Sailing La Vagabonde

We’re going LIVE!

Click the video above and wait for us to go live at exactly 6:30pm EST (15 mins from now hehe) ❤️‍🔥

Seee you sooooonnnn x

TRUTH OR DARE (Full Cut) 😬

Here’s the full cut of our game of Truth or Dare lol I forgot how fun this game was!!

Who thinks we should do another? And with what YouTubers? Tell us who would be your ultimate guests and we can try and collaborate with them!

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MOST DARING DOUBLE DATE! 🦈💋 (Dinner with SHARKS) Would you do it?

What a thrilling date.

But seriously, would you do it?

Thank you dear Patrons for being patient with us this past 2 weeks. We’ve been working as hard and fast as possible to try and get out our videos early to you again, but we’ve run into a few hurdles. We will see you this evening for our live stream where we will tell you all about it (see our last post for more details on international times etc).

🥂 Speak soon.

Elayna, Riley, Lenny and Darwin x

*Scheduled Patreon Live Stream Details*

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Let's catch up on what everyone has been up to in the last couple of months!! We have LOTS to talk to you about including our new boat build update, visitors we've had on board and our disaster trip to Antigua.

As always, if you have a question, please add it into the comments below, if your question is already there, be sure to 'heart' it and even if you're not able to make the stream, hopefully we can get your answer for you and you can watch the recorded video after...

Searching for SHIPWRECKS | We got lucky!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! 2022! Hopefully one step forward from 2021.

We are so sorry we haven't been getting these episodes out early for you guys. It's something we're desperate to do for you again but we're just struggling with our workflow to get them completed in time. We promise we'll get back to it very soon. Next weeks episode is currently being worked on where we catch up with YouTubers Bec and Eamon. It's a goodie and we learnt a heap from them which we'll have to discuss with you in...

ARRIVING IN THE BAHAMAS!

Sorry about the late post! Internet hasn't been great where we are. Also, check out Riley's foot (attached). More on that in videos to come. Until then, I hope you enjoy our arrival back into the Bahamas.  Getting back to eating fresh fish each day is a real treat. We hope you had an amazing Christmas holiday!

Love Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin

Idea for a video!!!

I want to make a video “Boat Life vs City Life”

and I need a mansion to do it from!!! It would be good if it was hilariously over the top luxurious.

Does anyone know of one we can borrow for a two days and a night? In the Miami area???

Asking for a friend 😊

We're Back Into WARM WATER! Plus Boat Tour

It wasn't the best conditions for our sail to the Bahamas but we can't tell you how good it is to be back in the tropics. We absolutely love it here. Riley has once again found a way to injure himself, this time hanging from the mast - fortunately nothing too serious.

Now that we have the boat re-organised, we felt compelled to do another boat tour. Knowing that with two kids, this is most likely going to be the best it's going to look before we leave it for the final time in mid 2022. ...

Sailing down the USA coast towards the Bahamas

We're loving our little meander down the coast of Florida with our crew David and Sarah. We're packing up at St Augustine and heading ever southwards, this time ending up at Palm Beach. We're taking it easy with some smooth sailing and good weather, which is really welcome. It means that we can just get into the rhythm of sailing and family life on board. And being ready means we can eventually cross over to the Bahamas with a bit more confidence. In the meantime we deal with deceptive optica...

Recent Rapido 60 Magazine Article

For anyone interested in learning more about the new Rapido 60 we are building, we thought you might be interested in this article.

In pages 44 - 50, it talks about:
- Concept Development
- Structure & Performance Analysis
- Design Validation

It also includes our visit to the designers of M&M which we found super interesting. Hope you do too.

Love Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin

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Raising our Kids at Sea

Join us for our sail to St Augustine and then on to West Palm Beach. Having some extra people on board has been so refreshing. Juggling kids, editing, provisioning, maintenance, monitoring weather patterns, route planning, calling marinas ahead of time, researching destinations or even as simple as knowing where to do laundry.  Having an extra few pairs of hands on board makes the world of difference. Having our patrons spread around the world is even better. We were about to spend a day...

Our 7th Year of LIVING OFF GRID!

It's hard to believe it's been 7 years since we untied the lines and set sail for good. For 7 years now, we've been living off grid in our floating home. We've learned what it means to be a 'cruiser'. We've made friends with people from countless different countries. We've been the most scared we've ever been, as well as the most happy. We've brought two children into this world to share it all with. We feel so. damn. lucky. Join us for an epic sail, the next leg of our journey down to the Ba...

Our First EVER Sail as a Family of 4!

Hey crew! Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks for supporting us and our videos. We’re slowly getting better at our craft 😉

Despite living on our current sailboat for 4 years now, we were, for the first time, quite nervous to come back to her, after our little break we just had on land. Only because, we had a new new stowaway in tow and we wondered what it was going to be like now, sailing with two kids. I feared that no one would get any sleep with the rocking of the waves. That I’d...

Huge amounts of work as we Leave Port..

Does anyone else's partner have a fear of STUFF? 😂 This week, we work our butts off to move back onboard our sailboat and set off on our next big adventure off shore.

We’re going LIVE CREWWW!

Get your coffees, teas or wines ready and click this video. We’ll pop up in 40 mins 🕺🏼🤍

Moving Back On Board La Vagabonde!

Join us back on our beloved La Vagabonde (2.0) with our friends David and Laurah. You would have met David in the episodes leading up to Lenny's birth. He has been an absolute lifesaver with the help he's given us preparing the boat. La Vagabonde has been in Charleston since we left earlier this year. Fortunately, the boxes never left for Vietnam so we were able to go through them and bring back on to La Vagabonde. 

We really hit the ground running. As for Lenny, he never stops run...

*Scheduled Patreon Live Stream Details*

As you know, we're back on board La Vagabonde now. We'd love to catch up and let you know all about it PLUS updates on La Vagabonde 3.0

As always, if you have a question, please add it into the comments below, if your question is already there, be sure to 'heart' it and even if you're not able to make the stream, hopefully we can get your answer for you and you can watch the recorded video afterward.

Look out for a post from us around the times below:

2021-11-05 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Preparing to Return to La Vagabonde in USA!

After all the decision making, as you know, we decided to return to La Vagabonde for another season whilst we await entry into Vietnam. The thought of returning to La Vagabonde initially felt like returning to an ex partner. We said our goodbyes and now we were coming begging for La Vagabonde to take us back - haha! After some time to think about it and reminding ourselves of all the positives, we couldn't be anything other than excited.

Thanks for supporting this episode. Have a great ...

Catching Dinner Living Off-Grid (Catch and Cook)

Join us for a trip to Muiron Islands off of the west coast of Australia for some quality spearfishing and a good cook up on the beach. We had a fascinating encounter with a sea snake and caught some great sized Spanish Mackerel. It's amazing how popular you become at the caravan park when word gets around you have fish. Some of these grey nomads can smell it from a mile away - haha!

Enjoy! Thanks for supporting this video.

Love Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin

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La Vagabonde getting Back to Basics! INSANE Sea Life 🐋

Join us with our friends 'Back 2 Basics' in this incredible experience in North Western Australia . We were absolutely spoiled as we saw ocean wildlife at every turn. It doesn't get much better than days like this. It was one of those days where you just know you could never plan this even if you tried.

If you enjoy the wonders of mother nature, this is an episode you can't miss.

Poor Lenny didn’t have such a good time. He wasn’t feeling too good but I can say since we have re...

Camping and Spearfishing North West of Australia [Ep. 319]

After a hectic four days camping with friends and a circus of kids, I wont lie, we were pretty happy to get home. Camping with two kids and very little preparation was up there with a difficult sail crossing. It was great to recharge the batteries ready for some some shorter trips with our YouTuber friends from Back 2 Basics. You'll have to check out their channel if you haven't seen it. We really went next level on the spearfishing.

We have another episode coming up next week which ha...

LIVE Stream (recorded October, 2021)

We’ll see you soon 🚀

Elayna, Riley, Lenny and Darwin

**Scheduled Patreon Live Stream** We have news for you!

We are no longer in Australia and we'd love to tell you all about it. We hope we can chat with you on Sunday (or Monday depending where you are in the world)

As always, if you have a question, please add it into the comments below, if your question is already there, be sure to 'heart' it and even if you're not able to make the stream, hopefully we can get your answer for you and you can watch the recorded video afterward.

Look out for a post from us around the times below:

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Camping as a family of 4

Join us back in northern Western Australia as we attempt our first camping trip as a family of 4. Some of our favourite memories as kids was camping along beatiful coastlines. We hope we can match them for Lenny and Darwin. We have more updates for you on our plans for the next 6-9 months but we'll fill you in on these in a live stream in the very near future.

Thanks for being part of the show.

Love Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin

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How we fed our Family this Week (Remote West Oz)

Having spent some down time with family and friends in regional Western Australia, we're back on another road trip. Rather than stay in a house, this is camping with two kids under 3 with very little preparation. I mean, most of our camping gear is in boxes on the other side of the world.... I think you can all see where this is going.....

Join us as we intend to do the impossible.

Love Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin

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We're BACK!

We're back into the episodes which takes us to where we left off. Week two of quarantine in Perth, Western Australia. We've got a birthday to celebrate! Then we're back into the real world. Lots to look forward to as we head north which includes visiting friends and family and an opportunity to explore some amazing coast lines famous to Western Australia.

Having not missed a week to post an episode in over 4 years, it was really tough to accept the break. But now that we've done it, we ...

How We Accidentally Made It Big On YouTube

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a great week thus far. 

We suspect you may have already heard bits of this story but we've never really told it like this. We really wanted to give this story the time and effort it deserved.

Thank you to each and everyone of you for playing the biggest part in our show. Without you, our patrons, this amazing story would simply not exist.

Sending our love from Western Australia,

Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin

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P.S We'...

We’re about to go LIVE.

Click the video and wait for us to show up. Just making ourselves some tea 😌 can’t wait to fill you in on all that’s been happening lately a d our upcoming travel plans that how now finally been LOCKED IN!! 🥳✈️🌴

Elay, Riley, Lenny and Darwin x

**Scheduled Patreon Live Stream**

It's been almost a month since our last catch up which is way too long as we have much to catch up on. We can explain what we've been up to and our constant change of plans as things continue to develop in other parts of the world. 

As always, if you have a question, please add it into the comments below, if your question is already there, be sure to 'heart' it and even if you're not able to make the stream, hopefully we can get your answer for you and you can watch the recorded vi...

Maternity Leave 🥰

Hey crew,

As a lot of you might already know, with the arrival of Darwin we have come to find it quite difficult to post each week. We didn’t think we needed time off for ‘maternity leave’ but two months after Darwin has joined us, we think we might need to take that time to just chill. This is the first time we haven’t put up a video in 4 years! It has actually caused us a lot of heartache and anxiety here at La Vaga HQ. Many of you will say that it is fine and to make sure we ...