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Meanwhile on SV Delos

11K views 60 replies 15 participants last post by  Minnewaska 
#1 · (Edited)
While some of us are watching La Vagabonde make the west to east trip across the Atlantic. Ironically the second most popular You Tube sailing boat S/V Delos is crossing the Atlantic heading west to Antigua and seem to be having a much better time of it. I wonder when they will cross each others longitude positions.

https://svdelos.com/sailing-travel-blog/wheres-delos/
 
#4 · (Edited)
Yeah me too. I occasionally throw a few bucks their way as the videos help me vicariously get through winter until spring outfitting. Got a thank you email note from Brady saying they were about to leave for the Caribbean about week ago. Did not sound like Brian and Kazza were making the trip.
 
#3 ·
Interesting. I only follow the Delos YouTube channel, which is still crossing the Atlantic to the East, last Spring. The idea was to join up with Brian and Karen, who left for Sweden to have their baby. I wonder if they are back aboard for the return trip. Seems sort of soon. Baby would be ~4 months old.
 
#7 ·
This is the correct time to be comeing from the Canaries to the Caribbean.

In the next moth there will be between 500 and 1,000 boats heading out from the Canaries.

And ONE going the other way.


No one has a high risk of death on the Canaries to Caribbean trip. A very, very low risk at best.

This is the beginning of the sensible time to do this voyage.
 
#8 ·
Latest update.

"Day 7 - 1780 miles until Antigua!
Mon Nov 18 2019

We've been in nice trade wind conditions for days. 2.5 meter swell with 20-25 knots of wind are making for a fast and folly ride. So far we have averaged 6.65 knots. Delos is going well accept the shackle on the main traveler snapped in half. There was a ton of corrosion and I think it had been cracking for some time judging by the rust rings in the stress fracture spots. That's about it! Back to watch…"
 
#9 ·
Wtf= corrosion on a key shackle and not replaced before failure!!!

Everyone I know walks the deck several times a day looking for chafe, loose fittings and the state of their deck hardware when on passage. Everyone I know doesn’t leave until their boat is in condition to survive passage intact.

I watch no videos. Won’t fund these “free spirits”. I do work and give to local charities in my cruising grounds or to projects that are trying to achieve meaningful goals not self referenced hedonism.
 
#10 ·
Wtf= corrosion on a key shackle and not replaced before failure!!!

Everyone I know walks the deck several times a day looking for chafe, loose fittings and the state of their deck hardware when on passage. Everyone I know doesn't leave until their boat is in condition to survive passage intact.
Yup, I get the point. However, I've never seen a circumnavigating boat, owned by less than a billionaire look all that Bristol. Perhaps they should have been able to detect this corrosion visually, I haven't seen what they saw. However, something always has some amount of corrosion.

I watch no videos. Won't fund these "free spirits". I do work and give to local charities in my cruising grounds or to projects that are trying to achieve meaningful goals not self referenced hedonism.
Since you don't watch, you can't really have an understanding of what they're doing, can you. I used to be fairly negative about these vids putting out the tip jar. However, I've come around. Many, especially these larger channels, are producing well made travel documentaries. They aren't all my cup of tea, as I find SLV to be more drama and home kid reality movie now than travel. Many work hard and produce an entertaining product. For certain, they've improved over time and they seem to work full time to do it, which isn't all that hedonistic. No different than any PBS travel show I've ever seen.

I do wonder if it's sustainable. I love that it's displacing the Hollywood studios, though.
 
#11 ·
Agree to disagree.
Similarly never understood pornography. Never understood the appeal of watching sex when you could be making love.
BTW do watch Steves on rare occasion. Learn something.
Have had blocks explode, shackle pins fail and miss stuff on the deck walk looking for stuff. Last to claim perfection but if I understood they did see corrosion prior to failure and chose not to replace it.
Still, no animals are killed and no one gets hurt so if these vids float your boat enjoy... go for it. Personally just don’t get it.
Splash tomorrow. Tired and pissy. Need to actually go sailing and get recentered.
 
#15 ·
They do a good job. I enjoy the videos that I have seen, not watched them all. The latest on solar/Lithium Ion and charging was informative and entertaining. They are out there doing it full time so they get some credit, plus, no one says you have to give, just watch and enjoy or not. They have been out there on the same boat for 10 years documenting, that says something.
 
#19 ·
Had a full Harvard professor who taught me What little neuro ophthalmology I know. He collected antique porn. Some going back hundreds of years. Had dinner at his house. His wife displayed and explained his collection to the folks there. It was truly fascinating. However neither he nor me viewed it in other than a dispassionate way. Guess it depends on how your brain is wired. Love making love. Get little jollies from watching others. Do enjoy viewing the female form but it’s much better in person.
 
#21 ·
What does porn have to do with sailing vlogs?

Obviously we take in a lot of information usual out eyes. A large component of pleasure is a positive response to visual stimulation. Sentient beings are informed by what they see. So sailing vlogs can and do inform their viewers of what it's like to sail... at least the way, boat, location etc. as portrayed in the vlog. It's a fine way to learn. Read about... see pics.. and now see video!

Porn can be informative... it can also be as intended a means to arouse. Arousal is not "sex" as much as it is a gateway required to get there. Obviously people have a range of triggers... what floats their boat... pun intended! Some like naked, others like skin tight clothing... Some like monos others like cats. That's what makes a horse race..

My sense... large informed by assumption is that vlogs are (for some) both a source for arousal... and a source for information about sailing... both fueling fantasies. Others... simply want to try, do rather than watch...

How do you feel about selling cars and boats with sexy scantily clad women?
 
#24 ·
Sailing vlogs are no more a source for arousal than going to the beach. It's not the point, by far. I have seen the rare exception, like anywhere in life.[/QUfOTE]

I sometimes like to use the Vlogs as scouting info. Especially for waters that might be good snorkeling/dive spots and charters . Surprising how many "tropical paradise" spots have visibility that is kind of meh. Makes me appreciate the nearby Bahamas waters even more. Glad they went there so I don't have to. :)
 
#26 ·
Vsiual content... ie what you see... can be informative and it can be a pathway to pleasing fantasy... whether about boats or butts. Neither is experienced as "the real thing" but food for thought.

I am reminded of my first arrival in Antigua, Freeman Bay many many years ago. I had some crew aboard (which was fabulous) and when we got to Freeman Bay I had to set the anchor, inflate the dink and clear in.... cruising business. One of the crew decided to get the binocs and spy on the "French girls", topless on the beach... something not seen in Long Island. THIS is what he found interesting... not helping with cleaning up after the sail, not the stunning surroundings, but the half naked girls on the beach.
 
#27 ·
I've cruised enough in the Caribbean that I've not needed binocs to see naked people. They're frequently on the next mooring. Why do we always assume they're French? Could he hear them through the binocs too? I describe them all the same way. :)

On a serious note, I find the culture of cruising to simply be more laid back. Fewer inhibitions. This transmits through on the vlogs. Most are not trying to be exhibitionists.
 
#29 ·
Latest report from Delos:

"Day 11 at sea! Beam reach!
Fri Nov 22 2019

Thanks to tropical storm Sebastian our winds have shifted out of the SE and lightened. It has made for some incredible sailing with the wind on the beam at 10 knots. The sun is out, seas are flat and Delos is cruising along at 6.8 knots. Hopefully the wind won't drop anymore but will fill back in behind us. 1100 miles to go"
 
#36 · (Edited)
this thread is getting derailed. I apologize. There are nudists allover the world. The females I referred to where not Antigans but tourist as it was a hotel beach. Actually not many French were in Antigua as I recall. It may have changed. Guadalupe is just 60 miles to the south and there I did see topless French women at the beach. I dated a French girl at the time and she took her top off on the boat.

I don't give a hoot. And I am not judging. I plead guilty to using a stereotype (largely true)... sue me!

Return to the thread topic please.
 
#37 ·
Oh good, I can be controversial :grin

SanderO is right... Generalisations can certainly be made.
French drop their kit at the drop of a hat.
Locals in the Caribbean (by that I mean people whose families have been there more than 150 years) never go topless, never the guys go bottomless. It's much more likely to see a local go in fully clothed.

I use the word 'never' as I've never seen it occur.

Other Europeans, especially northern Europeans are more likely to take their tops off.


Not that I look :captain:


Mark
 
#38 ·
Whlle La Vagabonde contiues to plow east in the cold north. SV Delos continues a sweet passage in the south. Here is the latest on board report:

Day 14 at sea. Downwind heaven
Mon Nov 25 2019

Minutes melt into hours and hours into weeks. We've been sailing with dual headsails for 4 days now following the wind. This is exactly what I expected of an Atlantic crossing to the Caribbean. 20 knots from behind and 1 meter seas. The crew is in high spirits, the stars are out and all is well in the world as we know it - a 53 ft sailboat bobbing along at the speed of a bicycle.
 
#41 ·
Time for the Delos crew to crack open a bottle of bubbly!

Day 19! Land ho, Antigua!
Sat Nov 30 2019

Past few days have been super calm and relaxing! After 18 days 9.5 hours we dropped the hook in Antigua! Feels so good to be back to the Caribbean:) champagne time!
 
#43 ·
I wonder if Brian, Karen and the baby are planning to rejoin soon and what happens to Brady and Blue, once they do. I'm not sure if the dynamics of raising a child, while cruising, is better alone or with extra hands. I'm sure it would help to have more hands, while underway. At anchor, with competing lifestyles, it may be very different.
 
#44 ·
Yep interesting times ahead. There can only be one "Admiral" on board and Brian's wife Kazza will be probably be it. Will Brian and Kazza be jumping to join those Rum infused parties on the beach bars like they use too? Those long hikes into the mountains or to visit an abandoned lighthouse are going to be more difficult with a child in tow. "Blue" (not her real name) just turned thirty and may see the Brian and Kazza's child and think: I want one of those. Will SV Delos turn into a "reality show"? Stay tuned.
 
#46 ·
I think the series is about to change significantly. I may be totally wrong because they are a close group and are used to living a pretty unconventional life up to this point. But for Brady and Blue, its a special kind of hell living in tight quarters with a baby that is not your own. I can see Brady and Blue splitting off to do their own thing. They have plenty of skills between the two of them. It will be interesting to watch. Hugs, and kisses, and love- for awhile. But then what? Stay tuned...
 
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