Only one sailor was slightly harmed in the making of this episode..... The crew is ready to leave Cocos Keeling and set sail for Chagos! We say our goodbye's and stock Delos with provisions and fuel for the next 2 months. After a last incredible dive in...
Living life to it's fullest on Cocos Keeling! The girls head over to West Island for a girls day, while the boys go on a man's fishing and spear diving mission. The girls then get to do a guest host appearance on Cocos Keeling radio while the boys have a...
Check out an old school Delos vid of us and Bubbles here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQWKj31v5GI
We met Alex Rust while crossing the Pacific in 2010. His family and loved ones have put together an amazing Documentary about his life and adventures w...
How to position your boat in an anchorage. Finding a safe place to drop the hook. Evaluate how the other boats will swing and make sure you will be safe at anchor.
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Sometimes you just need to PARTY! We celebrate Josje-Ramas birthday with one hell of Delos style party on the beach in Cocos Keeling! We start out by doing beer bongs out of a snorkel, then get a chance to swim with Dolphins in the anchorage! Finally w...
Spear Fishing, Snorkeling, Drone Flying and Moonshine on a tropical atoll! We go on a snorkeling adventure in THE RIP at Cocos Keeling and work up a massive appetite as sailors do. The food and provisions are soooo expensive at Cocos that we take matters...
From a Tropical storm to the North Seas, we have used, and tested our two Fortress Anchors in a number of situations. The Fortress Anchor can be disassembled and makes a great backup anchor. We tested it in Holand's Waddenzee where it was so deeply buried ...
Scuba Diving an amazing tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean! After sailing in some pretty gnarly conditions Delos and her crew find ourselves in the magical island of Cocos Keeling in the Southern Indian Ocean! We take advantage of the beautiful condition...
A nice tune from our mate here in Madagascar who we dubbed "madagangsta" :)
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We're blown away by the beauty of Cocos Keeling Islands, which is actually part of Australia. We're talking crystal clear water, white sands beaches, and an amazing anchorage protected by a beautiful reef. We really earned this landfall after our 16 day,...
Do not try this for Hurricane Irma! Sail away from it in advance!
How to secure your boat for a tropical storm. We film the process as we anchor and tie up in a mangrove in Martinique. Then we film as the approaching storm passes right over us with winds ...
Are you sailing south and wonder how to do a Bahamian Mooring? The Bahamian moor means setting two anchors off the bow. Its generally used to deal with anchorages in areas with tidal flow such as cuts in the Bahamas. This can be a little daunting for your ...
Sailing through some of the worst weather we've ever seen on Delos with massive squalls of solid 40 knots, gusting into the 50's. The crew gets bashed around by the wind and currents as we crawl our way south and east.
We're all sleep deprived, hungry, an...
Sailing action in the Southern Indian Ocean! After 1,500 miles and 13 days at sea we cross the equator and battle with the wind and current to line ourselves up for our final turn to Cocos Keeling.
We hit terrible squalls with rain and bad winds and the ...
Sailing through a massive squall, the weather finally calms enough for us to put the pollywogs though an equator crossing ceremony and go for a swim!
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Storm at Anchor
Exploring the Croatian islands we have a strong gale sweep down on us at anchor. Flying dinghies? Yup...
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Sailing to the equator we are hit by a big storm and practice heaving to to try and make Delos comfortable in the big winds.
After being at sea for close to 2 weeks, Delos sails her way towards the Equator! The crew go all out preparing nasty surprises fo...
It's Independence Day (preceded by Canada Day) and we fight it out with the Yanks while sailing in Croatia. Of course we also sail the Croatian Coastline!
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We move up to the V-Berth and get the kids perspective straight from the source!
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It’s simple really- we just want to make you SMILE! We do this because we LOVE it. Given our short t...
sailingtotem.com breaks down some of the big budget items and how they've managed to cruise around the world on a tight budget.
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We continue our discussion with sailingtotem.com on their thoughts when choosing the right cruising boat for their family.
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We talk with sailingtotem.com about some of the concerns, planning, and preparation for health and safety while preparing to take their family cruising on the high seas.
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We continue our discussion with sailingtotem.com on how their kids swab the deck and what else they get up to growing up on a sailboat.
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We continue our discussion with sailingtotem.com on how cruising kids socialize and mature while on the high seas instead of a typical classroom.
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We have the pleasure of joining sailingtotem.com for a little chat about a cool book they co-authored called Voyaging With Kids voyagingwithkids.com. In this portion we discuss some common questions about homeschooling kids while sailing around the world....
Arrested in Croatia!
Sailing from Italy we arrive in Croatia south of Dubrovnik and got arrested (oops). We also managed to see the area! Lovely...
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Sailing time! Delos leaves the Andaman Islands behind and sets out on our 1,700 sail to Cocos Keeling, Australia! We plan for about 3 weeks at sea.
The sail is one of our trickiest avoiding the changing monsoon season in the northern Indian Ocean, and set...
Have you ever dreamed of sailing the Mediterranean? Join Paul and Sheryl Shard aboard their home-built 37 foot sailboat as they explore ports of Sicily and then sail along the coast of the boot of Italy.
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Before crossing the Indian Ocean the crew sat down to figure out a route and game plan. We needed to get from Asia to Africa, avoiding the worst of the weather and making the most of the monsoon season and trade winds. So, we sat down with two very old sc...
Thank you so so much YouTube Family for making so much possible! We hit 100,000 subs :) If you haven't subscribed, do it now for more updates! Poor Brian lost his Pirate Beard....
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We finish our circumnavigation of the Andaman Islands and arrive back in Port Blair. During our celebration dinner out we meet a really cool local guy named Santosh. He takes us under his wing in search of the fastest internet in the land (so we can uplo...
After the untimely demise of our Phantom 2 due to a close encounter with a palm tree, we were drone-less for an excruciating few months toward the end of last season
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Thanks to our patrons at www.patreon.com/svdelos we're back in action with a sweet Ph...
A heard of wild elephants is too hard to pass up for Delos, so when we heard a rumor of an island on the remote West Coast of the Andamans we immediately set sail! After a nights sail and some searching we finally anchored in front of Interview Island. In...
We tangled our mast in their rigging. We nearly sank! We had an amazing day! Anguilla Boat Racing is VERY exciting and I was very lucky to get to be aboard one of the island sloops for the first major race of the season. The boats are packed with 21 crew, ...
We have a boys day girls day! Brady, Brian and Max take the dinghy on a river adventure back to the town of Mayabunder in order to get a permit to visit Interview Island. In typical man fashion we get our work done in 5 minutes and head to the bar for a ...
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