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The COOLEST System On Our Boat 😎 Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 67

Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener   Ahoy Delos Tribe! We’re installing our COOLEST system yet on the boat in this week’s episode 🥶 We’ve been getting quite a few questions about how we will cool and heat the boat, and we’re excited to dive into all the details – from how the system actually works, to why we chose this setup over other options, to the install and of course the biggest moment of them all: THE LEAK TEST. It’s something we’ve been researching, planning, and scheming for soooo long, and now its all ready to start coming together and we couldn’t be more excited!   Interested in getting your own Delos Explorer 53? www.svdelos.com/delos2 You can find all the camera gear we use, our must have cruising essentials, tools, recommended reading, safety gear, and […]

WHAT DO WE CHOOSE?!? Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 66

Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener   Today we’re kicking off a project that our tiny Captain has been eagerly awaiting since we first explained to her that we were going to build a new boat. At first glance it appeared to be pretty straight forward, but once we started diving into it and saw just how many options and considerations there are, we quickly realized that this (like most things in boat building) was not as simple as it seemed. But also like most things in boat building, you just have to take things one step at a time and answer each question at it comes, and that’s exactly what we’re up to in this week’s episode! We also say goodbye to Conor in this week’s episode, and we absolutely HAVE to give him a […]

The Big Reveal 😱 Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 65

Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener   We’ve got something VERY big and VERY exciting in this here box, and we cannot wait to share it with you! Before you start watching the episode let us know in the comments what you think it is, curious to see what guesses you guys come up with hehe. I don’t want to give too much away here, but I’ll say that it’s been something that’s been in the works for a while now, and it’s going to be such a big part of our daily lives on the water, definitely one of the funnest packages we’ve gotten yet!     Interested in getting your own Delos Explorer 53? www.svdelos.com/delos2 You can find all the camera gear we use, our must have cruising essentials, tools, recommended reading, safety gear, […]

Powering Up Our Dream (FOR THE FIRST TIME!) ⚡️ Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 64

Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener   Today’s new episode features a pretttty huge milestone 🤯 After the last weeks spent crammed in the forward tech space tinkering away, we’re ready to put some power in the system and see if we can bring our Combi electric motor to life! This is a crazy moment that logically of course we knew would eventually come, but somehow it feels so surreal that it’s actually here! Reaching this phase of the build things are moving fast and slow at the same time, and so many of these systems and projects that we’ve been chipping away at over the course of the whole build are really starting to come into their own, and every day Delos 2.0 is feeling more and more like a boat and not just a […]

Building the Brain of Our Expedition Catamaran 🧠 Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 63

Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener   Ahoyyyy Delos Tribe! The nerd-fest continues in this week’s episode, but we’re taking a slightly different direction in this one. In the previous few episodes it’s been all about the tech and what it’s capable of, but in this video we’re more focused on the practicality of how it’s going to actually fit together in the boat. Space is the one thing we never have enough of on a boat, so with the help of Conor we’re going to take you on a suuuuper deep dive into how we will go from a tiny, empty room to cramming 20 some-odd pieces of gear and batteries to create an efficient and well functioning layout for everything. We hope you enjoy nerding out on this kinda stuff as much as we […]

The Craziest Batteries We’ve EVER SEEN 🤯 Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 62

Join our inner tribe & get access to exclusive content just like this, plus all our videos early & ad free, invites to meet ups, and lots more! http://patreon.com/svdelos   Ahoy Delos Tribe! This week’s episode is all about something that will quite literally become the heart of Delos 2.0… our batteries! After too many late nights going down every electrical rabbit hole you can imagine, we came across a company here in Australia doing some really innovative stuff — including solid state lithium batteries that are unlike anything we’ve seen before. They’re lighter, incredibly powerful, and are going to be a total game changer for how we power the boat. This one is pretty techy for all my fellow geeks, but also suuuper fun and interesting even if you’re not super into all the technical details. This is going […]

What This Box Does & Why It Matters (DEEP DIVE) 🧐 Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 61

Join our inner tribe & get access to exclusive content just like this, plus all our videos early & ad free, invites to meet ups, and lots more! http://patreon.com/svdelos   Ahoy Delos Tribe! We’re starting in on a series of episodes that are probably some of the most exciting ones for me…we’re about to make some BIG strides in the progression of our electrical system! The next few videos we’re going to introduce some crazyyyy tech that has me grinning from ear to ear, starting with this bad boy right here. We hope you enjoy this process as much as we do 🤓 and make sure and leave your questions in the comments, I’m so excited to share this process with you all!   Interested in getting your own Delos Explorer 53? www.svdelos.com/delos2 You can find all the camera gear […]

Why We Need To CLOSE UP THE BOAT? Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 60

Join our inner tribe & get access to exclusive content just like this, plus all our videos early & ad free, invites to meet ups, and lots more! http://patreon.com/svdelos   If you’ve been following along with the previous two episodes, you know that we’re DEEP into the project of installing the windows. All the salon windows and hatches are in, and now all that’s left to do is the hull port lights (the windows that are inside the cabins). They have a very unique and stylish design, and putting them in marks a huuuuge milestone for us: Delos 2.0 is officially all closed up! We also realized that at this point we are creeping up on the two year mark on the build, which feels just truly unbelievable. It has simultaneously felt like the longest and shortest 2 years of […]

Most Boats Don’t Have This Many 😮 Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 59

Join our inner tribe & get access to exclusive content just like this, plus all our videos early & ad free, invites to meet ups, and lots more! http://patreon.com/svdelos   This week’s episode is all about HATCHES, and this is a day we’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. There are a lot of special details on the boat that will really make her stand out, but this is one in particular that we are beyond stoked about, and give Delos 2.0 a really cool modern look. You might recall when we were in Sweden in 2024 we stopped by the Rutgerson factory and got an inside look at how they were made, and ever since then we’ve been anxiously awaiting this install! There’s a (slight 🤣) chance we went a bit overboard on the hatches, but honestly […]

This One Change Transformed Everything 🤯 Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 58

Watch the FULL one hour deep dive into our electrical system on Patreon. Our Patrons get access to exclusive content just like this, plus all our videos early & ad free, invites to meet ups, and lots more! http://patreon.com/svdelos We’ve got a BIG project kicking off in this week’s episode that is going to be spanning the course of the next few videos. We’re installing the windows! It’s quite an intricate process to get everything perfect, and so we’ve brought in the pros on this one to ensure that it goes off without a hitch. And MAN do the windows change the look of the boat! It looks so sleek and amazing from the outside, and its looking more and more like it belongs out on the water every day! We also do a very deep dive into some of […]

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