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We can’t believe this incredible milestone that we’ve reached 🥳 It feels a bit like the end of an era, and it’s time to move Delos 2.0 into her new home (allllll the way to the shed next door to the one we’ve been working in the last 8 months 😂) where we will dive into phase 2 of the build: the fit out and systems installations. Working with the metal has been such an invaluable learning experience, but I’m not gonna lie I’m pretty stoked to start getting into some new tasks that I can really get hands on with a bit more. And as we mention in the video, this means that there is now an opening with Dan and the boys at Stradbroke Yachts, so if you’re interested in learning more about your very own Delos Explorer 53′, head to http://svdelos.com/delos2 and fill out an inquiry form to get in touch.

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Today we’re tackling a suuuper interesting, super in depth, and SUPER critical part of the build….We’re fabricating and installing the rudder! Like most projects up until this point, it has involved me using techniques and materials I’ve never used before, and had me cratching my head more than once. It turned out to be an absolute BEAST of a project, and it required quite a lot of improvising and creative problem solving, which is as fun as it is challenging. And in the end, we could not be any happier with how it turned out! For all my fellow geeks who like to get really deep into the nitty gritty of it all, you’re going to LOVE this one I think 🥳

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This week’s episode is a little different as we step away from some of the welding and grinding and take a VERY deep dive into how we’ve been planning and designing the interior. We take you along through some of our biggest design choices, explain what materials we’re choosing and why, and we also explain why weight savings is such an important aspect of the build…I know we’ve mentioned it many times in the videos, but I don’t think we ever actually stopped to go into the nitty gritty of why. And by the way, we STILL haven’t decided between the two paint colors for the inside kitchen cabinets, so tell us your vote in the comments below!

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Normally when you see water rushing inside your boat and rapidly filling up the hull with water, it’s a sailor’s worst nightmare…but in this case, we actually did it on purpose! This week’s episode is pretttttty dang interesting if you ask me. Many of you have been asking about how we will test to make sure there aren’t leaks in any of the welds, and here is our answer: Just fill it up with water and see if any leaks out 😂 We were actually really looking forward to this, not only just to see how solid our boat is, but also for the novelty of hooking up the hoses and splashing around on the inside. You don’t have many opportunities to get excited about water rushing inside your boat, so we decided to take full advantage!

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After nearly 3 months away, it’s time to lay eyes on Delos 2.0 for the first time, and the transformation is just unbelievable! If there was ever a time to appropriately use the word flabbergasted….this was it 😂 We left Delos 2.0 looking a bit like a skeleton of boat, and when we arrived back she is really and truly looking like sexy, curvaceous, beast of a boat she is destined to be! Our trip away was amazing, but the feeling we had when we got back was so overwhelming that we are exactly where we should be, doing exactly what we should be doing….it was super validating and had us feeling more stoked than ever to keep chugging away on this project.

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After 3 grueling months in the boat yard, we’ve watched our dream boat start taking shape and come to life before our very eyes! But as our visa for Australia winds down, we figured it would be the perfect opportunity to make a trip to Sweden to get in some quality family time…but not without first making a pit stop in California to visit the legendary Brady & Blue! But in true Delos fashion, you can take the family out of the boat yard, but you can’t take the boat yard out of the family 😂 We take a little road trip to the factory that makes the beautiful and innovative hatches that will keep us cool on Delos 2.0.

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We’ve got a DOOZIE of an episode for you today! Join us for our week long saga of installing the electrical backbone that will allow us to move an obscene amount of power from our batteries to our hybrid electric propulsion system. Traditional wires weren’t very practical or affordable (we’ll explain why in the episode!) so we had to get a little creative and explore some other alternatives, and what we came up with is pretty dang cool if you ask me! We’ve got 33 minutes of problem solving, nerdy graphics including us riding a unicorn, and cutting holes in the boat as we dive into this hardcore but oh so rewarding project!

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After MONTHS of wheelin’ & welding, it’s time for our first major system install! And it’s one of the most critical pieces of the puzzle when it comes to performance, safety, and reliability: Our steering system! I have to say that I am beyond excited for what we’ve designed, and while the process was full of challenges, I really enjoyed shifting gears a bit. In this video we’re gonna break down every step of the way for you, and we’re also going to dip our toes into our hybrid electric propulsion system, a topic that also makes this engineer get wayyy to excited 🤓 🛠️ 🙌

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For the first 3 months of our boat build, we were constructing it in an upside down position to use gravity to our advantage during the welding process…but now we finally flipped her right side up (in quite the spectacular way! check out that episode here if you missed it: http://svdelos.com/buildpart10 ) and we finally get the chance to really see what our boat will look like (spoiler alert: we’re in LOVE!). So join us for the big reveal as we do a walkthrough of our custom aluminum expeditionary catamaran!

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The day we’ve been waiting for is finally HERE! It’s been an incredibly cool and incredibly challenging process to get the boat to this stage, and after 14 weeks of grueling labor we’ve finally made it to one of the biggest milestones of the build: THE FLIP! We’ve been building Delos 2.0 upside down to let gravity help us out with all the welding, but now that all the bottom parts of the hull are finished we’re ready to flip her right side up, a task that is no small feat. We bring in a team of cranes and seasoned Aussie pro’s, and what ensues is one of the wildest things I’ve ever seen with my own two eyes. We felt both feelings of excitement and accomplishment, along with a TON of nerves as our dreams and savings dangled in the air from a 60 ton crane. So buckle up and get ready for one heck of a ride in this week’s episode!

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The countdown to the flip is ON! In 72 hours all 5+ tons of our boat are going to go flying through the air, suspended in the sky by a 60 ton crane. We’ve got people flying in from all over the world (including one verryyyyy special guest that many of you can’t get enough of) for the festivities, but the question is….will we be ready??? We’ve got a to do list that just won’t quit, and a very hard deadline, so at this point there’s only one thing we can do: Put in our ear plugs, fire up an entire workshop full of the loudest tools on planet earth, and get to work! Let’s Goooo!

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Wowzzaaaa, our minds are completely blown 🤯 Is anyone else just absolutely floored by how fast this build is coming along?!?! We’re 12 weeks in and it’s pretty unbelievable to see our dreams become a reality right before our eyes. Delos 2.0 is looking more like a boat than ever, but with our flip date fast approaching there’s no time to slow down. We tackle some sweet projects, and although there is lots of work still to be done on the hull and structure, we also need to start researching and thinking about some future projects too so we can start getting materials ordered. So we go on a couple field trips and start looking at some hardware, flooring materials, and even make a little trip to the city with the family!

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This project is one of the HARDEST and also most CRITICAL parts of the build. Today we’re tackling the fabrication of our crossbeam and longeron, and if you’re scratching your head and asking what in the world is a longeron…don’t worry you’re definitely about to find out! It’s already a tricky enough process as it is, but we encounter a few more bugs in some of the components and we have to do a bit of improvisation. But as always Dan and the team don’t miss a beat, and we’re able to get creative and work through it all! The problem solving process of building and maintaining a boats is something I truly love…of course there are times I’m swearing and questioning our life decisions, but the feeling when you crack the code and see it all come together is really like nothing else!

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The devil is in the details, and in this week’s episode we’re going to zoom in a bit on some super interesting projects and reveal some of the really cool tricks of the trade that have allowed us to tackle some of the unique challenges we’ve been faced with. It’s been soooo satisfying seeing some of these big side plates get fitted and watching the hull take shape right before our eyes, but now we’re getting excited to really dive in to a few other topics like our keel design, how we weld the super skinny part where the plates come together at the bow, and how in the heck we’re going to be able to hoist our 5+ ton boat in the air with a crane….Plus we also take you deep into another area of education we’ve been cracking the books on….the intricate (and often inappropriate) realm of Aussie Slang!

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We’ve been busting our buns and making incredible progress on the build of Delos 2.0, but it hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows. Our first major deadline is approaching, and we’re starting to feel the pressure. So we kick things up a few gears, coming in early, staying late, and even braving the shop on weekends. It was sooo incredible to see Delos 2.0 start to really take her shape, and it was super motivating to keep pushing ourselves every single day. My back however was not as impressed as we were, and unfortunately it was time to pay the tax on all the huge gains we had been making…So I traded my steel toed boots for fuzzy socks, and swapped my jeans for sweat pants and hunkered in for several days of recovery on the couch. But the couch couldn’t keep us down, and we managed to take advantage of some time at home to focus on the interior. And of course the team was still hard at work throughout, and when we return, we have some suuuper cool projects to get down and dirty with!

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Building an aluminum catamaran from scratch has been one heck of a learning curve for a newbie like me, and every day I’m learning and challenging myself more and more…And now as we start to fit the hull plates and turn this skeleton of metal frames into an actual boat, I’m realizing just how difficult this is. But if sailing around the world for the last 15 years has taught me one thing, it’s how to embrace the unknown and just GO FOR IT! So join us for this week’s episode and watch Delos 2.0 take shape right before your eyes 🤯

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What wizardry allows us to construct a curvaceous, mad max-esque aluminum catamaran using perfectly flat plates? Join us for a deep dive into the dark art of bending aluminum, one of the coolest and trickiest parts of the build. We bust out the English Wheel, a highly specialized machine that I’ll be getting to know EXTREMELY well, since we have 28 plates to form and it takes about an hour and a half to do each one. We’ve got our work cut out for us in this one, so lets dive in!

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We’re building our DREAM BOAT….but why ALUMINUM? In this video, we explore why we chose this building material for our custom expeditionary catamaran, Delos 2.0. We delve into the key benefits of aluminum, such as its unmatched strength, durability, and corrosion resistance. But it’s not all smooth sailing— we also discuss the challenges and potential drawbacks of aluminum, plus solutions to combat these issues. We show you the reality of working with this material as we take you along a few pretty major projects like installing the engine bays, building and mounting the rudder tubes, and filling out the final frames all the way to the transom! And of course no discussion of aluminum would be complete without touching on how it stacks up compared to fiberglass. To put both materials to the test, we conduct a destruction test which was very ummmm *cough* educational….(and we might have had some fun running stuff over with a forklift and smashing away with a hammer). Whether you’re curious about boat building, considering materials for your own project, or just love a good showdown, this video has something for you!

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