NERVOUS! Lifting our 20 TON Boat Home Out of the Water! Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 404
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- This hasn't gotten any less SCARY for us 🙈 Even though it's our 9th time pulling Delos out of the water, it's still such a nerve racking experience...there are just so many things that can go really really wrong. You’re basically asked to steer your boat into a narrow, concrete like bunker with a gigantic machine looming over head. There’s usually some old tires and rusty bits of metal waiting to impale your vessel should anything go wrong. So you approach slowly and if you have timed the tides correctly you glide over the slings, and stop just before ramming your bow into the wall, or your forestay into the machine’s cross brace (both of which are considered bad form 😂 ) As the machine tightens the slings and starts to take the weight, it’s a surreal experience to feel yourself and your boat lifted out of the water supported by only a few straps and pins.
Hauling Delos out of the water marks the end of our 11th season of sailing. It feels like SO LONG ago that we cast the lines in Shelter Bay and began the 3,000+ mile journey from the Panama Canal up to the northern end of the Sea of Cortez. Our time being back in the Pacific ocean has pretty much mirrored what we've found to be true about cruising in general- alternating between the highest highs and the lowest lows, sometimes even simultaneously. While we'd had some pretty big challenges during this time (Hurricanes, Salmonella poisoning, and basically the entire coast of Costa Rica spring to mind) overall it's been a pretty special and unforgettable season for us, and just seeing how much Sierra has grown and developed during this time is pretty mind blowing! But it feels great to close another chapter and make way for an exciting new one as we prepare to cross the Pacific Ocean again!
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Dear Brian and Kazza...and nugget...
Just have to let you know that my husband died suddenly three years ago...a devastating event in our life.
Bingewatching delos from beginning to end is what got me through my intense grieving.....you gave me hope, joy, light in the darkness and transported me to other lands. I watched you with tears of joy in my eyes..joy at the beauty of this planet and this life and the amazing warm human beings that you all are.
Thank you for getting me through....I'm still here...
The repairs in Whitsundays, Langkawi, Grenada and Annapolis make Delos sail smoothly for at least another two(2) years. Some of the amateurs and passionate boat repair folks are the gems
I could watch Brian fixing things for hours on end. The narration is 50% of the enjoyment.
A woman, a glass of wine, and a wonderful tub should never be underrated. Enjoy Kaza
That’s so amazing someone hooked you up with a nice place to stay. Hope it is a nice break.
I am always so impressed with Brian’s attitude in fixing everything. It would ware most down. Mind you, he has the skills to back up that attitude.
I know it would wear me down also. I’m impressed with his patience to do it again and again. Good thing he’s very handy and knows his boat so well. Watching him is how I know i could never live on a boat with the constant mechanical issues.
@@reneequalls5878 Every boat seems to be slowly sinking all the time (figuratively meaning). An active cruising yacht is basically a loose cluster of systems either failing or soon ready to fail (from Sailing Project Atticus) All fixes (even replacements) are only buying time for some more sailing. One must feel comfortable to work with all those systems and to some degree must enjoy that otherwise will have a miserable time on the water.
@@koborkutya7338 it def seems that way!
@@reneequalls5878 yeah Brian is surely one of the more talented out there. As for his patience ? well, you get motivated by the alternative which is living on a hook! Same goes for all the skippers out there.
Dude is also getting paid a pretty solid wage to make great content. Really worked hard at building his brand! Kudos to these guys.
Hello from NC Delos.
Loving 'I'm gonna take a bath with wine dance'! Tend to forget the little things like that when you're sitting on your couch. Have fun and be safe, love you guys
It was every bit as dance worthy as we thought it would be, and yes you're right there are a few simple pleasures of land life that are SUCH a treat for us!
I love that you added the song at the end. It leaves me with a smile.
Beautiful show thank you..friends are super important.
Captain Breeyawn to the rescue with Franken-pipe. 👏
I know it is very unpleasant to you but these troubleshooting/maintenance videos are my favorite. 🙂 Stay strong!
Well you are in luck then because we have a looooot of project videos coming up when we get back to the yard after the boat show :)
@@svdelos Yes!!!!! 🙂
@@svdelos good news - for us :)
You know I love your family, especially Brady you know your dad too you all keeping it real man. Give nugget a hug for me love you all, Godspeed.
Ditto on lookin Jacked!!! Loved your channel for years
The way I celebrated that bathtub with Kazza lol have 2 glasses of wine!
'Frankenpipe'. The Delos Dictionary is the best. Inspiring to watch your troubleshooting. Love the nugget cam. Epic, full-on enjoyable season! Safe travels. ❤️
Fantastic, your so fortunate to have a place to stay, while work commences on Delos.
Brian is just brilliant
As always great video!..stay safe folks.
woohoo another delos video! as usual your mechanic skills are awesome! hopefully just a little bit of boat work in the yard.
Being well loved and having good connections makes life a little easier sometimes.
I judge my ability to fix plumbing problems by number of trips to the hardware store. Less than 3 trips I am a journeyman plumber. Otherwise I am an apprentice. You give a whole new meaning to fixing stuff.
Its been so cool seeing baby nugget turn into this little sailor - enjoying swimming, growing into a personality of her own. With such great parents no doubt her future is bright!
Love ya guys!!
Another Friday evening of switching off to the world and enjoying some laughter and beautiful visuals.
"I just jiggled it a little bit..." The look on Kazza's face!! Priceless!!
Good stuff guys. what a season.
I thought that we all agreed about 18 months ago that the show Starts with Ramukanji?
It sets the tone for what's to come. Whoever decided to put it at the end, please revise that decision. cheers.
Stairs in the boatyard! Pretty classy!
The Nugget's 3? How time flies when you're having fun.
I've been waiting for you to go back to the Philippines.
Ya’ll are awesome love you WOO HOO Sierra 😍💞🙌
Delos crew to save the day n make life a little more bearable. What a tough way to do haulout
Another haul out seen a few of these now, 9 years of Delos for me now.
Still as interesting as it was when I first found you.
Keep sharing with us our incredible Planet 🌏 🌎
Enjoy dry land. Cheers Guy’s from a chilly England 🏴
Looking forward to seeing you in NZ soon
I've commented this numerous times through the years but, I love watching Brian troubleshoot issues. Not even the vast skill set but the lack of options, no supply house, no buddy next door to help. You never get to just fire the parts cannon at an issue. I'm a instrument/electrical (sometimes mechanical) technician on a pipeline and am sometimes in the middle of no where working an issue but I have an 11,000 pound truck full of tools and components. Awesome work Brian!
Waiting in excitement!
OOF - as soon as you said mild steel, I knew where that was heading. That is a prime recipe for corrosion. Glad you got it sorted out!
So so cool! Can't wait to see the next adventure 😍😁❤
Brian. the Furious Fly Fighter! Looking forward to the reassembling of old Delos crew and the Annapolis show. Love
So exciting for ya's! Take care,be safe but have fun! 💞💗💗💗💞
At sea you constantly have to repair and maintain with what you have so mixing and matching various fittings is pretty common place and why throwing any thing away is difficult a collection of old various parts and fittings have saved us more than once. Good luck on your haul out and looking forward to next week.
Yep living on a sail boat definitely brings out the inner hoarder in people 😂 You nevvvvver know when that one extra little part might save the day hahaha
Very nice to trip in and see what’s up with the Delos and it’s crew. I experienced a great warm feeling similar to what had grabbed me and held me in, binging episode after episode and more! It’s great to see Sierra growing as she has, you all are the best parents possible. Bless you all. Have a wonderful time. peace and love
Good job Brian, much respect because you don’t give up on trying, learning to fix whatever you come across.
Thanks for sharing.
Fan for years; always look forward to your weekly video.
Beautiful family 😀😀🇨🇦👋😎
Adding flow sensors on the cooling pipes for generator, main engine etc would make fault finding a lot easier.
Combining them all into a plc system would give you a chance to prevent faults.
Never watched one minute of YT till I was on the mend from a second back surgery in 2019. Your channel was one of the first sailing channels I came across and subscribed to. Back then I would go down the YT rabbit hole daily. Now it's only on those days when I'm reminded you're not thirty anymore. And that's been quite awhile. My mind tells me you need to get this done today but my body hollers and tells me "ain't gonna happen today or tomorrow sport". It's been fascinating watching your adventures from the wilder carefree days before a new family member came along. Man that little darling is growing up fast as they all do. Hard to believe my boy or I should say young man is 33 now. Being a single dad and raising a Downs son has been it's own adventure. There's no way I could live that life style. Mainly because I would have to have two spares of everything. In this video your description of the fix is so very true. The closet I have to Delos is my old truck that's basically a traveling toolbox. And it's just about got a spare for every piece of equipment I own. Thank y'all so much for the hard work behind these great video's for us field bound land sailors too enjoy! Safe travels to your blessed family
Love you guys!
Hello Kaz, Brian, and Sierra
Been enjoying your travels for around 4 years. Just thought I’d say thank you for sharing.
Thank You, to you and all your friends.
Russ
Thanks so much for coming along on the journey with us for all these years Russ! Stoked you've been enjoying the videos :)
So fun to hear Sierra talking. She is a little doll. Love your videos. Thanks
Love you guys
Yeesh! Of course the hull is going to growth, but you never think about sea life setting up shop in the systems. It'd be interesting to know where else it can creep in. Sweet digs for the haul out! Little Miss probably had a ball!
Yeah that barnacle really went on a journey to get that far into the lines 😂
From Sierra, you two, the scenes, the adventures and all in between make your videos part of my favorite!
I love the reaction to that apartment. It is wayyyyy better than the boat.
I know you like being in your home but it’s always a sweet thing to experience a change from the ordinary. Sometimes it’s nice to have a vacation from the vacation.
Thank you for another great season your friend Walt.
You need one of those bug killer tennis rackets for all of those bugs!! They're actually very handy!!
Halleluja for MacGyver solutions and the metric system. Feet, Stone's and inches doesn't make any sense ;-)
I have been following your adventures for a few years and love it! I have traveled the Baja Peninsula by dirt bike for the last 15 years, and figure I have at least 15,000 miles under my belt, but seeing the beautiful Sea of Cortez from your prospective really makes me want to learn to sail !! Cheers !!
Nice hotel resort enjoy your stay what a awesome followers for hookn y’all up
I so much enjoy watching your adventures. It is like I am there since I can't go anywhere I just love watching you guys. Sierra is such a joy, you and Kazza are so fortunate to live this life you lead. .❤
What a great season again! Can't wait for the next. Thanks! 😀😁
I just love you guys.
You both look hyper fit now. What gives? Workouts and fitness training off camera? It's not that you were ever out of shape, but you both look muscular and lean. Either way you both look great. As each season passes I can't stop thinking that I have now been watching you guys for over a DECADE. You have never stopped taking my breath away and can't wait to see your updated 4K/8K view on the South Pacific. Hopefully a redo of your 2nd YT upload, Isla San Benedito, to see the massive mantas again. That is what hooked me on Delos and my YT sailing addiction started. Thank you, cheers and fair winds
Thanks bud! Sweating in the engine room for hours in 100 degree heat is the main basis of my fitness regimen these days 😂 And yes we are so stoked to get back into the South Pacific and share the adventure now that we've advanced past home movie status, and seeing it through Sierra's eyes this time around will be so incredible!
A little more meat on the bones.
I noticed the same
Delos crew I was hoping for that same answer. To let her see it from her perspective! There’s a lot of world to see!
I noticed the same!
The Woo Hoo makes me laugh every time.
Love the adventure.
Thanks for another fabulous video Team Delos, my family and I always love watching the new episodes!!!
tslazoo already said it. Wow! Y'all look so fit now. Can't believe it's just engine room Brian. Also, weird to hear y'all talk about seasons. It has seemed so non stop for me. Looking forward to your dry docked boat work and yes, of course, can't wait to see another shot at the Pacific.
I do love your boat yard projects videos. Getting the boat prepared for your next stop Hawaii take care be safe. Hope it’s going ok in the boat yard 💚
Those boat show preview shots gave me chills…
Wow! I was in Penasco the whole time you guys were. I knew you were coming up the Sea of Cortez, but i didn't think you'd come right up to the top. No one ever does. I missed my brush with celebrity it would seem! lol! FWFS!
Good jobs friends👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
It’s amazing ! We sailed the sea of Cortez for years in the 80s and never had flies or bees. We did have a very bad experience one night with no seems, which drove us out to sea in the middle of the night. I don’t understand what has changed in the environment!
Amazing video !
Brian you're a pearl (knowing and do all this stuff) ! Kazza is a lucky woman!
Another adventure awaits! Enjoy seeing all your friends. I’m glad Delos will be all and top shape for passage.
Sending love to the three of you. May you always have good winds at your back. 🤗💜😎🤟🏻⛵️
Well now the REAL work begins. You know the saying, "The amount of sweat energy is directly proportional to the quality of the work" (or so it says). Looks like the barnacle issue resulted in EXTRA quality work :-) . Good episode.
I would be so curious to know the total volume of sweat we've produced this season, we can add that to our stats of the trip 😂
What a fantastic experience that must have been. Great video footage.
Thank you
Your a Bad ass bro!! Fix it, thats my motto.. Put a temp coupling, following your flow, improvise and conquer. Man this is a good channel' Lucky crew.
My Fav episodes are when ur working on the boat or doing some thing technical
You're going to looooove the coming episodes then haha, we got boat work on boat work on boat work haha
Great episode! Always impressed by your ingenuity & the creative solutions you come up with in remote places.
Thinking back to the beginning of the season... Panama Canal.. The beautiful adventure that was the entire season... The time spent in new places new meeting new ppl. Seeing Serria growing up an the 3 of you as a family Sailing... I always end my comments the same
Thanks for sharing your lives with us grateful for the lesson's and wisdom shared an learned ✌🏼💗😊🫂😘
It’s hard to believe another season is ending. Time seems to fly by except when I am waiting for your next adventure.
I jus love you guys! I’ve been following yall for a few years now! Always put a smile on my face! 😅😅😅❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Your videos are always one of my Friday morning highlights. Keep on sharing the great adventures of SV Delos.
Great video - love the Sea of Cortez - did a lot of diving near La Paz - great for big sea life.
People brag about certain boats but we know Delos can do it
Always brings such a happy sweep of feeling to watch your adventures. Thanks you guys!
Little "Nugs" is so cute! I loved the "Nugget Cam" scene when she said "Oh hi momma!" she is growing so fast. Can't wait to see the Annapolis episode with all the past crew.
Its super nice to see you guys in a place I go to often! Rocky point is a few hours away and we stay at the palomas resort often! Super neat 😊
Time for another land based adventure! Enjoy the solid ground!
Sounds like Brian would have been very useful on Apollo 13 😃🤣🍻
I am exactly the same way when I see a giant bath tub It's my favorite!
Beautiful Family❤
I enjoy watching the beautiful scenery but also watching the frustrating mechanical problems (knowing that I don't have to deal with them)
Greetings from Texas, Brian, once again you're the Man. Great job!! I'm really looking forward to the Pacific crossing. I wish you and Kazza plus rapidly growing baby nugget all the very best. Enjoy your land time.
As Canadian that pulls their boat every year and sometimes just to clean the bottom mid season it is amusing but understandable to see the worry pulling a boat . Same goes for the mast , I take it down every year and inspect .
You guys are absolutely awesome.
You guys are right around the corner from Bahia de los Angeles.
There is some great yellow tail tuna fishing at the southern end of Isla San Lorenzo, the tides have cut a canyon roughly 4200ft deep.
There is a rather large fish camp called 'Fish Camp, Geco.
Being way up north, you are in what I have always know as 'the worlds greatest fishing hole'
From 1965 to 69, my dad would take the family down to a little town called Puerteceto on vaction.
Dad's research team would go to San Felipe, and charter a boat to fish for Totoaba.
"The totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) is a large species of fish native to the Gulf of California in Mexico. Like the vaquita, it is listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as “critically endangered”. The totoaba is being sought after for its swim bladder, which is considered a delicacy in China."
Dad an team would come back with 300 lb Totoaba.
The filet's off those things is just plane awesome.
I miss Baja.
Hello Brian, Kazza and Nugget. As ever, another brilliant episode of your great journey around the World. Thank's to Google Earth, I've been able to see many of your destinations throughout the years and today is no exception, as I've just found your land-based Holiday home; Las Palomas Resort. The view from the balcony of your apartment, very clearly shows the V-shaped pool and all the walkways to it and the other pool and the covered areas. It's very clearly shown on Google Earth. I trust you are all making the most of the pools and the restaurants and that Kazza is taking the opportunity to indulging in a daily bath, along with a glass of wine in hand. Me? Jealous? But of course! Looking forward to seeing you meeting up with many of your previous crew, at the Annapolis boat show, in next week's episode. Cheers! Russ. Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK.
Their videos are several months behind real time. They've been back in the water for a while now.
@@natechure Yes, I am very well aware of that, as I have their 'Where's Delos' app. They've just posted this episode, so I'm commenting as though it is real time. Logical to me, if not to you. I'm Autistic. What's your excuse? ;-)
@@russbetts1467 Just a note in case you didn't already know. :)
Shout out from upper N.W. Wisconsin. Great show as always. Thanks for sharing! Now it's time to blow snow, or should I say Snow Blows!
You guys are great, but I passed on this episode as I know your boat is safe and sound now for months. I’ll catch ya when u get launched. Hope u enjoyed well deserved time with family and friends. 🇨🇦
Umm, ya, only the last few minutes were on the hard. You missed the real episode here.