Red Dot on the Ocean is really good. Crazy undertaking in that beat up tub Matt was sailing. He was lucky it didn't fall apart around him by the end. If I remember right all his electronics and engine was fubared also.

Thanks for this. Watched about 10 episodes and really like it. I subscribed. I still like SVDelos, but don't regularly follow any of the other sailing channels.

I really like Free Range Sailing's point of view with highlighting the sustenance fishing and outdoors exploring they do off the boat. My kind of people.

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I like Free Range as well. There are some good YouTube channels for us sailors. One thing I like about Free Range is they're on a small boat with just two of them. SV Delos is the best, by far, but they also have a large, complex boat and large crew. Most cruisers are couples on smaller, very modest boats - atleast the ones we met when we were out cruising. I think Delos would have more difficulty if the Captain was not a highly skilled engineer (software, electrical skills) as their Amel 53 is a very complex boat when things go wrong and they're in remote areas.

On my boat, which is fairly complex but pretty simple as compared to Delos, I can deal with most issues. On Delos, I'd be screwed! The couples with lots of money will buy/cruise much larger more complex boats but they also tend to stay in areas where they can rely on easy access to services to deal with repairs.

I know a woman who spent ten years on a sail boat and encircled the entire globe. I'd love to spend a winter on a sail boat, but ten years seems like a crazy long time.

Whoaah - Just realized I posted this earlier on this thread.

Ha!

I was surprised too when it popped back up a few days ago after a year in hiatus. Then JD21 resurrected the thread. Well apparently he's moving to Tucson soon and gonna base his Hunter down in Sea of Cortez. So perhaps he can post some trip reports as he sails those waters and show us some pics of dusky Mexican maidens---errr, I mean whale sharks. Yeah. That's the ticket.

Bear Down

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We already spent 6 months sailing the Sea of Cortez - I can post some great pics...

A friends sister lived for years on the sister yacht of Bernard moitissjer's yacht

He went round the world and kept going.......

SV Delos is currently in the Yucatan and preparing to sail 'up wind' down to Panama. I watch each FRI update on Youtube. How the wife puts up with having Taylor aboard this year is amazing!?


introduced to this channel years ago by this OGA guy I'd eat breakfast with each morning in Afghan

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well?

did you make the trip out to HI? Pics? Story brah?

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Lots of sailing trips locally but haven’t been able to depart for longer passages yet. COVID threw a wrench into our timing. Maybe be another two years before we can take off. The current plan is to head north to Alaska then slowly work our way south to the Sea of Cortez where we will decide whether or not to continue into the South Pacific.

If you don't post some pics and travel commentary I'll be very disappointed.


What a great trip plan. Looking forward to whatever you share of it.

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SV Delos is currently down on Panama's northern coast. Brian has really upped his game in terms of video production quality; drone footage. Just great cinematography





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Definitely my favorite YouTube channel. I wonder how long they’ll stay out cruising.