After months of blood, sweat, and tears in the boat yard, splash day had finally arrived! We had done an overhaul on almost every major system on board, so as excited as we were to get back in the water, there was a LOT that could go wrong. But despite some of the doubts, we were beyond stoked to cast the lines and begin our sail south towards La Paz where we would eventually depart on our crossing of the Pacific Ocean.

This is one of my favorite parts at the start of every cruise when we’ve got all of our paper work done, the boat is fully provisioned and fully fuelled, and we just set out without really having a destination, just a general direction. There’s something incredibly liberating and freeing about that…we can go anywhere we want, and we have everything we need. With this beautiful feeling in our hearts and sunny skies over our heads, we waved goodbye to Puerto Penasco. But the wind and swell would build over the next days, and we would find ourselves on one helluva wild ride as we blasted our way South!

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We saved the best (worst???) for last!  As our splash date was getting closer and closer, we were scrambling to finish everything on time.  But we still had one of the biggest and most important jobs looming over us: replacing our transmission.  It turns out to be a massive undertaking with lots of hiccups along the way, and spoiler alert, this won’t be the last time I have to replace the transmission (stay tuned for that gem in the weeks to come😂)

But as busy as we were, we were still able to squeeze in a very special event. We host another Patron meet up where we got to hang with this awesome group of humans and share some beers and stories.  We’ve been so lucky to have been able to meet so many of you over the last year…we had a patron’s party for completing my circumnavigation in Puerto Vallarta, we met HUNDREDS of you at our party at the boat show, and now our most recent catch up in Puerto Penasco.  We had help from you in designing and building parts for the furler, we had an amazing house to stay in thanks to you, and so much help, love, and support.  We are just so dang grateful for this amazing community that all of you are a part of, and in case we don’t say it enough, thank you SO MUCH from the bottom of our hearts…seriously, you guys really are the best.

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It feels like everything lately has been one step forward, two steps back, including one of our most challenging projects of the haulout: Replacing our furler motor. As difficult as it was though, I really enjoy projects like this that involve a lot of creativity. A lot of stars had to align to make this one happen including tracking down a retired Swiss guy who used to make the original parts and getting him to dig them up from his basement and send them to me 😂 and I’m super happy with how it all turned out in the end.

We had a lot of victories in the yard, but lots of set backs as well, and as is usually the case with boat projects everything was taking longer than we had hoped for. So with the clock ticking we decided to bust out the big guns, and we welcomed Super Ryan back to save the day.

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We’re starting to wonder if we’ve bitten off more than we can chew 😬  Haul outs are always a struggle, so we really shouldn’t be suprised at this point that everything always takes way longer and turns out to be more difficult than planned. We had our trip booked to Sweden already to visit Kazza’s family, and we wanted to get as much done as possible while Ryan was still there to help, so with the clock ticking we put our heads down and went for it (with of course a few minor moments of distraction when a dune buggy was calling my name…)

But ready or not, we make the long journey to Sweden which was soooo amazing. We didn’t film a whole lot while we were there because we wanted to take the time to focus on family and have a much needed break from filming and sharing everything all the time, but it was truly a special trip for us. Sierra absolutely loved getting in some quality time with Mormor, seeing snow for the first time, and just generally having time and space to run around and explore. We were able to really recharge our batteries, which was great because we still had a lottttt of boat work waiting for us when we returned to Mexico!

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Let’s drill some big ole’ holes in our boat! Today we present part 1 of our adventures (and misadventures) at the boat yard in Puerto Penasco as we prepare Delos for her first big ocean crossing since Brady and Blue took her across the Atlantic while we were in Sweden welcoming little miss Nuggs into the world. Some highlights of this episode include the arrival of the legendary Super Ryan, drilling holes in the hull (one necessary, one not so much 😂), two obscenely large tubs of peanut butter, the classic never ending list of boat jobs, and a few world class Sierra cuteness moments that will have you smiling for the rest of the day. We hope you enjoy this one! And if boat project videos are your thing, don’t worry, this is just part 1 of 4 episodes documenting our time in the boat yard, so we’ve still got a LOT in store for ya!

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The Annapolis Boat Show is one of the largest and most prestigious events of its kind on the planet.  On paper, it’s a chance to check out the latest and greatest gadgets and tour some shiny new boats, but for us, it’s the one time of the year that a collection of our favorite people in the universe who are normally scattered all around the world can all be found in one place.  There would be lots of YouTubers, lots of shenanigans, lots of alcohol, and lots of incredible moments shared with the people who have made this entire journey possible, you guys, the Delos Tribe. The whole experience was pretty surreal and humbling in so many ways.  In 2010 I posted my first YouTube video about crossing the Pacific Ocean.  It was more or less a glorified home movie to let my friends and family know that I was still alive on my 18 month sabbatical from work.  But somehow, my 18 month sabbatical turned into a 13 year trip around the world, and my home movie evolved into an entire way of life.

Never in a million years did I expect to have hundreds of thousands of people following our journey and supporting us at every step of the way.  But above all, the most unbelievable part was learning how the simple act of sharing our story would inspire so many others to build the life they always dreamed of.  Meeting with the Delos Tribe we heard stories of hope, challenges, loss, triumph, and everything in between.  And learning face to face what an impact our journey has had on their lives is an experience that I will always hold close to my heart, and it’s what inspires us to keep going and keep sharing it all with you.

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This hasn’t gotten any less SCARY for us 🙈 Even though it’s our 9th time pulling Delos out of the water, it’s still such a nerve racking experience…there are just so many things that can go really really wrong. You’re basically asked to steer your boat into a narrow, concrete like bunker with a gigantic machine looming over head. There’s usually some old tires and rusty bits of metal waiting to impale your vessel should anything go wrong. So you approach slowly and if you have timed the tides correctly you glide over the slings, and stop just before ramming your bow into the wall, or your forestay into the machine’s cross brace (both of which are considered bad form 😂 ) As the machine tightens the slings and starts to take the weight, it’s a surreal experience to feel yourself and your boat lifted out of the water supported by only a few straps and pins.

Hauling Delos out of the water marks the end of our 11th season of sailing. It feels like SO LONG ago that we cast the lines in Shelter Bay and began the 3,000+ mile journey from the Panama Canal up to the northern end of the Sea of Cortez. Our time being back in the Pacific ocean has pretty much mirrored what we’ve found to be true about cruising in general- alternating between the highest highs and the lowest lows, sometimes even simultaneously. While we’d had some pretty big challenges during this time (Hurricanes, Salmonella poisoning, and basically the entire coast of Costa Rica spring to mind) overall it’s been a pretty special and unforgettable season for us, and just seeing how much Sierra has grown and developed during this time is pretty mind blowing! But it feels great to close another chapter and make way for an exciting new one as we prepare to cross the Pacific Ocean again!

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The END is near, we can’t believe it! After another 6 months and 3,000+ miles, another sailing season is almost over. This one has been special because it’s the first time that we’ve really buddy boated. It was so incredible having our friends from Calico Skies and One Life by our side for the majority of the trip. We were all preparing to haul out and go our seperate ways for a few months, so we thought it would only be fitting to go out in style with a big blowout all together.

We kicked things off with a crew swap. We get a bit spoiled on Delos because everything is so familiar and easy, so it’s always fun to switch things up! After some pretty glorious conditions, we arrive to our next anchorage which will be the site for a battle of epic proportions the next day…the Adult Summer Camp Grand Finale! With plenty of lubricants to get the athletic juices flowing, we have a pretty ridiculous day of drunken games complete with a half time show that would make Rihanna herself jealous, followed by an occasion for Brian to finally bust out his rhinestone bow tie!

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It’s been a while since we posted a video like this…No disasters, no storms, no hospital, just pure cruising bliss. We had forgotten what it was like to feel at ease, and man did we need this! And for all you Sierra fans out there, brace yourselves for some cuteness overload in this one 🥰

After all the chaos and stress of running from Hurricane Kay, the dust had finally settled and the seas had calmed, so we pull the anchor and set sail for Puerto Don Juan which is actually the anchorage we diverted away from at the last minute when we decided to opt for riding out the hurricane in San Carlos. We arrive to have our minds completely blown at the beauty and stillness of this sheltered paradise. It was such a relief to feel safe, secure, and relaxed, and we able to slip right back into the cruiser life with a bon fire on the beach, some wild coyote encounters, and of course no return to normalcy would be complete without at least one system failure onboard 😂

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We hope you enjoy part 2 of our ordeal with Hurricane Kay. We prepared as best we could, and now there was nothing left to do but wait. It’s a pretty vulnerable feeling to just be sitting and waiting, unsure of what’s to come. Cruising life has presented us with all kinds of challenges over the years, but this has to be one of the most mentally tough ones we’ve faced, especially since having Sierra has really changed the way we see everything. The hardest part of it all was definitely seeing some of the other boats struggle and feeling helpless to do anything about it. Knowing that it’s someone’s hopes, dreams, maybe they worked their whole life to make it a reality…and now that dream is on the beach getting pounded by swell. It was heartbreaking to see. We are incredibly grateful to have come out from the whole experience unscathed, and we hope that those of you here that have your own boats or are working towards one in the future can learn valuable tips and lessons from this episode.

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When a Hurricane is headed towards your family, your home, your business, your entire life…What do you do? As captain of a boat, you make hundreds of decisions every day. Some big, some small, some inconsequential…but when the stakes are this high and the information available to you is changing by the hour, it’s a pretty heavy feeling knowing that this is one decision you ABSOLUTELY have to get right.

As Hurricane Kay began to develop, we quickly realized that we needed to start making some moves- not only to try and create distance between ourselves and its projected path, but also because our insurance would only cover  anything that might happen to Delos in a named storm if we were north of a certain latitude.  But the decision of how we should respond was far from easy to make- as forecasts changed and information started reaching us from other cruisers in different locations, our heads started to spin a bit.  This was an extremely exhausting time for us mentally and emotionally…the anticipation, the unknowns, the weight of the decisions that we needed to make, the preparation, the anxiety…We hope you enjoy this episode as we explore some of these feelings, share how we go about making decisions like these and processing the information available to us, and take you through how we prepare for the serious weather that was headed our way.

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Boat life is full of ups and downs, but lately cruising has really been keeping us on our toes with challenge after challenge. So it wouldn’t be Friday without another crisis on board to share with you 😂 After Kazza made a full recovery from her scary run in with Salmonella poisoning, it finally felt like everything was right again in our floating world. So we let our hair down, whipped up some margaritas, and threw a raft up party to celebrate my amazing Swedish Princess’ birthday. But the next day, mother nature had a different present for us in mind, and things went sideways REAL fast.

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ISOLATION. It’s one of the reasons we’ve chosen to spend our lives at sea…sailing thousands upon thousands of miles to explore the farthest reaches of the earth, finding little pockets of peace, solitude, and unbelievable beauty away from the hustle and bustle of civilisation. But what happens when things go wrong, and the same isolation you were seeking is now what stands between you and getting help when the person you love most in the world is having a medical emergency.

We’ve had a few other sketchy situations over the years, but this one really hit home and made us realize how vulnerable we really are when we’re off the grid. In this case we were about ten hours of travel away from medical care…but we’ve often been much further away from civilization like an ocean crossing for example. So as stressful as it was, looking back on it we felt so lucky that we were able to get the help we needed. And since many of you are current or future cruisers, we just wanted to also take this time to encourage you to make sure you have a thorough and well organized medical kit on board, and that you know what you have and how to use it. This is our go to resource that we keep on board, we highly recommend you pick up a copy or something similar. It’s called Advanced First Aid Afloat and it focuses on how to handle almost any medical situation you might encounter at sea without access to help from a medical professional. Here’s a link to find it on Amazon:

We also made an episode all about our medical kit and what we keep on board:

And we have a post on our website with a rundown of the contents of our medical kit plus lots of other great info (just scroll down a little bit to “Offshore Medical Kit”)

Safety At Sea

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There’s a secret lurking here, waiting to TERRORIZE US 😱

We pull up to another picture perfect anchorage in the Sea of Cortez in Mexico surrounded by gorgeous clear water, immaculate beaches, cactus dotted hillsides and mountains…it wasn’t until the sun began to set that we realized what a grave mistake we had made by coming here. It’s so wild how something so tiny can absolutely DESTROY such an otherwise perfect paradise.

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Big BULLS Barking all around us, playful pups, the stench of rotting fish, and LOTS of mating! Say hello to the Sea Lions of Cortez!

After some of the best spinnaker sailing conditions we’ve had in ages, we arrive to Los Islotes, the southernmost Sea Lion rookery in the entire world. This rocky outcropping is not only incredibly beautiful, it’s also home to upwards of 500 California Sea Lions. We get up close and personal with some of its curious and playful residents in the middle of mating season, so it was pretty wild to say the least! And of course little Sierra was the most impressed of all by the antics.

And of after a few days of cruiser bliss, something was bound to break on board, so Brian digs into some more electrical system trouble shooting. Can you guess what failed this time??? 😂

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We’ve got another feel good episode comin’ at ya this week! It pretty much ticks all the boxes of what we love in an episode…good sailing conditions, adventures with our family and amazing friends, margaritas, and of course some boat work to balance everything out.

In this episode we go on our first proper land mission. We hike from one side of the island we were anchored at to the other via a stunning valley that is full of cacti everywhere. Something about the desert just feels incredibly special and fascinating, it’s so different than our usual cruiser habitat of white sandy beaches and palm trees. It’s pretty wild when we think about all the different environments Delos has been in over the last year…The rainforests and mangroves of Panama, a fresh water lake 85 feet above sea level in the middle of the Panama Canal, the wild jungle of Costa Rica with howler monkeys echoing through the anchorages, an all inclusive beach resort marina in one of the busiest tourist spots in Mexico, and now here we were in this magic wonderland where the desert meets the sea standing under a cactus that’s as tall as a house. Moment’s like these make us realize how truly special our lifestyle is, and we are so incredibly grateful to all of you for coming along on the journey with us!

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