We’re blown away by the beauty of Cocos Keeling Islands, which is actually part of Australia. We’re talking crystal clear water, white sands beaches, and an amazing anchorage protected by a beautiful reef.
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For as long as I can remember, traveling and cruising has been a constant background to everything that has happened in my life. I grew up in Sweden, hearing my parents dream of their next sailing adventure, and seeing the hard work they put in to make it come true.
Sailing through some of the worst weather we’ve ever seen on Delos with massive squalls of solid 40 knots, gusting into the 50’s. The crew gets bashed around by the wind and currents as we crawl our way south and east.
Sailing action in the Southern Indian Ocean! After 1,500 miles and 13 days at sea we cross the equator and battle with the wind and current to line ourselves up for our final turn to Cocos Keeling. We hit terrible squalls with rain and bad winds and the crew gets bounced around a lot.
Sailing through a massive squall, the weather finally calms enough for us to put the pollywogs though an equator crossing ceremony and go for a naked swim!
Sailing to La Réunion was not only my first real sailing experience, but my first dive after getting certified. Only being used to 5 meters of viz and harsh Atlantic temperatures, my mind was blown when I first rolled into the water. It was warm, gin clear and full of life.
Sailing to the equator we are hit by a big storm and practice heaving to to try and make Delos comfortable in the big winds. After being at sea for close to 2 weeks, Delos sails her way towards the Equator!
Voyaging With Kids (8 of 8)- SV Totem on The Kids Perspective
We move up to the V-Berth and get the kids perspective straight from the source!
Jamie and Behan from sailingtotem.com discuss probably the most important question of all. WHY? Why did you want to cruise with your kids? It was a very heart warming response.
Sailingtotem.com breaks down some of the big budget items and how they’ve managed to cruise around the world on a tight budget.
We continue our discussion with sailingtotem.com on their thoughts when choosing the right cruising boat for their family.
We talk with sailingtotem.com about some of the concerns, planning, and preparation for health and safety while preparing to take their family cruising on the high seas.
We continue our discussion with sailingtotem.com on how their kids swab the deck and what else they get up to growing up on a sailboat.
We continue our discussion with sailingtotem.com on how cruising kids socialize and mature while on the high seas instead of a typical classroom.
We have the pleasure of joining sailingtotem.com for a little chat about a cool book they co-authored called Voyaging With Kids voyagingwithkids.com. In this portion we discuss some common questions about homeschooling kids while sailing around the world.
Part 1 (South Africa: Before the Passage)
Many people envision the cuisine on a boat as not much more than eating cold baked beans out of the can and rationing out water and moldy pieces of bread.
But not on Delos!
Sailing Hardcore – Gettin’ on that lean! SV Delos Sailing Ep. 75
Sailing time! Delos leaves the Andaman Islands behind and sets out on our 1,700 sail to Cocos Keeling, Australia! We plan for about 3 weeks at sea.