(happy guitar music)
- [Karin] What a sunny day Sierra.
- [Brian] Wow, look at day, huh?
- [Karin] Wow, incredible out here.
Today is a pretty exiting day because my mom is flying in.
It's been... what, about two and a half months?
Since we saw her and, yeah,
she's gonna spend a little bit of a few weeks here
and just hang out.
And I think she's arriving in about an hour
so we are gonna take the dinghy into town
and go and pick her up.
Exciting! It's so cool when family comes to visit.
So it's amazing.
Have you missed MorMor Sierra?
I don't know how much she understands.
I've been trying to like describe her,
but I guess we'll see her reaction
when she actually sees mom in the airport.
Here we go!
(happy acoustic guitar music)
- Here she goes!
- [Brian] Here comes MorMor.
- [Karin] Yay!
(airplane engine roaring)
- [Brian] I see her.
- [Karin] MorMor!
- [Brian] There she is, she saw us.
(Karin laughs)
- [Brian] Oh... MorMor!
(family gushing and cooing)
- [Brian] Oh, she's exited.
- [All] Yay, yay!
- [Brian] Hi MorMor, where's my hug?
Welcome to Panama.
- [MorMor] Oh, thank you so much!
- [Brian] You're welcome. How was the trip, good?
- [MorMor] Good, great.
- [Brian] Who's happy?
(MorMor talking in Swedish)
(happy acoustic guitar music)
(MorMor and Sierra laughing)
- [Brian] Watch your head MorMor.
- [MorMor] Oops.
- [Brian] There's a mooring line right behind you.
- [Karin] Watch your head!
- [All] Great!
- [Brian] We did it.
- [MorMor] We're here.
- [Karin] When was the last time you were on Dalos?
- [Brian] Antigua?
- [MorMor] Oh... Two years?
- [Karin] No...
- [MorMor] Three years!
- [Karin] Three years ago.
- Wow, three years ago.
Hello, nice meeting you again.
(Karin and MorMor laugh)
- Yay! I'm back!
Oh, it feels so good to be back on board again.
- [Karin] Does it look the same?
- Yeah. Yeah, it looks the same.
Smaller than Anna's.
- It's really fun to see Sierra, like she's really,
really recognizing you.
- Yeah, yeah. Oh, I got so happy and so emotional.
She was like "MorMor!"
- Yeah.
- That was so sweet.
- That was really cool, I know.
- She's so sweet.
- Ooh, Pepparkakor! Always when you come,
you have free treats.
- Yes.
- Treats from Sweden.
- This is for Brian.
(happy music)
(tropical music)
- [Brian] Martha is no stranger to life on Dalos.
Over the years, she's been with us in the Philippines,
Borneo, South Africa, Antigua
and our little jungle paradise in Panama.
Every visit was special on its own way,
but now that we have little Sierra in our lives
we've come to find an even deeper appreciation
in connection with our families.
So we couldn't wait to share our lives with MorMor
and continue to explore our amazing backyard
here at Isla Bastimentos.
You're ready to go on a dinghy mission Nugs?
- Yay!
- [Brian] Put the baby in. All right,
we're gonna take MorMor snorkeling in the mangroves.
That's our mission today.
- [Karin] Oh geez, my back.
- Sorry!
- Twelve kilos.
- [Brian] Took a little bit to get going this morning.
(Sierra crying)
- Yeah. Unlike usual.
- [Brian] We had a few tragedies. But look at her now.
- [MorMor] Yeah.
- [Brian] Are you ready to rock and roll Nugs?
Okay, here we go.
(happy acoustic guitar music)
- [Brian] Look at it, he's sailing through.
Are they fishing too?
You guys are drawling while sailing trough the pass?
- [Woman On The Boat] Yeah.
- [Brian] That's great. I like your style.
- [Woman On The Boat] A beautiful day.
- [Brian] Yeah, we're going for a little snorkeling mission.
- [Woman On The Boat] We're gonna do that too.
- [Brian] Cool, you guys have fun.
- [Woman On The Boat] You too.
Hi Sierra!
- [Brian] Bye!
- Just wanted to pause the video for a second
to give a huge shut out
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- Awesome.
- Thanks so much, and sending you all much love.
- Back to the video!
- [Both] Bye!
(happy instrumental music)
- [MorMor] Hello mangroves.
(happy instrumental music)
- [Brian] As we meandered our way through the mangroves,
we stumbled upon a pretty incredible spot
that we just had to go check out.
- Karin. Hi, welcome.
- [Brian] We were just coming around the corner
and we saw a house that we recognized.
This is our friend Cindy,
who used to own the other Amal in the marina.
- Hi.
- [Brian] She said we should just drop by some day, and so,
here we are.
- Come on, welcome!
- [Brian] So this is... you have the whole, entire island?
- Yes.
- [Brian] So this is like a house over the water.
Beautiful.
You found a kitty cat?
- [Karin] Look at this kitty cat!
Oh, it's nice.
- [Cindy] You're welcome to go upstairs and look at the loft
watch your head, because when we built it
we didn't really know what we were doing and-
- [Brian] And the angle.
- So yeah, and we're both really tall
so we can go like a foot either way from the center.
- [Brian] So you have rain water catchment?
- Mhm, a water tower, so it's gravity fed.
- [Brian] Oh cool, and that's on the islands?
- Mhm.
- [Brian] And an amazing view from the bedroom.
So why did you decide to build the house over the water
instead of on the land?
- Well, we needed a boat house for the Panga,
because we were taking the dinghy to town,
and a bigger boat was needed.
So then, the Panga really needs to be covered,
you've seen the torrential rains.
- [Brian] Yeah, yeah.
- [Cindy] It could sink the Panga really fast.
- [Brian] Okay, so this is actually,
you built it as a boat house, but then it's actually
just a really nice boat house.
- Yeah, basically this was gonna be like
all maintenance area, and then at some point
it just morphed into a house.
- [Brian] It's all you need, really.
- [MorMor] But how do you get electricity?
- With the solar panels there.
And it runs trough these.
- [Brian] You have batteries as well.
- [Cindy] Yeah, they're under here.
- [Brian] So everything you have on a boat,
it's just in the...
- [Cindy] I don't think you could have done this
without the experience on the sailboat, you know.
- [Brian] Yeah.
- It just gives you so much knowledge.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Cindy] Even if you know nothing when you start,
you figure it out.
- [Brian] Yeah.
The house was absolutely gorgeous,
but probably one of the coolest things about it
was being able to see sharks in the water
right from the kitchen.
- [All] Wow!
- Fish!
- [Brian] Yeah, shark.
Sierra, you get to see the coolest things, huh?
You don't see that everywhere.
Are there sharks living under your house?
- Such a cool spot. To live just like on an island out here.
Have like, the fish right next under your house,
the sharks and, it's beautiful.
(happy instrumental music)
- [Karin] Baby pineapples.
- [Brian] Haven't seen that since Madagascar.
- [Karin] I know.
- [Brian] So she said the island is five acres of land
and the mangroves are another eight acres.
- Oh really?
- [Brian] Wow, look at this,
it's like a little resort up here.
- [Karin] Put 'em on!
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, I can't wait until you actually
can wear swim fins.
- [Karin] That's amazing.
- All right, here we go.
(water splashing)
(Brian laughing)
- [Brian] Oh, the random people we meet, huh? Beautiful.
Come on in.
Look at you. First time in your mask. That's amazing.
Good job dear.
(Brian laughing)
- [Brian] Do you wanna go find the shark?
(happy acoustic guitar music)
(Karin laughing)
(happy acoustic guitar music)
- It's cold around here.
- [Brian] What do you think about that?
- Look Sierra, it's a conch.
- [Brian] It's a conch!
There is a little animal that lives inside there.
It's like a giant snail.
Pretty cool. Okay, I'm gonna put him back underwater, okay?
Did she get stung by something?
- I think so.
- [Brian] She got stung by a jellyfish.
- [Karin] What a great visit.
- That was even random, I had no idea that they were here.
(dog barking)
- [Karin] Bye Lou! Bye doggy!
Time to go back home!
- [Brian] I have a project I was keen to start back on Delos
that afternoon, so it was time to head home.
But I figured, I might as well take advantage
of the dinghy ride home
to get in a quick session on the wake board.
(water splashing)
(happy acoustic guitar music)
- That's a long run.
- [Karin] Yeah. Was it good?
- Awesome, though I'm exhausted.
- [Karin] Yeah.
- I haven't done that in a long time.
- [Karin] I bet.
- My board.
- So this is pretty exciting stuff.
Marlow, a pretty cool company,
really more known for like, the racing products,
but they have a lot of stuff
for the cruising and leisure market
and they sent us some highers and some new sheets
and some other lines we're gonna replace 'em on the boat.
So I've been like whipping ends and stuff
which is actually very calming and nice work.
When you just sitting here, that'll be it.
Look at this line.
It's beautiful huh? This stuff is so strong Kaza.
But before I could start replacing all the lines on board,
I wanted to clean up the old ones a bit
and store them away as spares.
- [Karin] The lines are bit dirty, huh?
- Oh God. Here's a tip.
Never leave your sailboat in the jungle
and not take like the sheets and stuff
because look it, I mean, they just got so, so moldy
and the whole thing just looks terrible.
So I'm going over it with this soap.
It likes a mildew remover
and just scrubbing with this dish sponge.
And it's kind of like, look at all the dirt
that's coming out of them.
- [Karin] Yeah.
- But it is like long work and they're not perfect.
- [Karin] Some people said to put it in washing machine
but I don't think they would appreciate that.
- I know.
And I've heard that before
but I'm not gonna put it in our washing machine.
- [Karin] I know.
- And there's probably a reason for that.
And you see a lot of signs in Marines.
It's like, "Please don't wash anything but clothes."
'Cause I think it really does.
It's like a lot of weight, you know?
- [Karin] Yeah.
- And this works fine.
Look at all the dirt that came off in here too.
Ooh, nasty.
- [Karin] Are you helping daddy? What are you doing?
Oh my god.
(Karing laughing)
- [Brian] Aw, Sierra! Good job!
(both laughing)
- [Brian] You have the gloves on the right hand too.
- Now!
- You're the best baby helper in the world.
(both laughing)
- She just bowed.
Ta-da!
Aw, I love you, come kiss.
- Uh-uh.
- Oh, okay, no kiss.
All right, so this is the four guy for the pole.
This is actually one of the original lines
that's been on the boat for over 20 years now.
It's getting pretty worn, look at that.
I mean, they've done well to last that long
but they've just got a lot of miles on 'em.
And then this is the replacement line,
because these are all synthetic fibers,
they're ultra, ultra, ultra strong.
And so we're gonna be replacing this line
with like stuff at that size,
which is a little easier to handle and work with.
Pretty cool stuff, huh?
- [Karin] That's awesome.
- Yeah, so.
- [Karin] So which one will this replace?
- So this is gonna replace the one that we use
to hoist the spinnaker and the balloon.
And then I have another one
that we'll use to replace the utility higher
that we use for hoist in the dinghy.
Still don't want this to come apart
in like the middle of the mass, that would suck.
- [Karin] Ah, the worst nightmare.
- So I'll just go through it a few times.
One more time maybe. Okay.
I think that's attached pretty good.
I'm just gonna tape it for safety.
- [Karin] Here we go!
- If it comes apart in the mast it's really gonna suck.
Sometimes I feel that I don't give the running rigging
on Dalos enough TLC.
I have a set schedule for changing the oil
and maintaining machinery and electronics.
And before long passage,
I like to inspect the standing rigging as well.
But for some reason I only replace the running rigging
when it shows obvious signs of wear.
Since we were ad-hoc,
it was a great chance to replace the old lines
with some high performance fresh ones.
This project was actually completed
over the span of two weeks,
taking a few hours each afternoon to measure, cut,
and whip the new lines, installing them one by one
as the old ones were removed.
All right, well that concludes the lines project on Delos.
This is a beautiful, new higher for the spinnaker.
Utility higher. Preventer. For the chip cards.
Out hold. A new preventer for the mast as well.
That's looking really nice.
I like that color.
It's quite a bit of work.
It took a few few days, but I'm really happy
with how it turned out.
It's nice to have some new highers and lines on the boat.
Thank you so much Marlow. Good stuff.
I'm happy so far.
(happy music)
- [Brian] Up next on Delos.
Our time with MorMor continues,
as we get some fresh new looks on the beach
and we get absolutely mobbed by bats
in the depths of the Panamanian jungle.
- Wow. Look at all those bats! Look at 'em.
- [Karin] Wow!
Are you excited for more, hon?
Okay, you need to pee, okay.
Aw, he's so cute.
- [Brian] What did you just did Sierra?
What is that? Is that a baby bite
out of our Parmesan cheese block?
Hey!
Hey, no, give me that.
No, I already stabbed you on the foot accidentally.
Oh, you want me to cut some off for you? There you go.
Uh, sneeze attack.
(Brian sneezes)
Jesus.
(Brian sneezes)
Sorry about that, I'mma restart, hang on.