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🕑 Added 2024-06-19 22:11:29 +0000 UTC

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Troy

What does "Finished" actually mean? Are we ever really finished? My prediction - It will be "capable of sailing" by the end of 2025. It will be "live-able" Q1 of 2026. It will be "comfortable" Q4 of 2026. It will be "finished" when Sierra is the Captain!

Paige

Christmas 2025. I see a trimmed tree by your couch and a Christmas puppy for Sierra.

SV Trippin'

Also, will you have a Mizzen? if so I think the masts and rigging might be the most expensive. Cheers!

SV Trippin'

So tell me about the mast and rigging. Will she be in mast furling?

Matt Gillis

November 26, 2026

Matthew, Jenna Hauck svMakai

love the settee comment, such a critical part of it for us, spending sooo much time hanging out - love our large settee - we have a projector and movie screen we love!

Kent Wadenpfuhl

I’m with Brian, end of 25! 🙏🏻🙂

Richard Kitterman

My prediction is, shakedown cruse no later than 22oct2025, and aluminum is going to be the most expensive! I know it's early in the build but, what is your some of your goals for the electrical, solar production? wind? Battery capacity? And Voltage type for most appliances?

Daniel Boekel

06-12-2026 rigging most expensive (if you count as single item)

rodney weiner

Which side will you put the engine on? Will your trampoline have a net? How many softball bats did you have to melt down to build the frame? Which glue are you using to put the deckhouse on top? Will the heads be aluminum, too? How much oil will the sails need? Is there a flat fee for renting wind, or do you just fill it up as you go like a SIM card?

Catherine IG

What about balsa wood? Light weight and good r factor?

Logan Johnson

Feb. 14 2026

Dan Moss

Gotta go with March 8, 2026. Splash!!

Jeanne H. Mathieu

Splashing on April 12, 2026 Where is the Moonshine Lab going to be installed? 😁😁😁 A Blackboard for creative drawings by Sierra would be fun…I have one on my fridge, so funny. Interior is indeed going to be a challenge. Fabrics, colors. Unless your thoughts are made on that. I can see Brian having a blast at all the technical part…like a child in a Toystore 🥳🥳🥳

Jeanne H. Mathieu

Great prediction 🥳🥳🥳

Brian Richardson

May 4th, 2026, may the fourth be with you

Trudy and Chris

Where will the delos logo be located on the new build.....?

Trudy and Chris

Saturday 4th October 2025. It will be on long weekend, in the land of the long weekends.....

SV Sirene Spirit

Use a combo depending where it is? Maybe use spray where you will never have to get to again but anywhere there's a chance you will need to fix or maintain, use sheets. Digging away foam will be a pain but sheets can be modified.

Dan Foye

I'm thinking Monday, March 3, 2026. I think the most expensive component has got to be the aluminium. Maybe have people guess the cockpit color scheme. I really enjoy the weekly timelapse videos. Thank you for creating those.

Andrew Hlavacek

Wish I had insight. I am sure there is a cost difference. Moreover, while spray insulation seems the way to go now in construction, I wonder how it would hold up over time in such a more dynamic environment where the surfaces flex more.

Andrea and Gisela

April 15 2026 for splash down. Also can’t wait to see Sierra doing bike lapses on Delos 2.0

Bonne Mike

Kazza will not let you like 3 things? I like the Party Plaza Deck! Hard to even imagine how much fun you all will create there. Sept 14, 2025 Launch. My Prediction? in 4 years ..... You will built your own new metal spaceship boat with extending hydroplane foils....... at the new Trautman LTD manufacturing plant in Sweden, with a larger building, where Delos 3.0 doesn't have to stick out in the parking lot. Marta will be the CO. Papa D will crack the whip. Hopefully Brady will get a nice family price ..... on his first metal boat order, made with a lot of "blueing". Keep 'em flyin

Leslie Parnell

May 16th 2026, also my birthday,

Mike TopCat

Kind of off the subject, but I was thinking you would need a fundraiser to help with these big ticket items maybe an auction for an aluminum cut Delos Buddha guy or something else? I’ll start the first bid how about 100 bucks

Sailing SV Delos

Still researching…. Got any tips??? Spray or EVA sheets?

Matthias Hager

June 21, 2026. Really looking forward on seeing it all unfold

John Hardie

22/5/26 would be my guess! 22/8/26 is my Bday Kazza😂 finish before then! There will be some more big $ hits Mast etc & rigging Batteries & electrical system. She will be a beautiful boat when finished

Michael Williams

12.13.2025 - but really hope you beat that date :-) ...watched the video after my original post and had to edit...It's a GO for 12. 2025...LOL

Michael Williams

Thanksgiving 2025. You guys are steaming! And I have to think the cabinetry, & hardware, will be spendy when tallied.

Matheo

I'm going with June 18th 2026. I'm excited to see Sierra bike ridin the whole boat! For tradition you know, woohooo! 🎉😁

Micael Lundgren

My guess is 2025-10-23 15.34 o'clock

Andrew Hlavacek

You guys will knock this out by end of 2025. Btw, how do you plan to insulate the boat?

Peter Hughes

I am going with March 16th 2026… good luck!

Igor Razumny

Splash down prediction: December 2025.

Emily

My 2 cents. January 1st is when Australia was founded, so sounds like a good time to go. Midwinter break fits in with Sierra's school. Shake down cruise to New Zealand.

Joseph Buonodono

My guess is it will be ready for launch in March of 2026- it will be here before you know it

William Flower

When talking about incorporating a still, Brian mentioned plans for it "in the shop". An engineer with a shop just about guarantees continual mods!

Richard S Florence

Ok well is a boat ever finished! How about when you first sail her. May 24 2026

William Flower

IMHO it would be insane for a boat lift to NOT have a scale. You must know whether you're pegging the lift's capacity.

William Flower

I'm predicting you'll take a mental health sail sometime in 2025/2026 and then finally set out on your shakedown cruise on 2.0 around New Year's 2027. IMHO, you'll never be completely done, because new designs open up a "can of worms" full of interesting problems to solve. And Brian after all is an engineer... My favorite feature is the added room which will eventually lead to taking on additional crew. Crew interactions over the years (including several romances) have topped my list of interesting points of the Delos journey!

Larry Sumner

February 15, 2024

simon hantler

best feature for me is forward cockpit

michael

BE SURE STILL, SAILOR MUST HAVE RUM AT, I SAY AGIN SAILOR MUST HAVE RUM AT THE END OF DAY OR SAIL. FOR MEDICINAL PUURPOSE. SO INSTALL A NEW STILL CAUSE WE SAIL DEC.15.2025 OR FER-14-2026. I WANT TO BE ON DOCK ON SAILING DAY. FROM MIKE MIMS FL. LOVE YOUR ADVENTURE.

Skip Vail

So fun! 1. Thanksgiving 2025, 2. Interior will be most difficult, 3. Best Feature....you'll love this one: You will need a bar with a "Nugget" Ice Maker and built in large blender. There really are "Nugget" Ice machines! They are expensive but really make all drinks awesome...Look on Amazon for the GE Profile Opal 2.0 (how's that for coincidences - "Nugget and 2.0)!!! Lastly 4. most expensive single item...Hybrid Drive with solar panels and batteries.

Michael Baumgartner

Seems like you are progressing at a very good pace! I predict sometime in March 2026…..not sure if you’re familiar with the door latch hardware on YYACHTS Y9 sailboat but in my opinion it’s the most effective and simple design I have seen,

Juan David

Splash down: April 28 2026. First Sail: June 25 2026. Done-Done: October 2035 when you sell it to me 😉

Brendan Gregory

14th February 2025 😄

Margie VV

Aug 21, 2026. :) Omg...I just watched AFTER my prediction (posted after reading only)... only 1 day before Kazza's prediction (my date has 2 special reasons...).

Jeff Cure

New Years Day 2026, most challenging is going to be the paying for that beautiful vessel. Most expensive parts will be the propulsion system which includes the batteries.

SV Sirene Spirit

Having built a couple of yachts from the ground up and a couple from hull and deck kits, it is a truly challenging task you have set for yourselves. The fit out is what truly takes a lot of time especially if you are doing it all yourselves to a high standard. The hull is actually the fastest part of the build. I'll gamble on Christmas 2025 at best if you are doing it all yourselves. Happy to discuss further over shots at the flip party 🥳🍸

M. Scott Owitz

I predict she will never be done, but she will sail November 10, 2026. Spring for those down under.

Catherine IG

We’d love to know more about the cost projections and planned timelines, even if they aren’t perfect projections, etc. And whether you’re going to sail a bit while you’re building 2.0? What about delos? Will you sell her or keep her? Will you fix her up? So many questions!

Catherine IG

February 24, 2026

Barbara Whiteside

Love your enthusiasm!! So excited to see it!!

Jeff Fischer

October 28, 2025.

FreeWilly

Hey surfer dude! love that shirt, I think the labor on the joinery will be significant, BUT, that is one bad ass boat, say goodbye to sea sickness and no worries about hitting something that can sink a fiberglass mono, and all that room! you'll be dodging icebergs in Svalbard soon, best of luck.

Steve K

June 4, 2026. About 18 months after the hull is finished.

Bob and Michelle Murray

February 12, 2026

Frank

I see April 14, 2025 in my crazy eight ball.

Tony Garrett

I think Summer of 2025 would be a realistic goal.

DVDesign

That is a very perceptive question......!!!

Ken Hill

June 5 2025, Hybrid system including lithium batteries and electrical system that goes along with it, as the most expensive.

Liv Katya Debear

September 10th 2025

Robin Henkys

You could predict who will be on the maiden voyage. Or what the biggest change will be you’ll go through as you’re building her. Or how fast she will be, how much she will weigh or how many total work hours will go into her in the end.