Sailing La Vagabonde Archive – Page 2

We sail from Los Roques to Bonaire, stopping at a tiny bunch of islands called Aves. I’ve never seen so many birds in my whole life! We get salty for a few days and checkout some of Bonaires many dive sites that it has to offer. We throw on some scuba ge...

sales@yachtsails.com.au - for any sails from Ray Brown in Adelaide, SA (I went to school with his daughter) We leave divers paradise - Bonaire for our estimated 3 day sail to Santa Marta - Colombia. This passage is known for its wild winds off the coast of...

Wow. I can't believe we just hit the 100,000 subscribers mark. We are so stoked!! A huge thank you to everyone that's gotten behind us and is following this adventure of ours. You guys are da bombbbbb. Love Elay, Riley, Alfred, Cunningham (RIP Cunningham...

Pick up a La Vagabonde T and help support some grotty yachties!! http://shop-lavagabonde.com/collections/clothing In Santa Marta - Colombia, we are joined by two good friends Ana and Connor who were travelling Colombia at the same time. Yippeeeee, friends...

If anyone wants to buy one of Yolitas paintings please head to her website. Kind souls like hers deserve it. www.yolitamogollon.com We tied off La Vaga securely in the marina in Cartagena and hugged the jetty after our not so pleasant sail from Santa Mart...

Elay was fit enough to leave port, so we headed off for our overnight sail to the famed San Blas Islands. Sailing the San Blas islands has been a dream of ours for some time now and it was exactly what we hoped it would be like. These tiny islands scattere...

http://twitter.com/@sailing_lavaga Hey guys, we scheduled this vid to pop up at the predicted half way mark of our big sail from the Galapagos - Marquesas (3000 miles, ish). Eeeeeek. Wish us luck for the other half. I can already tell you now that I'll be...

White sandy beaches, turquoise waters, enough palm trees and coconuts to shade and feed you for an entire life time… yes please! Sailing in the San Blas Islands is truly a dream. Sailors come here and stay year round as this sailing haven is also out of ...

How to freedive with Carlos Coste. Join us in this episode with Carlos, as he runs us through a freediving refresher course on the island of Bonaire. He shares some of his secrets in mastering certain skills of freediving and he will give any beginner an i...

We sailed to Panama and prepared for our transit through the Panama Canal! We got stuck into the paper work with our agent Eric (whom we highly recommend) and we were soon scheduled to go through in just a few days time. We made the most of the convenience...

Yeehah! We rafted up with our assigned partner yacht and motored to our first set of locks of the Panama Canal. We were so excited to finally experience what the canal is all about and how this man made wonder of the world works. We spent the night riding ...

Follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/@sailing_lavaga After we transit the Panama Canal, we spent a week or so moored in Panama City. It’s a busy channel, which meant La Vagabonde was constantly copping the wakes of all the traffic. She was also out ...

5 days at sea, sailing Panama to Galapagos (845 nm). It was good to set sail and be free of all things technology for a while (minus the cameras and video editing on the lappy….. But luckily I love that stuff). It was very calm for most of the trip. A BI...

More about the pirate scare! Please comment and let us know what you would do in the case of a pirate attack out at sea. The next 150nm of ocean until we reached the Galapagos Islands was quite enjoyable. We saw the most incredible things in the water, I s...

The seals in the Galapagos had quickly claimed La Vagabonde as their new home. Initially, they were ‘cute’, but after a few days they became stinky (they stunk to begin with, but everyone has their flaws) and very unwelcome onboard!! Apparently they go...

My nerves for the Pacific Crossing (the 20-30 day’er) have been getting more and more intense. Most nights, for the past few weeks I have been having the most strangest dreams and unsettled sleeps. But I am really looking forward to the challenge of gett...

We say goodbye to Nicole and Joel (thanks for visiting guys, we had a blast!!!) and Rileys dad Tony arrives by plane from Australia to join us for the big Puddle Jump (Pacific Crossing). It was a busy few days getting La Vaga ready for the big trip, but be...

A series of unfortunate events onboard La Vagabonde at the beginning of our trip. Some pretty bad rope burns for Tony and our auto pilot display completely conked out. Could we all last the next few weeks at sea hand steering around the clock, with only 3 ...

For me, sometimes extreme boredom, frustration with the motion of the boat, feeling isolated/alone, and missing friends and family bucket loads can lead to a little bit of a breakdown every now and then. I’m only human! There are always dramas onboard (E...

Riley's Blog: http://sailing-lavagabonde.com/the-pacific-crossing-give-him-an-inch-and-hell-take-3000-nautical-miles/ Well, we made it. 21 days at sea, just Riley Tony and me. What an adventure. If the rest of the Marquesas is anything like this magical i...

We sail to Hiva Oa, and checkout one of the most ancient Tiki sites in French Polynesia. Absolutely breathtaking! Riley also surprises me by booking a horse ride through the beautiful green valley of Atuona. These horses were a little crazy, but we made it...

Meet Ryan, a man of many talents who chased his dreams even when the going got tough!! He has Muscular Dystrophy and is sailing around the world with his beautiful wife Nicole. Join us in the delicious green island of Tahuata, we dive into aqua blue waters...

Buy a hat here! http://shop-lavagabonde.com/collections/head-gear Join us in a traditional cooking lesson with Henry on the island of Nuku Hiva. Very simple, super delicious. Nothing beats eating from the earth. Cheers Henry, I hope you see this video! I ...

After the boys installed the new B&G gear and we took care of a few jobs on La Vagabonde, we were ready to set sail to the uncharted Tuamotus (or the Atolls). Not many people visit these islands because of a combination of the tides, currents and unpre...

Buy my Album 'Covers From the Ocean' here!! http://elaynac.bandcamp.com/releases We arrived at our first Atoll! I never realised just how remote the Tuamotus were, until we arrived at the tiny village. We explore the magical island, home to only 100 peopl...

It hadn't happened yet, in the whole 2 years we have been sailing around the world BUT we had finally ran La Vagabonde completely out of food (apart from a few odd things we found scattered around in some dark and very scary places). Unfortunately, we had ...

Don’t forget to follow poor old Riles on Instagram, he is very upset I have 6 times the amount of followers… hehe. http://www.instagram.com/riley.whitelum/ After two horrible days at sea in some rough weather, and literally getting SPAT through the so...

Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/SailingLaVagabonde Join us on the beautiful island of Fakarava - Tuamotus. We get salty for a week straight, diving the North Pass where hundreds of sharks lurk beneath the surface. We absolutely love this place...

This episode was brought to you by Antlos #BetterOnBoard Book your adventure http://www.antlos.com/slv Yep. We sailed more than half way around the world so that we could get to one of the most un touched and magical places on earth. Riley finally speare...

Riley was devastated about our fishing rod getting stolen (as was I), and the memories of a GIANT tuna that he didn’t shoot had been lingering in his head, haunting him ever since the sighting. Add the no wind situation and the sails flapping… it was e...

Thank you to EVERY single one of you Patrons who got us here, but you already knew about all of this didn't you ;) After 3 years of sailing the globe, everything we have worked so hard for has all lead to this. We have very exciting ideas and plans for th...

Here is the video of our semi secret little trip we took to France a few months ago. So glad that we could finally share this footage with you all. Once again, thanks to anyone who has ever watched one of our videos and for following our voyage around the ...

Finally, some much needed girl time onboard La Vagabonde. Sorry! Meet my friends Lili and Jodie from Australia. Along with getting up to a little bit (a lot) of mischief onboard, we explore the island of Tahiti, get a haul out and take you on a few little ...

There’s no better way to start your morning than a bit of yoga on deck, fresh air, and a swim. We explore the magical Moorea, one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever seen on our voyage. Oh and I break the propellor :( Let’s not forget that hey Rile...

Follow the life of Riley on Twitter! http://twitter.com/sailing_lavaga It’s my parrrrrrrrty and I’ll cry if I want to, but I don’t want to, because there is simply no reason to. I couldn’t have asked for a nicer surprise birthday, put together by ...

Yep. Just me and the girls. Whole lotta talking going on... also some amazing meals and I hadn't seen so much laughing on La Vagabonde probably ever. Unfortunately all good things must come to an end and we say goodbye to the talkative chefs and hello to s...