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Sailing La Vagabonde is a Youtube channel run by Elayna Carausu and Riley Whitelum which documents their lives sailing around the world on La Vagabonde, their 48-foot Outremer catamaran. They are the most popular sailing Youtube channel with over 1.6 million subscribers and 330 million views. By January 2022 they have sailed ?? nautical miles.

Early and personal life
Elayna and Riley both grew up in coastal Australia. They met on the island of Ios, Greece and have two children, Lenny and

Prior to living on La Vagabonde Elayna lived in Queensland, Australia as a dive master, she lived in a Kia van and posted blogs on Facebook. Riley bought his first boat by started a business digging trenches for phone lines and later working on oil rigs.

Riley broke his neck at Copacabana beach in Rio and spent 6 months recovering.

YouTube
Their channel began in 2014 with travelling from Mediterranean to Cape Verde and crossing the Atlantic in the first La Vagabonde, a 2007 Beneteau Cyclades. Shortly after they ran out of money and posted a video explaining they were return to work. In response a group of their viewers encouraged them to start a Patreon account and then crowdfunded them so after a year they could continue sailing.

SLV sailing guide

Charitable work
Elayna designed swimwear line, Vaga Bella Swim, made from recycled, ocean-harvested plastic with proceeds going to charity.