[MUSIC PLAYING]
Previously on Delos.
Bye, Chagos.
We left our private atoll at Chagos
and set out on our two-week sail to Madagascar.
We have 900 miles left until we reach the tip of Madagascar.
And it's a beautiful day here out on the Indian Ocean.
We left Chagos in our wake.
And we're about halfway through our 1,500 mile sail
to the northern tip of Madagascar.
We still had about 900 miles of sailing in front of us
and some interesting navigation through the Mascarene Plateau.
The Mascarene Plateau stretches from the Seychelles
in the north to La Reunion over 1,200 miles to the south.
And in lots of places, it's shallow enough
to wreck your boat.
During the last Volvo Ocean Race,
Team Vestus actually ran aground here.
We needed to sail right over the top of it.
So we were planning our course carefully.
We are where this bulls eye is.
And the wind is continuously coming easterly
from this direction on the chart.
And we need to cut through this area
here where it goes from 2000 meters to 20 meters.
We need to cut through it at the right time or else
it'll be really nasty and big waves
and lots of currents and stuff.
So we picked this point to cut through.
But in order for us to get that point,
we need to go pretty much dead down wind.
So we're going to try and see if it's comfortable
and if there's enough wind for us to do it.
So we'll put out of the pole probably on the starboard side.
And then we'll put the main out on the other side.
And we'll read the book.
[LAUGHTER]
Winga winga wing.
[LAUGHTER]
We've got our halyard wrapped around the deck
light on the mast.
So--
[INAUDIBLE], slack.
We tried to pull it around but Brian
has to go up and pull it free.
When you're up on the mast and it's swinging like this,
it just amplifies the movement of the boat.
Ready, brother?
Hold on, brother.
Start taking me up.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Turn, Meg.
Turn.
The other way.
Yeah.
There you go.
Doing it.
And I [INAUDIBLE].
It's good.
Good?
Look at that.
Right up the bum.
[RAIN POURING]
Raining.
Yeah, mate.
Squall came up from behind us going 30-35.
At least we're going downwind.
Yeah.
We're cruising.
It feels like we're tied to a dock actually.
We're just flying.
Really?
Doing between eight and 10 knots.
Well, I was just down there.
And it did not feel like we were at a dock.
I just flew from one side of the dock to the other.
Really?
[INAUDIBLE]
Just filming Grady in the squall.
Squallage.
Cruising.
Yeah.
Scary ones.
What are you doing?
I was going to make a tea.
I just put the kettle on.
Oh yeah?
Some water in there for me?
For my tea?
Yeah.
So we took them main in.
And we're just cruising under the [INAUDIBLE] right now.
But it's pretty nice conditions right now.
We're just running dead downwind.
There are a few things to watch out for though.
But we're here.
And we're in the middle of nowhere
except there's these shallow pits, the Mascarene Plateau.
And if you look out here, there's
20 meters, 18 meters, 20 meters.
So it's not shallow enough to necessarily hurt the boat.
But when you've got seas and currents
and it goes from like 2000 meters to like 20 meters,
it causes strange currents and unpredictable waves.
So we're really trying to plot our course to avoid that
and to get through this area in the deeper water
by hitting this wave plane.
So just on my night watch.
It's about 1:30 in the morning.
And hitting at [INAUDIBLE].
And we're going through a channel
with really shallow spots.
And the depthometer went from crazy
like 50 meters and then 30 meters.
And I was like, holy fuck.
We're going into a reef.
And I started freaking out and woke up Grady.
And basically we just need to change our direction
a little bit.
And cause there's heaps of 20 meter spots around here.
So we're not going to go into a reef.
So that's the good news.
[WIND BLOWING]
Pretty scary when you're in the middle of the ocean
and you see the depth reading do that.
It was like 100.
And I was like, oh yeah.
It's a whale.
And then it went to 50.
And then 30 suddenly.
And I was like, oh my god.
Grady.
Yeah.
Not cool.
You see we're right on the edge of--
So we're here.
We were going to go to this point.
And then Brian's watch is going to change course to hit here.
But I think now we're going to change course and go straight
here.
Yeah.
[WINDS BLOWING]
I just woke up.
It's my watch.
Max has been on since 6:00.
I woke up in the middle of the night
because I heard that when Brian was
going to go and explore the [INAUDIBLE] and Grady was up.
And I think the depth went up to 20 meters.
But it can because we have this weird--
we're kind of sailing on this weird platform.
So it can be very shallow.
And even though the charts can be sort of somewhat precise,
we still want to keep a lookout.
And it's supposed to be 600 meters now.
But a bit ahead it's supposed to go down to 60.
So we're just keeping it close and looking for shallow spots
that we can pass through.
But it looks OK.
It's just scary to sail through stuff
like this during the night.
Because you can't really see it properly and stuff.
So I'm happy the day came out.
So I think it's a few more like three
or four or five hours left.
Six hours.
And we're going to talk through it.
So it's all good.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Big changes in depth usually mean good fishing.
So we had our lines out at the crack of dawn.
And it was already paying off.
[LAUGHTER]
Wait.
Hold it.
I need to get the [INAUDIBLE].
Holy shit.
[CHEERING]
We caught a mahi.
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Shark bait's a killer.
Within 10 minutes of each other--
I knew it.
A beautiful mahi and a yellowfin tuna.
It's a mahi.
We're going to have a mahi.
[CHEERING]
Go, go.
Go dive on it.
Dive on it.
Yeah, yeah.
Get on him, get on him.
[LAUGHTER]
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
It's so hard.
There's so much waves.
There are like four at a time.
Color's disappearing.
Look at all the girls lined up here.
We're all like--
We're like--
We got a mahi.
We got two.
How much?
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah.
All right.
There's a lot of fish action going on back there.
It's good stuff.
Thank you.
So there's lots of different options to make for lunch.
So many options.
I think I'm going to make sushi.
So we thought that we caught two male mahis because they
have more square heads.
And the female have more round.
And they travel in pairs.
So we thought that we would catch maybe two more females
then.
But if you look at this one, see that his head
is a lot more like this, really like a square.
Can you see that?
Uh huh.
And then you look at this guy.
And compare the heads.
You see that this is a lot more round.
So this is actually the female.
And they only travel in pairs.
So we caught the full couple which is good.
So they're not looking for their companion out there.
That's good.
Yeah.
COme on, mates.
Mates.
Lunch.
Fish on.
[LAUGHTER]
[INAUDIBLE]
Don't stop.
Fish time.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Come on.
Fishy on.
Come on.
Organize with his hands.
Come on, Max.
Oh my god.
I feel like we're dragging a carcass.
Good job, [INAUDIBLE].
One, two, three.
Coming.
[YELLING]
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Get that other carcass out of there with Max.
Hold on.
Hold on, hold on.
Grab him by his tail.
And--
Yeah, yeah yeah.
OK.
Pull.
Good?
Mates.
Get it.
[CHEERING]
Whoa.
That is fucking gorgeous.
A beauty, mates.
[CHEERING]
That's a fucking big one.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Is it breathing?
[INAUDIBLE]
It's [INAUDIBLE].
Yahoo.
What's on the dinner?
Wahoo?
Big eye tuna?
Or mahi?
SO many options.
That is a massive--
They caught a wahoo.
[INAUDIBLE]
Look at that.
Look.
That is exactly what you want.
Yeah?
You see it?
Yeah.
Boom.
Just like the other one but--
Quick.
Check this out.
Check out this hook.
That is fucking boom right in the top of the jaw.
Can't throw that.
So we have very good teamwork going on over here.
We're going seven knots so it's a good [INAUDIBLE].
First, we've got Max currently working on the mahi.
The [INAUDIBLE] station.
Making fillets.
I'm doing a terrible--
And Karen's waiting to chop it up.
Final station.
Chop it.
And put it in the box.
What's going on, Mercy?
Making some sushi.
We all caught four different fish this morning.
Two mahi mahis, a wahoo.
And was it a yellowfin tuna?
No.
It was a big eye tuna.
And it's my cooking day.
So I'm making some sushi rolls [INAUDIBLE].
Everyone gets too each.
And we don't have any fresh ingredients.
So we're just doing rice and raw tuna.
And there it is.
Awesome.
It's just a bit hard doing it without quite really rolling
it.
I think everyone's really hungry.
So.
I'm almost finished.
Getting there.
I think this is a new record for absolute amount of fish caught.
This is mahi, wahoo, wahoo.
This is mahi, mahi.
Just bags of tuna somewhere.
[INAUDIBLE] is a lot.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
We've personally seen the impact irresponsible fishing
can have on the environment.
In fact, we stopped fishing and eating seafood entirely
for our two years sailing through Asia.
It was that bad.
But the Indian Ocean is much less populated.
And there's less stress on the fish,
especially this far out at sea.
We only troll with hand lines and take
what we can eat and freeze.
If you'd like to learn more about sustainable seafood,
a great website to check out is www.SeafoodWatch.org.
How's your watch?
Nice.
It's a good one.
Sun just went down.
Moon is coming up.
Just had a delicious meal.
That fish was so delicious.
Like it feels like we haven't really
had anything fresh in a while.
Just having fresh fish.
Me?
Now I'm going to have a good night's sleep on a full belly.
For like an hour.
Any thoughts on the day?
Yeah.
Fishing is fun when we catch fish, man.
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Up next.
I think we are sailing into a dark cloud.
[WIND BLOWING]
Shit.
What's going on up here?
Gnarly, gnarly wind.
It's actually kind of scary.
I think it's the first time on this trip
that I've actually felt kind of afraid.
[MUSIC - GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING,
"ACROSS THE NATION"]
I crossed the nation.
Going back to see her.
For her coronation, someone claims she was holy.
Crowned by the roadside.
Don't feign indifference.
Some search for treasure while I dig to China.
Whoa oh oh.
I saw something brown in [INAUDIBLE] panties.
I asked her if it was poo.
She said no.
It was chocolate.
[LAUGHTER]
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
What are you doing, crazy?
Doing my exercise.
I feel like I've been sitting and standing.
I mean sitting and sleeping so much.
I need to stand.
So I'm trying not to hold onto anything
and just walking back and forth.
It seems a bit slow.
It's [INAUDIBLE].
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