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SV Delos

Source: Brady has a visitor drop by while filming

SV Delos’s videos (svdelos.com) have become an internet sensation. Since 2009, Brian Trautman, who later met Karin Syrén in New Zealand, and his brother, Brady Trautman, have been sailing the world on Brian’s 53ft Amel Super Maramu, Delos, filming their adventures along the way. Developing somewhat of a cult following, they found a way to make a living doing what they love and inspiring others to do the same.

What got you into sailing?

I was working for a phone company in Seattle, Washington. I was the guy that climbs the telephone poles. During a break I went to the library and found this book called . A number of years went by. I had the house in the suburbs, the business—all those things. One day, I wasn’t feeling content with my

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