A glowing doomsday kill switch at the helm of Delos 2.0

Part 89 of the aluminum catamaran build also starts work on a system that could one day steer the boat by remote control, with the channel sitting at 999,000 subscribers.

Channel: Sailing SV Delos Story of October 4, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Whatever You Do…Don’t Push This ☠️ Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 89

"The KILL SWITCH ☠️ Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 89" is the newest chapter of Sailing SV Delos, the channel that spent years following its crew around the world and now follows them building Delos 2.0, an aluminum catamaran, in a shed. The switch is exactly what it sounds like: a way to cut power in an emergency or for maintenance. Most boats, the first Delos included, keep one down by the batteries. This one sits on the helm station and lights up, doomsday style, because, as the description puts it, they like to keep things extra.

The same episode introduces a control and monitoring system for the electric motors, the first step toward turning the boat into what the crew calls a giant remote controlled boat. It came two days after "This Is Gonna Be SO FREAKING Cool!", which marked the moment months of wiring and networks started coming online, and the crew began thinking about when the hull might leave the shed.

The kill switch episode drew about 170,000 views on its first day, and the channel is running at roughly three times its usual daily pace. The comments have turned into a naming contest for the switch, with Douglas Adams fans pushing for "Don't Panic" and others spelling DELOS out as a backronym. A practical thread asks whether the bilge pumps stay powered when the switch is thrown. And many longtime viewers noticed the old intro song is back, which sent some of them straight to memories of the Indian Ocean crossing days.

Among travel channels near its size, Delos sits mid-pack for views gained this week, while TayBrice ran well ahead of everyone. The subscriber count reads 999,000, a single step short of the million the crew has been watching.

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The videos drawing views on Sailing SV Delos right now

This Is Gonna Be SO FREAKING Cool!28,039 views · 2026-09-30 This Is Gonna Be SO FREAKING Cool! Aluminum Catamaran Build Pt. 88308,319 views

The numbers

Here is how the week looked for Sailing SV Delos in figures.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Jet Lag: The Game

2,128,508

Jeb Brooks

1,633,419

Walk With Me Tim

1,471,456

EarthCam

1,189,282

Sailing SV Delos

559,423

Brett Conti

550,347

Ryan Shirley

438,872

Sydney Ferbrache

260,877

subscribers

999,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

291,531,752

views per day

224,258

typical day: 72,848

first-day views of each video posted this week

The KILL SWITCH ☠️ Aluminum Catamaran B…

170,441

This Is Gonna Be SO FREAKING Cool!

14,879

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

TayBrice

1,140,000

Jet Lag: The Game

1,080,000

Walk With Me Tim

1,060,000

Jeb Brooks

1,040,000

Brett Conti

1,040,000

Sailing SV Delos

999,000

Sydney Ferbrache

909,000

EarthCam

890,000

Ryan Shirley

854,000

As of October 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.