Want to get behind the scenes of the build with early & ad free content, meetups, and more? Join the inner tribe at http://patreon.com/svdelos This is an episode that I couldn’t be happier to share with you guys. Our solar system has been one of my favorite projects of the whole build. I just find this technology so incredibly fascinating, and it’s been such a joy to bring it all together. We’ve been pushing the envelope in a lot of different ways with some of the tech on the boat, but these panels are just SO freaking cool. I honestly think it’s one of the most impressive things we’ve put on Delos 2.0. In last week’s episode, we gave you an overview of some of the technology behind these very unique panels and putting them on the roof. (If you […]

Want to get behind the scenes of the build with early & ad free content, meetups, and more? Join the inner tribe at http://patreon.com/svdelos   We’ve got a DOOZIE of a project for ya in this week’s episode! I know that so many of you are curious about this topic, and it’s one that I have THOROUGHLY geeked out on 😂 We’ve mentioned our solar panels in a few episodes already, but today is the day we finally begin the exciting process of installing these bad boys. This is gonna be a two-parter as we have so much to cover. I hope you enjoy this deep dive as much as we did. Of course drop any questions you have below!   Interested in getting your own Delos Explorer 53? www.svdelos.com/delos2 You can find all the camera gear we use, our […]

Want to get behind the scenes of the build with early & ad free content, meetups, and more? Join the inner tribe at http://patreon.com/svdelos   This week’s episode is another huuuuge milestone that feels pretty unreal. The salon is really passing the tipping point from construction site vibes to “holy cow this is actually where we’re going to live 🤯” We’re starting to be able to picture a cozy night on anchor cooking up some fresh caught fish in the galley, Kazza sipping a cup of tea curled up on the couch, Sierra doing her homeschooling at the table while we’re sailing to our next destination. The transformation of the salon is huge in this one, and the vision is becoming clearer and clearer…The roof panels are going in as well as some super cool strip lighting that totally changes […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   It’s alllllll starting to come together after years of hard work. Building a boat is such a slow process, and each day you chip away at the tiniest little fraction of the whole project….but those microscopic fractions add up slowly over time, and one day you take a look at what you’ve made and it just hits you all at once, like WOW we’re actually getting CLOSE 🤯 In this week’s episode we tackle some very cool projects that really propel the build forward in a bunch of different areas- we put up the first wall panels in the salon, we get more of the sail hardware online, make progress with the water tanks, get the fridge and oven online, and lots of […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   Today we make the grand reveal of (🎵 dun dun dunnnnn 🎵) THE KILL SWITCH ☠️. It’s something that can come in real handy in an emergency situation, but also for different troubleshooting or maintenance scenarios. And while most boats (including Delos 1) have a switch down by the batteries, we have opted for the doomsday style light up switch right on the helm station because we like to keep things extra around here 😂 We also introduce a project that I am personally soooo giddy about, which is a control and monitoring system for our electric motors that will eventually allow us to turn Delos 2 into a giant remote controlled boat (again, we like to keep things extra around here 😂). […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   We’ve got a big one for ya today as we dive into some SERIOUSLY cool projects that are really taking Delos 2.0 to the next level. For months now we’ve been laying the groundwork for all the systems to start coming to life- getting the power up and running, setting up the wiring for the networks the systems will use to talk to each other, building out and installing all the hardware, the helm station, and about 3,268 other small jobs to bring us to this moment. And now it’s all going to start coming online 🤯 Things feel like they’re moving at warp speed now, and we’re actually starting to think about when the boat will be ready to come out of […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   We’ve got an absolute DOOZIE of an episode for ya this week! We’re seeing our mast for the very first time, and boy does this feel like a big moment. The mast is the heart of our rig, and the process of designing and building it has been one of the deepest rabbit holes we’ve gone down. And now, after years of dreaming, designing, tweaking, re-tweaking, re-tweaking AGAIN 🤣 and asking approximately one million questions, we finally get to see the thing come to life! This episode takes you behind the scenes of the incredible process that went into turning this thing into a reality, and we spared no details in this extended cut style mega-sode! We hope you guys enjoy geeking out […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   Things are starting to get real around here, and every day as projects get ticked off the list we’re blown away at how quickly Delos 2.0 is evolving right before our eyes 🥹 In this week’s episode we’re focusing on some super fun projects that revolve around the sailing hardware which I know is a part of the boat that soooo many of you are excited about. We’ve spent so much of this build working on all the big systems like engines, electrical, plumbing, etc….But at the end of the day, we’re building a sailboat, and this part of the project is just so freaking cool for us. And there’s still a LOT of work to be done in this department, so we’re […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   Today is a BIG day for our future floating home. The corian countertops are going in and it’s going to change the look and feel of the boat COMPLETELY. Not just in the galley, but in the heads and cabins too. These are the kinds of finishing details that make such a big impact, taking it from construction site into a proper home. But as exciting as it is, there’s also a lot on the line here. It’s been months of planning, measuring, and making thousands of tiny decisions….and now all those decisions are about to come to fruition, and we’re about to find out if the pieces of the puzzle will actually fit together, or if it’s time to go back to […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   We’re geeking out suuuper hard on this episode, and we’re so excited to share this one with you. Things are truly flying along in the build, and we’ve reached a very exciting turning point. Up until now we’ve been designing and building out all the systems that will run Delos 2.0, and we’ve even been bringing some of them online. But now we’re getting deeper into what makes our boat so cool, which is not just the systems themselves but how they will all be interconnected! We’re not only building out the backbone of that system, but also explaining how some of these transducers actually turn real world inputs into the data that we will use to navigate Delos 2.0 safely and make […]