagascar, woooo hooo!!!! We leave the amazing Chagos Archipelago and set sail for Madagascar about 1,500 miles away. Just over a week into the passage we pass through an
area of shallows known of the Mascarene Plateau. It's an interesting...
Sailing to the Cabo Verde Islands with Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 2015. Its just a short stop before we set off across the Atlantic but most of the boats have repairs to do. We fix our roller furling jib and check out repair to rudders, forestays and more...
Sailing to Madagascar, woooo hooo!!!! We leave the amazing Chagos Archipelago and set sail for Madagascar about 1,500 miles away. Our battery charger decides to call it quits so we face
a power shortage onboard. Capt. Breeyawn busts out his fix it ski...
Setting sail from the Canary Islands we sail 850 miles towards the Cabo Verde Islands. Strong winds at the start, we have a fast passage, run into problems with the genoa furling gear and even pick up a hitchhiker.
Part 1 of our recent transatlantic cross...
Sometimes it's not all sunshine and rainbows out here! We continue to explore the very cool islands of Chagos, checking out the abandoned village, exploring the countless beaches, and tracking down as many coconut crabs as we can find. Then Max and Frida...
The crew goes on a fishing expedition to the south end of Saloman Atoll in the remote Chagos archipelago and discovers an abandoned village vacated by the Chagosians over 50 years ago. Even though the village has an eerie vibe to it the chance to explore ...
We prepare our boat for Hurricane Matthew, and watch the chaos around the marina as others prepare as well.
After the storm has left and we can get back to boat work, we go to work on adding maple to our cabin sole. Then we finish up with a Q&A of som...
Our first sail on a Catamaran. We chartered a Lagoon 380 in the British Virgin Islands from the Catamaran Company. We sail from Nanny Cay on Tortola. We see what a charter briefing is like, tour the inside of the boat, and learn to maneuver in tight quarte...
Sailing 1,500 miles from Cocos Keeling we make landfall in the remote, exotic paradise that is CHAGOS!!! We quickly discover that the entire atoll is completely deserted and we have the whole place to ourselves. About a dozen islands at our disposal! We...
Sailing in the middle of the Indian Ocean from Cocos Keeling to Chagos! The crew is about 10 days into the sail when the cravings start. We dream of all the things we missed the most which turns out is all food. Just as the thought of another mush rap t...
Sailing Delos in some of the biggest seas I've seen so far on the passage to Madagascar. If you'd like to see more short sailing clips like this one please **LIKE** it below and let me know.
Now let's have some fun! The first person to correctly **COMME...
Sailing offshore from Cocos Keeling to Chagos in the middle of the Indian Ocean! We leave our beloved Cocos Keeling and set sail on a 1,500 mile two week voyage to Chagos. The crew is feeling a little rough at first because the seas and winds are large a...
Have you ever dreamt of sailing south for the winter and away from Northern climes? We show you how to navigate the Erie Canal, dealing with locks travelling from the Great Lakes to New York City.
All 130 half hour episodes of the Distant Shores TV show a...
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