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 […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   We’re moving along in the process of outfitting Delos 2.0 with what industry professionals refer to as an obscene amount of power 😂 There’s a LOT that goes into turning sunlight into enough juice to keep this floating spaceship powered up and ready for life off the grid, and this technology we’re using is pretty cutting edge. So each step of the way is soooo freaking exciting. We’re learning so much, and it’s been such a fun process of figuring it all out. I geek out so hard on this kind of stuff, and it’s one of the projects I’ve been enjoying the most lately. As always, let us know what other questions you have about our little floating solar factory hehe.   […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   We’ve got a FUN one for you this week! It’s finally time for our maiden voyage on Maggie 2 🥳 After installing the engine, chart plotter, and a few other fun upgrades (that make her feel more like a small power boat than a dinghy hehe) she’s finally ready to hit the water for the very first time. And spoiler alert, she’s even better than we dreamed! We’ve kinda just started calling her Maggie 2 out of habit, but we’re also considering a fresh name for her…hit us with any suggestions in the comments below!   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 […]

Shop Delos 2.0 Merch 🛠️ Check out our amazing new additions to our online shop: http://svdelos.com/shop   We are soooo excited to share this one with you. Throughout this build there have been plenty of projects that completely changed the look and feel of the boat…but this one is on a whole different level. It’s been a long journey from the very first lighting plans to finally reaching the moment where we could flip the switch for the very first time…and today is finally the day. We had such a good time reliving this episode while editing it. We work on so many different projects that they can all start to blur together, but watching every piece come together and seeing Delos 2.0 light up for the first time gave us alllll the feels. 🥹 We hope you enjoy this […]

Want to get behind the scenes of the build with exclusive content, plus early & ad free access to all our videos? Join the inner tribe here: http://patreon.com/svdelos   Things don’t always go according to plan when you’re building a custom boat. There’s no playbook that we’re following, and while we’ve put tons of time and research into designing all our systems, you can’t fight reality. Just because everything “should” work doesn’t mean it will. And in this week’s episode we hit one of our first snags in our propulsion system. We’ve been getting a lot of questions around the complexity of some of our systems, and I think this is a great example of what that looks like in reality. We actually love this process, and we enjoy the challenge and the problem solving. We’re trying to pull off […]

Want to get behind the scenes of the build with exclusive content, plus early & ad free access to all our videos? Join the inner tribe here: http://patreon.com/svdelos   This week’s project is SO satisfying on so many levels! When we first started diving into the nitty gritty details of the design of Delos 2.0, this was actually one of our first changes that we started dreaming of. And now 2 years later, we finally get to watch our rainwater catchment system come to life. In some ways, it’s a simple project. Big roof = big surface to collect water. But when it came time to make it super functional and hygienic, adding in filters and various pumps so we can direct the water exactly where we want it to go….things started to get interesting! Definitely had so much fun […]

Want to get behind the scenes of the build with exclusive content, plus early & ad free access to all our videos? Join the inner tribe here: http://patreon.com/svdelos   The heads are one of the spaces on the boat that you don’t really think about much when they’re doing their job properly. But when things go wrong….boyyyy do they go wrong 😂 The number of toilet disasters we’ve had over the years on Delos 1 is obscene, and for that reason we have put a LOT of time and planning into designing a system that will minimize that…And in this week’s episode, it’s finally all coming together. We get water running through the lines for the first time, and we also make some amazing progress with the finishings, the shower, and so much more! Can’t wait to show you how […]