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Oh yeah- we have a crazy encounter with a Galapagos Shark while scuba diving. Pretty intense experience but all ends well.

After saving baby turtles and spending one of the best days of her life with Edward, Liz had to say a sad goodbye to her new love, not knowing if/when they will see each other again! We also go for a massive hike to Ascensions highest peak, find some local bananas and meet some AWESOME locals!

Bikinis and waterfalls in Brazil!! Yep we promised so here you go :) He He! But before we head into the Brazilian jungle to seek out waterfalls.... Our new amigo Felipe drives us to the mainland to attempt checking in. It takes all day to navigate the Federal Police, Customs, and Navy offices but we finally are legally in Brazil with Delos! We get to experience our first Coxinhas and Brazilian street food which is frickin' delicious. During our after passage clean Mr. Brady "solves" the mystery of the missing voice recorder. Nice try Mr. Brady but we were ahead of you every step of the way :)

The entire crew unites in Cape Town and the Girl Crew officially invades Delos! Welome aboard Alex from California, Lisa from Austria, and Lizbef from England Town! We explore some epic hikes and parties around Cape Town, play with African Penguins, get Brian swaggered out in some fresh Captain gear, and even have a run in with Lisa Blair from Climate Action Now. As our time in Cape Town comes to an end we get the new generator installed, wrap up all the boat projects, and get ready to start our passage up the coast to Namibia!

It's time for Delos to leave Cape Town and head up the Western coast of Africa towards Namibia! We were sent off with some incredible energy and enjoyed a five day cruise along the coast as the crew got to know each other a bit better :) We enjoyed our first taste of the insane amounts of wildlife we would be experiencing throughout Namibia but get a bit spooked when our radar fails in the thick fog just outside of Luderitz!

Hello NAMIBIA!!! The fog clears and there is LAND, and Luderitz is our first Namibian stop :) After one of the easiest check-in's ever we explore this awesome little town. First order of business- Mr. Brady visits the biltong shop where he finds a secret love potion from China, which he promptly tests on the girl crew. We happen to arrive just before the 10 year anniversary of the Luderitz crayfish festival- the biggest party weekend of the year! We eat heaps of lobsters, dance our little hearts out and meet some incredible locals. Before setting sail north we explore one of the absolute highlights around this area, The Ghost Town! Previously an old German settlement for the diamond workers and their loved ones in the 20th century, it was abandoned and swallowed by the desert. It was a super eerie and incredibly beautiful spot with a crazy history! But where are all the diamonds?

The crew pull into a pretty epic anchorage on the coast of Namibia called Hottentot bay. We aren't entirely sure if we were even allowed to be here but it was well worth it. We explore the endless sand dunes, find a crazy amount of skeletons and let nature take us over by getting naked and running around like children!

Get ready to check out one of the most unique places we have ever been! Who would of thought the Skeleton Coast would be covered with thousands of dolphins, seals and PENGUINS!? Definitely not us, so we sure were surprised when we pulled into our anchorage at Mercury Island in Spencer Bay. After making friends with Penguin Man (who has been living on an island of over ten thousand penguins for TWENTY YEARS), we paddle boarded with a massive seal colony, explored a beached shipwreck from the 40's, and spent the rest of the day sappin' brews in our hammocks on Delos

After an incredible adventure in Spencer Bay we say goodbye to the Penguin Man and head North to Walvis Bay. During our sail in dense fog we celebrate Cinco De Mayo while sailing! We arrived in Walvis Bay Namibia safely and gave Delos a little TLC before meeting some awesome new friends and exploring this amazing town!

While in Walvis Bay we met some really incredible people and were able to safely leave Delos for a little camping trip in the Desert! From breakdowns to drone flights this episode was so fun to edit and put together. Hope you enjoy a glimpse of the desert through our eyes :) Lots of Love!

Our time in Africa is slowly coming to an end so we spend our last bit of time cherishing the new friends we have met :) In true Delos style we have one last party in the desert and dub it "Delos Burn". I'm sure you can imagine how that party turned out haha..

This is it! We leave the continent of Africa and set out to sail across the south Atlantic Ocean! It’s always a mix of emotions leaving a place and Africa had been our home for almost a year now. But it was time, it would be the fist ocean crossing for all our new crew! Setting sail for St Helena we had a steady 20-30kn from the back with big ocean swell tossing Delos around… it wasn’t long until the sea sickness kicked in! Hope you enjoy as we experience the not so glamorous part of cruising, as Liz nicely descried it “Sailing is not all tits and bikinis.. its puking over the sight of sausages! ”

This was a hell of an episode to edit! ;D after a week at sea all of us where going slightly insane… trying to work on our abs, lizef bakes a spotted dick, we jump off Delos in over 2000 meters of water and I even bust out some Swedish “rap” when Brian looses our dinner.. it’s a lot of personal feeling in this episode mixed with epic Atlantic downwind sailing!

The crew just spent over a week at sea together. Then over the horizon, we spotted St. Helena! A really really really remote Island in the middle of the Southern Atlantic Ocean. After going ashore and walking around we have a bit of "welcome to land" party! What a crazy unique place this is :)

After our first day in St. Helena we are pretty hungover from celebrating our arrival. We spend the day chilling on Delos, enjoying warm water and acting strange... Then we decide its time to take on the 699 stairs in the main town of Jamestown, St. Helena! We aren't so fit though and one of us even throws up.. haha

After a few days of settling into St. Helena, we experience many firsts! We go on our first hike into the interior of the Island through Lemon Valley and learn about some interesting history of the island. Next we have our FIRST DIVE of the SEASON and experience some sweet caves and unique topography. And last but not least, we have a Delos Radio Takeover at the local St. Helena Radio Station! Hope you guys enjoy watching on St. Helena as much as we enjoyed spending time there.

e get our hands on a couple of rent-a-dent cars for 12 pounds a day and begin our land exploration of St. Helena! Amongst the wickedly steep one lane roads we explore the vacant St. Helena Airport, a fort at the top of the island, have a crazy Chinese/English fusion Karaoke night, go for an incredible dive with Manta rays, and then mix a custom version of Ramukanji on an antique organ in the biggest church in town. Totally cool!

So is this where you guys come to hang out?!?!? Ha Ha you'll see :) This is a great one guys! In a nut shell Brady and I almost destroy ourselves acting like silly boys playing in massive waves, I lose our beloved Mavic Drone trying to film an old volcanic magma dyke, and we have a funny misunderstanding of words with the locals...

Our toilet stops flushing and during the troubleshooting process we end up with about 20 liters of PURE FECES straight into our head :( Of course Capt. Breeyawn is on the case to sort it out. I’ve never seen anything like it! Hope you find it as amusing as we did, re-watching this disaster..hehe

Its time for us to set sail!! Two weeks in St. Helena went by in the blink of an eye.. Now, its time to sail NW for 700NM towards Ascension Island… Another super remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The passage isn’t the best though as we have to deal with big swells and very rolly conditions

What does it take to get a sailboat like Delos ready to haul out and be stored in the yard for a few months? Join us for the last sail of the season on Delos and we’ll walk you though it! It takes quite a bit of work to do it properly but with the right knowledge and planning it’s not too bad.

Ascension Island has an amazing local population from so many cultures! The fact that there's a US Air force base means they know how to celebrate the 4th of July pretty well! The day after the party we head out on a local boat to join a fishing competition... The only problem? After trolling for 5 hours It seemed there weren't many fish in this world class fishing destination. We sat down with Craig and Ellen to ask them some questions about how, and maybe why, the oceans around Ascension island are in trouble.

Secret dive spot? Possible shark encounter? Yep! We're in :) After hearing about a secret dive spot on the other side of Ascension Island we pull up the hook and take Delos out for an exploratory dive mission. We end up at a place called Bird Island by the locals, and for very good reason. Pretty soon we find ourselves anchored in one of the most incredibley beautiful places we have ever been. And right on top of a Galapagos shark nursery! How cool is that? We spend the day doing dive after dive, checking out the underwater wonderland.

Ever wondered how it feels to breath under water for the first time?? In this episode Lisa and Liz get to experience just this feeling, as Mr. Brady teaches them how to scuba dive… Delos Style :) A lot of personality and goodness in this episode as Brian rallies the troops to clean the filth off Delos and we struggle to go ashore as the swell has gotten huge in the last 2 days just as we are preparing to leave for Brazil!

We start to wrap up our time on Ascension Island and get ready for the last leg of our Atlantic Ocean crossing! After a solid provisioning mission and helping our new friends pull their boat out of the water, we head back to our favorite dive spot – Botswain Bird Rock to enjoy or last couple of days. We make friends with the huge Trevally's, find a three legged turtle, and Blue & Brian get sucked into an underwater cave!

Our last morning at Ascension Island has us reminiscing about all of our incredible memories that were made in the middle of the ocean. But as we sail off the morning, our attention turns towards BRASIL and what this wild and unknown country has in store for us! With a swift sail off the mooring, we begin the last leg of our Atlantic Crossing- a 2,300 nautical mile sail to Ilhabela, just south of Rio. But I think Neptune wanted us to earn this one a bit more, and so our auto pilot malfunctioned at the last moment which meant we would have over 2 weeks straight of hand steering. But hand steering to Southern Cross didn't end up being quite so bad

After the first 3 days at sea the crew start coming to life and really focus on why long ocean passages are so good for the soul! We have absolutely no interaction with any other people so our bond as a family grows super strong  We are only a small fraction of the way to BRAZIL!

Want to know what its like after 12 days at sea? Yea, you start to go a bit crazy to say the least. In this episode we get “creative” on how we stay occupied while at sea. We film our own version of MTV Cribs, talk about how far we have come as a crew and fix Delos as the sea takes its toll.

Yes, this Episode is 40 minutes :) As we approach the South American continent the crew really start thinking about how close we have become.. We are a family and this passage has proven that  Besides our love for each other there is always games and shenanigans being played

After 15 days and 2,240 miles at sea the crew spots the coast of BRAZIL!!! We're a little shell shocked as we go from nothing but the deep blue to boats, houses, and the smells of the jungle coming off the island. Spirits are high and we decide to start taking shots to celebrate a successful passage, which of course turns into a crazy arrival dance party for the crew. The next day we wake up a little hung over and Brian cooks our arrival breaky of pancakes and bacon. Lizbef administers aid to the hangovers with a bottle of champagne and we head into the Yacht Club for our first Portugese interaction. We immediately hit a HUGE language barrier but manage to get a few things across to security and they end up letting us tie Maggie up at the dock. After our first amazing meal in Brazil (Carne Asada) we meet up with Felipe, a local sailor that we've been emailing with. And..... LIZBEF gets a long awaited email from Eddie whom she met in Ascension Island.

Brazilian CHURRASCO TIME!!! :). We decide to sail Delos to the other side of Ilha Bela, to some cruising grounds that look really sweet on the chart. At our first stop we get eaten alive by man-eating flies known locally as Borrachudos! We flee to another anchorage and take some time to reflect on what it means to live and work on a sailboat. We get an awesome message from some locals that want to host us for our very first Brazilian Churrasco! Not knowing what is in store for us we arrive to find a fridge full of steaks, cold bear, and we proceed to have one hell of a party.

Team edit with Leeesir, Killa Kiril, and Capt. Breeyawn! It’s a great mix of personality and beautiful nature! We kick off by celebrating Leesir’s birthday. She wanted to go hiking, but the weather wasn’t cooperating. YEAH says Lizbef :) We end up having a party on Delos instead with lot’s of caipirinha’s followed by a Japanese inspired cooking marathon. YEAH says everyone :) Up next we jump in a Jeep and take a 4x4 trail to the wild side of Ilha Bela, Castelhanos beach, where we encounter the raw beauty of the island and also the largest waterfall, over 70M (200 ft) high! Pretty soon it’s time to set sail for our next destination, so Capt. Breeyawn heads to the local marine store to sort out some parts, where he gets to practice his Portuguese skills with some success.

The time has come for Lizbeth to say goodbye to Delos and start her new adventure in France. But before she leaves we have a great last Delos party as a family of six! Loads of laughs, Caipirinhas, singing and some naked swimming in the dark. Then it was time to say the sad goodbye :( Wow Liz it has been a fantastic 6 month, 5000NM and 5 counties together! We Love you!!

Welcome to Ilha Anchieta, one of the most magical places we have ever visited! This island, which once acted as the Alcatraz of Brasil, is full of history, crazy characters, and beautiful creatures! There are not many places in the world that remain as naturally intact and protected as this special little island a few miles off the coast of Brasil. Check out the crew as we get to know our buddy Arturo a bit better and make friends with local Capybara's, monkeys, and anteaters!

Ever wonder what it would be like to cruise around a remote Brasilian Island for a week? Although it's filled with sunshine and floaty party's, there are also personal struggles, heaps of boat work, and the possibility of waking up to your home rapidly moving towards a rocky lee shore!!

For Kazza's bday we do something super special and it leads to her finding some treasure! We spend the next few days cruising around the incredible Ilha Couves. Brady has a close encounter with a butterfly and we show you how we film some of our days on Delos!

29.000 iscritti From cross dressing in a regatta to the big city of Sao Paulo, Brazil! This episodes covers A LOT of ground so we tried something different. See what it's like to be a sailor on the coast of Brazil then what its like for a sailor to visit a big city, experiencing the sights, sounds, and smells!

As we sail into the only fjord in Brazil, Saco De Mamangua, we find an incredibly peaceful anchorage to relax at :) Of course, we meet some more amazing Brazilian friends and explore deep into the mangrove rivers! We also hear about a hike that takes us to a super windy view!

It’s fair to say that despite Brasil’s amazing food and gorgeous coastline, by far our favorite aspect of this country is it’s PEOPLE! Brasilians always offer their instant friendship and a helping hand whenever they can! Check out our time in Paraty as we make friends with some locals who cook us local cuisine aboard Delos, show us some secret waterfalls, and attempt to teach us to slack line ;) We also explore the colonial city of Paraty and learn how the ballast street stones which now line the streets were once traded for gold and the tide rises into the streets to keep the city clean!

This weeks episode edited by @kiril_dobrev and @senor.brady has all the things you like.. Trust us.. haha Experiencing a local Brazilian Churrasco, racing in a dinghy regatta, and tasting the best Cachaca in the world! This area of Brazil is proving to be an incredible place proven so by the locals and scenery

It's a great day sail to Brazil's biggest island- Ilha Grande! A super beautiful spot with incredible beaches, clear water and even rumors of good diving! I have one of the most incredible moments swimming with a turtle and we explore the cozy town of Abraao where we meet some new friends!

Sometimes the boat drags anchor, you lose your dinghy, things break, and you miss your family. But then you have fantastic islands and even better company to bring you back up! In this episode we explore a bit about both sides of this incredible lifestyle.

When I think of Brazil, the iconic image of Rio automatically pops into my mind. And I’m pretty sure it does for you too. There’s just a certain mystique about this picturesque, exotic city nestled among breathtaking beaches and mountains that surround Guanabara bay. Anchoring Delos right in the middle of this 7-million-person city was a completely surreal experience. If you asked me 10 years ago the chances that I would find myself in Rio, let alone on a sailboat here, I probably would have said next to nothing. We spent nearly three weeks in Rio di Janeiro, and as you might imagine went on quite a few filming adventures. We feel like we got a good taste of the city, and picked out our favorite bits to show you what our experience was like.

After a pretty intense few weeks in the city we sail out of Rio and set our course for the Abrolhos Archipelago. Along the way we encounter whales, fix our engine, clean our hull, and much much much more! When we arrive in Abrolhos we are blown away by the beauty and go on the hunt for our first dive!

You know how good it feels to finally be diving some good conditions! Last good diving was in Ascension Island! The Abrolhos Archipelago is an amazing place. The conservation work of the government has paid off huge here. Turtles are everywhere! This place was once a very dangerous uncharted area, and now its a divers paradise

It doesn’t get any better than this! Waking up in a beautiful place, going for a sail and diving straight off your home! All the hard work pays off :). In this episode, we go for one last dive in the beautiful Abrolhos Archipelago before setting sail north to our next destination, Brazils 3rd largest bay. We arrive in Camamu bay with incredible conditions and find our selves meeting the locals within a few minutes! We then go paddle boarding and drone flying!

Senor Brady sums this episode up perfectly, “This is my favorite, going into a place where you’re really not supposed to be and thats uncharted. It’s really fun!” Come along as we take Delos 20 miles up a shallow river in the beautiful state of BAHIA, Brazil. The river of Marau was by the most rural place that we explored in the country, and we got a wonderful taste of village life. As always, Brasilian hospitality shines through as we make friends with the locals and they shows us the ins and outs of a pretty magical waterfall as well as open up there home to these salty gringos!

We try not to sail to weather... Ever! It's sort of like a big night of drinking, you promise you'll never do it again. But.... We have a date with the airport in Recife and decide to make tracks north. We have 5 days of headwinds and current against us, but we make it to Recife. The only casualty- Mr. Brady's laptop battles a wave and loses :( We arrive just in time to greet Karin's brother Ragnar, and say goodbye to our beloved Leesir Ninja Beast as she heads back home to friends and family in Austria.

There’s two types of sailors- those that have run aground and those that lie about it!! We set out to find our friend Torpedinho’s place, which is located up a shallow river, only to find the entrance a maze of shallow sand banks. The GPS coordinates are a little off and we run smack into a sandbank trying to cross the river bar. To make matters worse Delos is being smashed by a running swell beam on, and bashing her keel so hard the entire boat shutters with every impact. It takes some quick thinking but we are able to use the bow thruster and engine thrust to pivot her bow into the swell, and eventually back to deeper water.

What is the most exotic island in all of Brazil? You know, something with with sand beaches, crystal clear waters, dolphins, turtles, and of course awesome bars? We asked this question a lot and the reply from most people was “Man, you gotta check out Fernando de Noronha!” So we decided to sail there and check it out for ourselves. It’s our last stop in Brazil before setting sail for French Guyana, and we experienced all the island had to offer.

Time to explore the hidden treasures of Fernando de Noronha! We start off by exploring Brazil’s most celebrated beaches. Feeling a pull to the ocean we long to breath underwater so we set off on a scuba diving adventure, and man was it a real treat! We had encounters with sharks, rays, and barracuda. Then, to top off an already incredible experience we scuba dive with something we’ve never, ever experienced before!

Behind the scenes on Insta @svdelos Holy hell, Kiril did an incredible job editing this beast of an episode. We say a sad goodbye to Brazil and set sail northwest....to...we don't really know YET. Along the passage we visit remote reefs, LOSE OUR DRONE, celebrate a birthday and put BLUE through her equator crossing ceremony!

NIGHT SQUALL!!!!! On day 9 of a 1,400 mile passage we get hit in the middle of the night by a massive squall! The wind is hitting a solid 45 knots and the rain is driven so hard it’s blinding us. We accidentally jibe, take a wave in the salon hatch, and it takes all hands on Deck to get Delos under control and properly reefed as we cruise down the waves making over 14 knots. That pretty much sums up life in the ITC ZED…. The next day we sight land and sail Delos into the jungle rivers of French Guyana. We’re struck by the quiet and calmness the jungle river provides us after so many days rocking and rolling on the ocean. Time to explore French Guyana!

Why would you sail your home up a jungle river in French Guyana? Well, because it’s fun obviously! One of our favorite things is exploring off the beaten path in Delos, and taking our sailing home up a fresh water river is too cool to pass up. We get Delos way back off of a small tributary and anchor up for some dinghy exploring in Maggie. We notice that the animals are extremely skittish, and and find a patch of forest that’s been utterly destroyed by illegal logging. We return to the town of Maroni to seek answers and try to figure out what’s going on. We tour a traditional village in Suriname, witness the local carnival, and finally end up a a wildlife sanctuary where we get some answers about what’s going on with the ultra-skittish monkeys. Then when our trip to French Guyana just couldn’t get any more random we get access to the European Spaceport and are able to film an Ariane V rocket launch! Incredible!!!

Did we seriously just sail into the Caribbean!? After almost 10 years sailing around the world, we've made it to the sailors playground. The Caribbean is a mecca for cruisers and we just arrived into Tobago, the southern jewel! We are welcomed onto this beautiful island with 75% rum, waterfalls in protected rainforests forests and some of the best scuba diving of our LIVES!

CARNIVAL, WHOA! From the mud drenched sunrise parties to the extravagant costumes and days full of limin’ & chippin’ - our few weeks spent on Trinidad were truly the experience of a lifetime!! It became even more interesting when we dug into the history of this legendary event which spans centuries, cultures, continents and religions.

The sail from Trinidad to Grenada is supposed to be eazy-peazy right? Just a leisurely 80NM sail to another island. NOPE!!! It turns out to be one of the roughest overnight passages we’ve had this season with squalls gusting into the 40 knot range that knocked us around all night long with big seas and current against us. Not to mention we had two fresh greenhorns onboard, Eric and Maureen, who were our Patron Crew Contest winners for this leg. There’s no better way to break in a new sailor than with a good overnight passage in some hectic conditions :)

renada is a black hole that will suck you in, or at least that’s what we’ve heard, and after spending a little time here we can see why! In this episode we have some incredible sailing, we say goodbye to Eric, Maureen, and Colin and life returns to normal on Delos. At least for a few hours…. Rick from Sophisticated Lady tells us of a dinghy cruiser concert, which sounds too cool to pass up so we move Delos over to Hog Island and get deep into the heart of the cruiser scene with one hell of a party!

Being away from friends is one of the hardest things about constant travel. After 8 years sailing the world my best friend, Matt, came down to Grenada for a visit. The entire week was inside jokes and immaturity. Want to see what its like for a newbie to be aboard? We take matt diving, sailing and surfing while with us

ep, that's right... We've hit 200 episodes! It seems like just yesterday we were cruising through the South Pacific in 2010. Time has flown by and here we are 9 years later still trying to make as many memories as possible. Thanks to all of you for being along for the ride! What else would you do for your Captains Birthday than kidnap him to make his day extra special!? How about bring in a bit of crew love with our new friends in Grenada and some chill time out in the Grenadine Islands. Land life always needs to be balanced out with some sailing and spending quality time in the water with Kazza's favorite creature, turtles!

What’s a FUNGATTA???? Well, it’s a triathlon of events including sailing, diving, partying, and general good times :) When Rick from Sophisticated Lady mentions a regatta up north in Bequia, nestled in the turquoise waters of the Grenadines it sounds like too cool of a mission to pass up. We set sail and buddy boat north to find yet another incredible sailing paradise. The only problem- the race is called off for lack of wind. So what do sailors do when there is no wind? Well the first this that pops into our minds is drinking rum and scuba diving. And so the Delos Fungatta series is born!