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Just when we were hitting our stride with the catamaran build, a surprise showed up on the radar—a cyclone headed straight for Brisbane, the first one in over 50 years. So in this episode, we shift gears from building to battening down the hatches. We board up and secure the boat, and do our best to prepare for whatever comes our way. Then… we wait. Not the kind of break we were hoping for, but sometimes nature calls the shots.

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Today’s episode is a goodie if I do say so myself, as we tackle a job that I really had so much fun trying to figure out- enter: the shaft brake. Besides answering the question what the heck is a shaft brake and why do we need one, we also explore the creative process that led us through various iterations until we got it just right. Then it’s time for a big reveal in the starboard hull that has been a longgg time coming! And last but not least we also say goodbye to the one, the only, the truly legendary….Super Ryan. Having him out here helping us with the build was not only a massive boost to our progress, but he also brings alllllll the good vibes everywhere he goes, and we just had so much fun working side by side with him for all this time. We really cannot say it enough how grateful we are to have him as a friend, and we can’t wait to see when our paths cross again!

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We’re trying something we’ve never done before in this week’s project! We’re taking you all the way from concept, to design, to execution, to the final product as we engineer a keel cooling system for our Combi electric motors. If you missed the bonus video we posted a few days ago, check that out too it has a lot of background info you might find interesting: https://youtu.be/WO3jDS_pJ5A The keel cooler is the star of the show, but we also have a verrrrry special visitor arrive (who Sierra is especially excited about!) and take a little weekend side quest to explore Moreton Island with some new friends. It was such a fun day and also great to have a little reminder of why we’re working so hard to bring Delos 2.0 to life so we can get out there and explore and enjoy the beautiful world that this lifestyle opens up.

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Lately we’ve been finding ourselves using AI more and more for things like simple calculations, gathering research, we even used it to try and design a thumbnail for this episode (which did not turn out well by the way 😂 You can’t win ’em all) But in today’s episode we try and put it to the test with a way more complex problem to solve with a lot of variables to take in to consideration. We’re in the process of designing a keel cooler for our electric motors (if you don’t know what that means, don’t worry all will be revealed in this video!) and then on Friday we’re going to release the full episode where we bring it to life!

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This week’s episode is one I’ve been geeking out prettttty hard with, as we kick off the install of our propulsion system! Details matter in every step of the build, but this is one project that we absolutely have to get perfect, and it’s been a super fun challenge! Opening up the box and seeing this perfect shiny propellor felt like being a kid on Christmas morning and had me more than a little giddy 😂 Moments like these allow me to really start picturing and dreaming of Delos 2.0 out there on the water, motoring into a pristine atoll with a perfect sandy beach in front of us with our shiny propellor cutting through the water! But before that can happen, it’s time to get to work on this super exciting project 💪

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We’re coming at ya with the exhaust system today! It’s one of those things on the boat that you don’t really think about much when it’s doing it’s job…but if things go wrong, you’ve potentially got.a big problem on your hands. So in this week’s episode we’re taking you step by step through the whole process in quite a lot of detail, and we also give you a pretty thorough breakdown of the different components and how they all work together. There’s always so many projects going on at once in the build, but I have to say that my time spent in the engine room is always one of my favorites. Seeing all the pieces of the puzzle start to come together is just so freaking satisfying!

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Wowwwza the adventure we’ve been on and all its chapters still feel unreal, and so many of you have been there with us through them all! And of course none of it would have been possible without all the support and encouragement from each and every one of you 🥹. Not sure if we say it enough but we are just so incredibly blown away at how many incredible humans this project has brought into our lives, truly we are so grateful to have you here with us. So we thought it would be fun to reflect back on the journey a bit, share a few stats (you KNOW I love my stats!) and also fill you in on our upcoming sailing plans on Delos 1 which are less than a month away 🤯

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We are suuuuper excited to share this one with you…it feels like such a big moment as we really start to get into the nitty gritty of the cabin floor plans and construction. We take the port side hull from an aluminum shell, to an ACTUAL ROOM with walls and beds starting to go in….It’s been a bit of a shift in mindset as up until now we’ve been focusing a lot on the systems and how they will work & perform, but now we’re really starting to think about how we want our home to look and feel. There’s a lot to figure out and it’s a type of planning/visualization that feels soooo foreign to us. But luckily Kazza swoops in to the rescue with her modeling skills, and we’re able to start really putting the pieces of the puzzle together, and once we make a few major decisions, progress in the port hull starts roaring along like a freight train!

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Building a boat has been full of huge decisions like which engine should we go with, what type of keel, the cockpit layout, etc….but there are also soooo many small decisions that we encounter every single day that really ad up and make a huuuuge impact when it’s all said and done. So in this week’s episode we zoom in on some of the finer details that we think really make the boat more functional and stylish, and we also share a really special milestone for our family…Sierra’s first day of school 🥹 We’ve been getting lots of comments lately of people curious how she’s doing and wanting some little updates, so prepare to have your heart melted by her little uniform, her giant backpack, and her ever growing Australian accent!

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The day has finally come to start bringing the engine room of my dreams to life! After circumnavigating planet earth over the span of 15 years on the original Delos, apart from the jaw dropping beaches, underwater wonderlands, remote villages, big cities, and random locations around the world we seemed to find ourselves in… there was always one place I could count on that I would spend a loooot of my time….the engine room. Delos was our home and we have a very special bond with her, and the engine room is her heart where the labor of love of maintaining and repairing her takes place. Of course I’ve done my fair share of swearing when I’m twisted into some boat yoga pose in hundred degree heat trying to figure out why the generator keeps shutting off 😂 But nonetheless it’s a special, almost sacred place for me…So that’s why I’m soooo stoked to be able to design the engine rooms on Delos 2.0 exactly how I want, since I know how important this space will be. This is a BIG job and we are only getting started, but we make some major first steps in this weeks episode that I’m super excited to share with you!

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We’ve got a really cool episode for you this week as we explore the topic of what the design process ACTUALLY looks like…What are all the steps/questions/considerations to go from a design on paper, to an actual boat that’s light, strong, safe, comfortable, and performs well??? That’s one of the coolest parts about building a custom boat like this…this exact boat has NEVER been built before, so there’s no IKEA instructions telling us exactly what to do, with what materials, and how to do it. It’s both freeing (we can literally do whatever we want!) and challenging (how the heck do we “correctly” approach the thousands upon thousands of little decisions that will collectively shape this boat into her final form?). So yeah, there’s a lot to unpack there, and we invite you to come along for the ride with us as we attempt to answer our latest batch of questions!

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Who’s ready to get down & dirty with all the details on our hybrid electric propulsion system??? In this bonus video we go through the ins and outs of our set up, breaking down how the system will work, and the different configurations we can operate with. Then we go through and answer all the questions submitted by our amazing inner tribe on Patreon! We are so excited to start piecing this puzzle together and bringing this system to life, and this is the very first step – stay tuned for an upcoming video where we start dropping everything into the engine rooms and piecing it all together! Thanks so much to everyone that submitted your questions for this, and we will see ya on Friday with a new episode!

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Happy Friday everyone! As your work week is winding down, we invite you to join us for what a week in our world looks like. Progress here in the shop isn’t a linear story from one project to the next, but rather more like a zig-zag connect the dots, with the line moving in the general correct direction (most of the time 😂) As usual we’ve got multiple projects on the go at the same time, but our main focus here is back on the bulkheads again. A couple videos ago you saw our first attempt at the port side head bulkheads (here’s the link if you missed that one: https://youtu.be/sKv04oW0xP4 ), but after a bit of brainstorming and head scratching, we came up with a new and improved plan that we wanted to try out. It would involve scrapping what we’d already done up until this point, cutting some holes in the boat to fit it inside, and a bit of unexpected smoke just to keep us on our toes. But I think the result is totally worth it and we are so in love with how it came out!

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Join us for a FULL ON, super fun and super productive week in the shop as we smash out a bunch of really cool projects!  As the build progresses, we’re finding that we’ve got a lot balls in the air at once and we’ve got a huge variety of works-in-progress. And sometimes certain jobs can’t go forward without the other, so our goal in this week’s episode is to tie up a bunch of loose ends and be able to really cross a bunch of stuff of our list. We also go and check out our windows and glass doors, and mannnnn are they sexy! Can’t wait to get them installed on the boat and have Delos 2.0 looking even more like the sleek, shiny, spaceship like vessel she is 😎. As always, thanks so much for following along in this incredible chapter of our lives, and we hope you’re enjoying the challenges and problem solving as much as we are!

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We’ve got a reeeeal beefy episode ready for ya today! The systems fit out is officially underway, and we’re kicking things off with the grey water system. But more than that, we’re laying the ground work to start transforming the hulls from the ground up. Progress on the boat is like dominos, and once certain tasks are finished everything starts just cascading in place after. We start fitting the floors, the bulkheads, and a few other fun little side quests too, and the boat is just transforming right before our eyes! It’s soooo freaking exciting to see it all come together like this. We’re learning so much as we go, and as I gain confidence in my welding and just getting more familiar with the decision making and problem solving processes that come with building our own boat, it keeps getting more and more fun! We tried a bit of a different style for this episode, a bit longer and slower, and really leaving in all the details of each project, and some of my longer musings and thought processes behind it all. Do you guys like it?

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Our engine is heeeeere 🥳 Say hello to our Nanni N.480! Opening up that crate and seeing a brand spanking new, totally clean and shiny bright blue engine is a moment I still grin about when it pops into my mind. Seeing an engine that clean is like the boat equivalent of the new car smell, a special moment in time that you can savor to the fullest knowing it will never look like that again. But the warm and fuzzies would quickly be put on pause as we realize that the hatch where we need to lower the engine down through is going to be one tiiiiiiight squeeze. So we fire up the fork lift, put our noggins together, and get to work! If you want to see the full, uncut version of our chat about the engine (plus lots of other exclusive content and other sweet perks!) join our inner tribe on Patreon: http://patreon.com/svdelos

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Having safe drinking water on the boat is a obviously a non negotiable, and the process of ensuring our tanks are fit for the job turned out to to be a BEAST! If you didn’t get enough tank action in the last two episodes, we’re back with the water tanks this time. Having dialed in our methods of sealing on the fuel tanks though, our focus here is a bit different. With the water tanks we need to make sure they are treated properly so that they will be safe to drink out of (we definitely don’t want to drink out of raw aluminum tanks!). It’s a loooot of prep work, and we end up brining in the pros on this one since having clean and safe water is not something we want to experiment with. The whole process is pretty cool, and it’s also an important step to tick off our list before we can move on to the next phase of the build where we can actually start putting in floors, bulkheads, and cool stuff like that!

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We’re back with part 2 of our fuel tank saga! After more than a few failures in part one, we’ve gone back to the drawing board and we’ve got a bunch more materials and techniques to try out. I think these last two episodes really represent the problem solving process we’ve been going through (maybe on a slightly bigger scale than other projects up to this point, although I’m sure there will be even trickier ones to come). The reality is that when you build a custom boat, you’re doing lots of things for the very first time, and what we draw up in the plans or map out in theory isn’t always going to be spot on the first time. But this is exactly what we wanted when we decided to build the boat in this way, and it’s the challenges and struggles that leave you feeling the best once you tackle them! We also take you on a little dive into galvanic corrosion again and installing our anode pockets, which I think covers a lot of super interesting information that a lot of you have been asking about.

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