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Building the Command Center of Our Dream Boat 🤩 (Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 72)
Join the inner tribe to watch all our videos early & ad free plus other sweet perks: http://patreon.com/svdelos Happy Friday friends! We’re diving into a BRAIN BENDER of a project in this week’s episode. The helm station is about to come alive, and it’s turning out to be quite the game of Tetris to try and fit all the gadgets and screens that we will use to sail around in the world into a rather compact space. But with Kazza’s knack for organizing, Dan’s mastery with the welder, and my nerd-mode fully activated, we manage to come up with something super functional that looks pretty dang sexy! The helm station is one of those spots on the boat that can really make or break how fun, comfortable, and practical a boat is to sail, so it’s something that we’ve […]
The BIG Reveal! UNREAL 🤯 (Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 71)
Join the inner tribe to watch all our videos early & ad free plus other sweet perks: http://patreon.com/svdelos Happy Friday Delos Tribe! We’re back with part 2 of our cabin transformation, and it’s finally time for the big reveal! We take you through the final steps (complete with some curveballs because, ya know, boat building…) and a look back at just how far we’ve come. The cabins are an especially exciting part of the boat to see come to life since it feels the most like home. To think about Sierra filling her cabin with stuffed animals and unicorn decorations, to imagine all the friends and family that will crash out in the guest bunk, all the nights on anchor, all the places in the world that we will call home for the night…With all the focus lately on […]
A HUGE Transformation is Coming 😱 (Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 70)
Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener Ahoyyyy Delos Tribe! The next two episodes are comin’ in hot! We’re on the cusp of another huuuge moment in the build, and it’s going to be one of our most satisfying projects yet! The port side cabins have been a labor of love for soooo long now. From the early days of deciding on the layout, designing the bed sizes and positions, cabinetry, choosing wood, all the hidden complexity behind the walls and floors with plumbing, wiring, fuel lines, water tanks, and more…We’ve been chipping away bit by bit, but we’re about to hit a turning point where they will really come to life. The panels and bulkheads are getting upholstered and installed, and we’re about to get our first glimpse of how the will really look when […]
When a Plan Comes Together….(Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 69)
Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener This week’s episode is satisfying one. Lately a lot of the projects we’ve been focusing on have spanned the course of months (even years for some). Those are super rewarding to chip away at and see something big and beautiful slowly form…but sometimes it’s fun to watch something come from an idea to a tangible, masterfully crafted, functioning part of our future home in just days. These are like little dopamine hits for our boat building brains, and they are such a great morale boost when it feels like the work is never ending. So we hope you have the same satisfaction as we did after this one! Interested in getting your own Delos Explorer 53? www.svdelos.com/delos2 You can find all the camera gear we use, our must […]
A Very Different Kind of Week 🙃 Building Our Own Aluminum Catamaran Pt. 68
Grab our brand spankin’ new Delos 2.0 Bottle Openers: https://shop.svdelos.com/products/sv-delos-bottle-opener We’re BACK, and this week’s new episode is a fun one with a bit of everything. We’ve got projects of all shapes & sizes (6 to be exact), but most importantly we’ve got a verrrrry fun surprise that you guys who’ve been following along the last few years will definitely appreciate. We’ve actually really grown to love the routine and having some more stability that has come with the build versus the nomadic lifestyle we’ve been accustomed to for the last 15 years on Delos. But this week, we have an absolute BLAST stirring things up a bit! 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 more […]
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 […]
