Being a bit useless in the sailing department I decided to pick up a camera and go to work there instead. This was the day before Elayna cut her hair so apologies for the out of sync. We were only going to show this to Patrons and then decided to share wit...
It’s been 13 days that we’ve been out at sea for now and we’re starting to lose the plot. But we’re nearly there! Join us with some propellor dramas, devastating wine spillage and a bit of whinging from me (Elayna) as we get closer to land. It was ...
The neck is all good but that seriously looks a bit wonky doesn't it 😂. I'm sure its fine. We're over the moon with the good news. Join us for propeller dramas, an interview with 3 ladies who spent 60 days rowing across the Atlantic and some adventures ...
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The one week we don't want the bad weather, we get it. It's funny how that works. Christian and Katy join us on La Vagabonde...
Sailing up the west coast of Antigua with our pals Christian https://www.youtube.com/lostleblanc and Katy https://www.youtube.com/whatthechic has been swell (pun intended) until one morning when we woke up, fired up the engine keen to set off on a new adve...
Upon arrival to this new island, we were completely wow'ed. We already have a good feeling about Barbuda and we've barely seen the place yet. Riley joins his mate George for a spearfish and I agree to drop him off in the boat and go back to Cocoa Bay aroun...
Caution: This is not our standard episode as well as being political but we would like to give the people of Barbuda a voice as they're currently being ignored. There is a plan to take over Barbuda. Join us as we don our investigatory journalist hats for t...
Join us in the breath taking crystal blue waters of Barbuda as we take on Sharks, Lobster and Marlin! Days where we seem to spend more time wet than dry are our favourite days. We also explore an abandoned hotel which was pretty eerie. Shout out to our ama...
Riley, myself, and two other boats drop the pick in southern Barbuda to volunteer in the clean up after the devastation of hurricane Irma. It was a real eye opener having spent time in the town, talking to the locals and seeing how progress on rebuilding t...
Go to https://www.audible.com/slv to pick up your free audible book with a 30 day free trial or text slv to 500-500 to get started. Happy listening! Cheers to the weekend our dear friends. We had some great questions from our patrons and from the public on...
After getting the weekend off of volunteer work due to a no fuel situation in Barbuda and also having some bad weather on its way, we are forced to sail back to Antigua for shelter. We try to make the most of our time with a bunch of mundane jobs/chores th...
A 25+ knot wind day practicing manoeuvres for our ‘How To’ videos coming soon, resulted in a broken gooseneck (don’t try that one if you can avoid it 😄). Any guesses as to who it was? Join myself, Riley, Steffen our German friend and the lovely Ma...
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La Vagabonde is anchored in beautiful Falmouth Harbour waiting on spare boat parts. Although it's never a nice thing having your sailing plans based around logistics, Antigua is certainly not a bad place to be stuck for a while. We get salty with some free...
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Surprise! We are over the moon to be announcing THE MOST EXCITING NEWS EVER. You’ll have to watch the video to find out. We’re so excited you guys… Join me for the day as Riley goes spear...
We wanted to make a video to explain a little more about our future plans to sail with our baby and also so that Riley could share what he has to say about the exciting news! For those of you who missed yesterdays big announcement, YES! it's true! We are w...
In desperate need of a new adventure and destination, we leave the harbour despite the fact that our boom was still broken. The part we needed had arrived, but it was the wrong size. We fired up the engines and Riley decided to get into some serious fishin...
It was great to see all of Rileys hard work pay off. I'm as proud as a mother would be after seeing their child win first place in the sports carnival. Riley made this video for you guys to show you how he caught his first big wahoo off the coast of Redond...
Welcome aboard La Vagabonde. Meanwhile, moored off the lush green island of Nevis. We've got plenty of exploring to do, a freezer full of fish to share with our neighbours, a volcano to climb and a whole lotta good vibes to give! Yo ho ho!
Adam Freediver...
This is how we do it these days. We make videos and sail.
Once upon a time Riley worked offshore in Australia on Oil Rigs for nearly a decade to save up for our original boat. It is hard to understate how amazingly grateful we are to our crew of supporters...
Our only reason for heading to the Dutch side of the island, Sint Maarten, was to pick up our new part that had arrived in the mail and to fix the heck out of our boom. Join us as we frolic around the busy town of Simpson Bay, dinghy around the waterways t...
The interlude. We wanted to leave to a new island this morning but a package in the mail was holding us back. I was grumpy all day, sorry boys. Not because of the mail, just grumpy for no apparent reason. That's been happening a little more than often late...
Things are not lookin' good here in Anguilla. The seagulls are 100% to blame and I'm going to hear about this from Riley for at least the rest of my life hahahaha 😂 (I feel compelled to write here that Riley and I pick on each other and muck around onbo...
We trade La Vagabonde for a car for the day to road trip the island of Anguilla. Join us as we set foot on the whitest sandy beaches, explore abandoned streets of houses and eat some bloody good Roti. Today amongst all the sight seeing, we also found ourse...
Welcome onboard La Vagabonde this fine afternoon. It was bound to be a pretty eventless day, so we decided to make this video for you guys instead. Here's what we do when there's nothing to do... 😄
Congratulations to our patrons: Charles Cooper and Alic...
We sailed to Sombrero island, the most interesting deserted island with ruins dating back to the 1800's. Sleeping on anchor with the sounds of all the birds was other worldly. Definitely worth a visit if you ever get the chance!!
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Here's how to enter and exit a marina on your boat. We hope you are following along with our "Sailing Basics Guide" https://www.sailing-lavagabonde.com/guide
More than likely your adventure will begin in a Marina. Whilst a safe haven and a convenient plac...
Freediving, lost in the depths of the uninhabited Sombrero Island..Join us as we set the sails for the open ocean once again on our way to a new country. We have 3-4 days at sea ahead of us and we've never been more thrilled about it.
Congratulations to ou...
Join us for a catch and cook here in the Caribbean. We found a shipwreck and I was lucky enough to spear a Permit, which are pretty good eating. We're doing a thing where we're trying to live off the land for a while. We still have to buy groceries but hav...
A lot of "The Pale King" by David Foster Wallace is based around the psychical suffering that is inflicted on people who's job requires them to create or enforce arbitrary bureaucratic hurdles on civilians. The infliction of the inflictors. Trying to navig...
Yep. La Vagabonde got washed onto a sand bank and she wasn’t moving. It probably would have helped if the channel marker hadn't been washed away in a storm. With the wind and waves pushing us closer and closer to the rocks and shore, we were going to nee...
Hoisting the main is a fairly easy task but there are certainly right and wrong ways to be doing it. We hope you are following along with our "Sailing Basics Guide" https://www.sailing-lavagabonde.com/guide
In this video we show you some of the problems t...
We pay a visit to the hospital to stitch Riley back up after he fell down a hatch, immediately after running our boat aground.
The Turks and Caicos is considered world class diving and now Riley isn't allowed to swim for at least a week. It's going to kil...
Join us for another catch and cook here in the sunny Caribbean as we deep fry some conch. It's our first attempt at cooking conch and we had an absolute blast doing it. I'm sure for those of you who are familiar with cooking this sea snail, you're keen to ...
Riley nearly knelt on a Stonefish, the most venomous fish in the world. Crazy stuff! I don't want to think about the mayhem that would have followed in getting Riley to the mainland had he been stung... We didn't know it was world class diving in the Turks...
The first two potential hurricanes of the season Hurricane Gordon and Hurricane Florence are inbound. La Vagabonde is currently right in the hurricane belt. A lot of people have been wondering about our hurricane plan as a few storms have been popping up. ...
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