Mastering OFF-GRID Living: 4 Key Things Every Sailor Should Know ⛵️ Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 441
Added 2023-12-29 15:18:50 +0000 UTCHey hey friends! We're back with an episode that I think a lot of you will find super interesting and informative...These are topics that we get LOTS of questions about all the time, so we thought it would be cool to make a video covering the main aspects of our set up that really allow us to stay off the grid- electricity, food storage, fresh water, and connectivity. We would love to hear what you think about these style of videos- a little bit more topic focused and informative...do you like it? What other topics would you like to see covered? Also please let us know in the comments if you have any other questions about our set up and we will do our best to answer :) This will be our last post of 2023, so we just wanted to take this time to say thank you so so much for coming along on the journey with us this year. Your support and participation in this community really means so much to us. Every year we still can't believe what a strange and beautiful turn our lives took to lead us here...and each and every one of you are personally a part of this all. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, and here's to another year of adventure, love, and family ahead. Sending you all so much sunshine and good vibes 🫶💕☀️
Brian, Kazza, & Sierra
Direct link to watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wDrxsc2DoJc
Comments
Brian you legend. Thank you for using the significantly better metric of KWh. Ah being used as extensively as it is as a measure of power is a massive bug bear of mine. Didn’t learn anything new in this video and still loved it! THATS great content creation.
Adrian Glasson
2024-01-07 00:53:17 +0000 UTCHappy New Year Paul! Congratulations on your retirement and future plans, I highly support that! :). Not sure if you have seen this playlist we put together a few years back but you might find it interesting. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQp8FoQ4t-lUAHfipxG8pVDb3LVHaoCNo
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-04 20:44:58 +0000 UTCHey Mark, We have left it on 24 hours a day for weeks at a time before when we need to upload a lot of footage. It consumes about 50 watts of power so that does add up over time, sort of like running another fridge/freezer. But lately we have been turning it off at night to save some power. We've noticed in the morning by the time I turn the inverter on to make my first cup of coffee it's already up and running so we're seeing connecting/boot up times of 3-4 minutes. Occasionally if there is a software update this can take 15-20 minutes but that is not very often. I wonder if it's a difference in the area or possible obstructions for those that are reporting longer times?
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-04 20:40:46 +0000 UTCDo you leave Starlink powered up all the time? Some have reported it not reconnecting for hours or days after they power it down to save energy. Curious if you just accept the power usage 24/7.
Mark Long
2024-01-02 22:50:26 +0000 UTCHi B, K, & S! I just retired and am hoping to sell my house, buy a boat, and sail around for 5-10 yrs. I am super impressed with your electrical diagnostic skills Bryan!! That is my biggest weakness. I obviously need to up my game before heading out. Are there any online courses that you might recommend? Or books? Or tutorials? I have the Sailboat Maintenance Manual, and Sailboat Electrics Simplified...but would like something more visual....Thanks!!! Paul from BC
Paul Christensen
2024-01-02 21:50:28 +0000 UTCHey! The only reason we are on the Global Roam package is because we are not in a supported area, so in effect we are always roaming. It also allows us to pay for the data per GB when we're offshore. But if you are going to be in Europe I think you can get a way with one of the regional packages. But no, we don't have a special deal or anything. Hope this helps and sending our best! Brian
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 21:34:55 +0000 UTCHey Michael- Awesome so happy that you liked it! So there are a few things to consider for that. I guess the first is do you have enough solar to run it off batteries and still recharge? We have 2KW of solar so we're usually topped up by 11 or 12. So instead of wasting the energy I turn on the water maker. It uses about 1.4KW and makes 160 liters per hour. So you are using about 1.4KWH to make 160 liters of fresh water which is enough for 2-3 days for us assuming we're not conserving and doing laundry, etc. So if you think you have that excess energy available then it really doesn't matter if you go 24V or 220V. We have a 6KW inverter so our has no problem starting it up (high locked rotor current on these bigger AC motors). But if you have a smaller inverter then a DC one might be a good choice for you. I do believe that the higher capacity units are typically AC powered. Our water maker is from https://sunpurewatermakers.com/ , however we have had some issues with a a number of the components. The core unit has been good but we're had a failed high pressure hose, guage, and pressure regulator. They have been very good about replacing the parts but it's still kind of a bummer. so worth looking into them and seeing the configuration but be sure to shop around! Hope this answers your questions, if not lemme know by sending a direct message. Cheers! Brian
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 21:31:54 +0000 UTCThanks so much Doug, right back at ya!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:37:43 +0000 UTCRVing and boating definitely prepares you well for homesteading I would say...makes any kind of physical home structure feel like such a luxury 😂 That's cool you've been through so many different chapters too! Will be wild to see what kind of cool technologies are available to help us be comfy off grid in the next years!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:37:32 +0000 UTC🥰🥰🥰
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:35:08 +0000 UTCHey Tim, thanks so much glad you're enjoying the underwater footage! We haven't done a video in a long time about our equipment, would be a really interesting topic!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:35:00 +0000 UTCHey Chris, we've actually been talking about doing this for a while but haven't gotten around to it...because yes its a pretty process with our little team, would be cool to share!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:34:12 +0000 UTCThanks Scott, I really love making these kinds of videos and just fully unleashing my inner nerd!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:30:54 +0000 UTCThanks so much Sean, glad you enjoyed and Happy New Year!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:30:24 +0000 UTCOooh cool, good luck with the Starlink, it's pretty straight forward to set up for the most part. We're in a facebook group called Starlink on boats and if we ever do run into any questions we can usually find some good input there
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:30:08 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed Rodney, so happy to share it with you...and YES it really is wild how much things have changed since when I left Seattle...I remember going "dark" sometimes for months like in the Solomon Islands not even checking or sending an email...now we were able to upload hundreds of GBs of footage in real time to our editors during our Pacific Crossing. Wonder what boats will be like in 14 more years
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:28:57 +0000 UTCThanks Are, we spent a lot of extra time on the graphics on this one to really help make the info clear and easy to follow, glad you liked them :) and WOW haven't heard of that but just say the words "instant hot tea" and Kazza would be totally in! She's a tea fiend!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:26:42 +0000 UTCHey Leo, interesting question...a hard one definitively answer, more like a feeling you know...but would make for very interesting exploration/discussion for sure!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:25:20 +0000 UTC🥰🥰🥰
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:21:19 +0000 UTCThanks so much Bill, very happy to share with ya!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:18:18 +0000 UTCHaha thats awesome 😂 Glad you enjoyed, and maybe your subconscious is actually absorbing all the boat project vids and one day you will surprise the fam with some Macgyver style fixes!
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:18:00 +0000 UTCThanks Colleen :)
Sailing SV Delos
2024-01-02 01:16:17 +0000 UTCHappy New Year!
Doug Ackerman (from SV Caribou)
2024-01-01 18:02:10 +0000 UTCBrings back memories as I "full timed" in a RV for about 9 years, a lot of that was "boondocking" in national forests or BLM land in the western USA or wherever it was free, no watermakers but everything else was the same, this was pre lithium so I had to run the generator more often, made you very water frugal so you dont have to leave and get more and it is so heavy to carry in a fifth wheel you must be careful you are not over weight. I used hughesnet satteline dish which was ridiculously time consuming to set up then switched to cell phones connected to laptops. Now after deciding against live aboard boating, I am back in my travel trailer with starlink on acreage I just bought and plan to build a house for homesteading, luckily here I have a well, electric service and a septic system. Anyway Happy New Year!
FreeWilly
2023-12-31 19:26:01 +0000 UTCAgree, and an update on what camera tech you are using above and below water. The footage is amazing!
Tim S
2023-12-31 01:17:23 +0000 UTCThank you for the video
Randy and Susan
2023-12-31 00:04:52 +0000 UTCGreat video as always! Very informative. A topic I would like to see a video about? About your video editing proces! I'm learning editing myself, and I wonder what your workflow looks like, especially since you also work with some editors all over the world like Lisa and Kiril. So what happens between shooting the shots and publishing a video? Probably a lot!
Chris K
2023-12-30 16:11:54 +0000 UTCGreat video guys. I always enjoy these informative films. I am actually thinking of installing a water maker. Would you go for a 24V or a 220V system? I have Solar, wind and generator and 440AH 24V LiFePo batteries. Any ideas? Which brand of water maker did you install?
Michael Wilke
2023-12-30 15:04:29 +0000 UTCVery interesting! This has been one of the cooler episodes.
Scott Leak
2023-12-30 04:12:44 +0000 UTCFantastic video guys, very informative and fun to watch!. Thanks!
Sean Martin
2023-12-30 00:13:45 +0000 UTCVery informative! Love the content! Just received my Starlink last week. Haven’t messed with it at all still in the box in the corner. 🤣
Charles Knight
2023-12-29 22:39:08 +0000 UTCThanks for the well produced and always entertaining video! You guys have done some great upgrading over the years. It's amazing how technology changes so quickly.
Rodney Stringer
2023-12-29 22:20:33 +0000 UTCVery good infographics on this video! Have you heard of Quooker? https://www.quooker.co.uk/ basically instant boiling water from the tap. It would allow you to toss out the kettle and it’s very nice for cooking. Not sure how well it works on a boat, but we love it for our house. Instant hot tea 😊
Are Årseth
2023-12-29 21:44:47 +0000 UTCI like the video. What I would be interested in is a video about your way of approaching strangers/natives in Cities. You are always nice and get into Conversations quickly. You respect others. The topic "how to approach strangers and not be a tourist but a welcome guest" is also a kind of howto video that would be sharable with a broader audience (many people are tourists from time to time)
Leo Sauermann
2023-12-29 21:04:56 +0000 UTCBye bye Sierra. Keep safe to you all.
Rick Doner
2023-12-29 21:02:23 +0000 UTCNice wrapup, might just use parts of this for the welcome on board of joining crew :D Curious to learn more about starlink as we are looking into it. The plan for "Raom" in EUrope runs at 100 EUros a month and seems to cover most places, obviously not offshore, but the priority is not a flatrate, or is there another special deal you guys are hooked up to? Thanks already and smooth sailing!
Sailing Independence at Sea - Project Manaia
2023-12-29 19:59:28 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed this video, guys! Well done as always. 😊😊
Bill Sullivan
2023-12-29 19:57:20 +0000 UTCI love these episodes! I am far from handy myself, in fact my family says "no power tools for Bill!", but I find them entertaining and informational.
Bill Dapp
2023-12-29 19:07:00 +0000 UTCGreat one!
Colleen Balch
2023-12-29 17:50:54 +0000 UTCGood idea, just added it to the list.
Sailing SV Delos
2023-12-29 17:37:28 +0000 UTCThanks Jeff! 🙏
Sailing SV Delos
2023-12-29 17:36:50 +0000 UTCI would like to see a video on what spare parts and systems you should have onboard to fix anything that breaks.
David Gray
2023-12-29 16:43:27 +0000 UTCAs usual this chan delivers the best content!!
Bassman
2023-12-29 16:21:25 +0000 UTCFrom the episode's title, I thought this would probably be boring, but nope. You guys could present the growing of dirt and make it entertaining. Brian, your explanation of how the solar setup and water maker work was wonderfully concise and understandable for us non-engineer types. Great work!
Jeff Mack
2023-12-29 16:08:28 +0000 UTC
