United States
Sailing SV Delos is a long-running documentary-style YouTube channel built around Brian Trautman and his partner Karin, who have spent more than thirteen years living aboard and sailing their vessel Delos across the world's oceans.
Total Followers +0.1%
1.2M
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
998K followers · 81% of audience
Engagement
6.6%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Macro
Est. $4.5K–$11K / IG post
The ongoing Delos 2.0 aluminum catamaran build series continues actively, with a recent episode documenting the construction of the boat's command center helm station — described as a complex, feature-packed project.
Brian and Karin documented the first activation of Delos 2.0's Combi electric motor, marking a major milestone after months of electrical system work in the forward tech space.
The recognised sailing publication covered Brian and Karin Trautman's bespoke 53ft aluminium explorer catamaran being built near Brisbane, noting it was designed to replace the original Delos after 85,000 miles across six continents.
VETUS issued a press release confirming it is supplying key onboard systems — including propeller shafts, exhaust, seawater strainers, and a Maxwell windlass — for the eco-focused Delos 2.0, which features a hybrid-electric propulsion system and large solar array.
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | -45 -0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -45 |
| Last 30 days | +998 +0.1% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +998 |
| Last 90 days | +6K +0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +6K |
| Last 365 days | +6K +0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +6K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NordVPN Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Sep 2026 | — |
| BetterHelp Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Sep 2026 | — |
| AG1 Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Aug 2026 | — |
| Saily Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Aug 2026 | — |
| Incogni Inc. Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
Sailing SV Delos is a long-running documentary-style YouTube channel built around Brian Trautman and his partner Karin, who have spent more than thirteen years living aboard and sailing their vessel Delos across the world's oceans. The channel began as a personal record of an open-ended circumnavigation but evolved into one of the most sustained liveaboard sailing narratives on the platform, blending technical seamanship with genuine human storytelling — crew friendships, remote anchorages, mechanical setbacks, and the rhythms of life afloat with a growing family. The current story arc centers on an ambitious custom aluminum catamaran build, documented in a serialized, episode-driven format that draws in both experienced sailors and build-project hobbyists alike, sustaining a "what happens next" tension across dozens of installments and keeping upload cadence consistent even while the crew is shore-bound.
Sailing SV Delos reaches an audience concentrated in United States primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. Their sponsorship history skews toward Solar / Portable Power, Cameras / Tech, eSIM / Connectivity, a clear signal of fit for brands in those categories. Demonstrated partners include Incogni Inc. and BetterHelp. Engagement on YouTube runs around 7.3%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
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Yes, Brian and crew are building a fully custom aluminum catamaran and documenting every stage in an ongoing YouTube series that has run well past 70 episodes. The build covers structural welding, systems installation, and interior fit-out, giving fans an unusually transparent look at what it actually takes to construct a bluewater cruising catamaran from bare metal.
The original Delos is a Hallberg-Rassy 53, a Swedish-built offshore cruiser known for its heavy-weather capability and quality construction. The crew sailed her across multiple oceans over more than a decade, and she became one of the most recognizable vessels in the sailing YouTube world before the new catamaran build took center stage.
Brian Trautman is the captain and founder of the SV Delos channel and the constant presence throughout more than 13 years of ocean sailing content. He launched the project to document a circumnavigation and it grew into one of the largest dedicated sailing channels on YouTube, now also covering the full build of a custom catamaran.
According to their own Instagram bio, the crew has been living aboard and sailing for over 13 years, making Delos one of the longest continuously documented liveaboard sailing journeys on the internet. The channel began with blue-water passages and has evolved to include an ambitious new boat build while still raising a young child on the water.
Yes, Brian and Karin have a young child who is now part of the core crew, as reflected in their Instagram bio alongside the two adults. Raising a child while living aboard and simultaneously managing a major boat-building project has become one of the channel's most compelling ongoing storylines.
Delos is a small Greek island with deep mythological significance as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis in ancient legend. Naming a bluewater sailboat after such a storied place fits the channel's spirit of exploration, reverence for the sea, and the idea of setting out on a journey that feels almost mythic in scale.
In a recent episode of their aluminum catamaran build series, the crew found themselves unexpectedly conducting a rescue mission — a reminder that even while focused on a land-based boatbuilding project, life near the water can demand urgent real-world action. The episode titled "We Didn't Expect a Rescue Mission" became one of the more attention-grabbing uploads in the build series.
Karin is Brian Trautman's partner and one of the three people the YouTube channel describes as the heart of the current journey — along with their young child. She is a regular presence in the catamaran build series and plays a central role in the family-life thread the channel weaves through its technical sailing and boatbuilding content.
Recent YouTube sponsors include AG1, NordVPN, BetterHelp, Incogni, and Saily. That blend of health supplements, internet privacy tools, mental wellness support, and eSIM connectivity products makes practical sense for a crew living permanently offshore and running a media operation remotely from a boat.
SV Delos is approaching one million YouTube subscribers, placing them firmly in the Macro creator tier — an exceptional reach for a niche sailing channel. Their engagement rate runs well above the travel and sailing category average, pointing to a deeply loyal core audience rather than passive viewers.
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