From pirate scares to Atlantic crossings, Aussie couple vlog their sailing adventures
Updated 1349 GMT (2149 HKT) October 24, 2018
(CNN)From the Bahamas to the Mediterranean, through pirate scares and close calls with superyachts.
Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu have spent the past four years sailing to wherever their hearts desire.
Back in 2014, they were just two Australians traveling Europe. The story goes: boy meets girl, boy invites girl sailing, girl quits job, boy and girl sail the world together on "La Vagabonde."
The couple packed up their lives and moved on board Whitelum's monohull -- a 2007 Beneteau Cyclades -- which he was single-handedly sailing around Greece when he met Carausu. From there, they began living an alternative lifestyle on board a yacht -- all while documenting it on YouTube.
In fact, they've gained such a following (3.8 million views per month) that they've become sailing's most popular vloggers. They not only have "Patrons" who fund all their travel and expenses, but luxury French shipyard company Outremer kitted them out with a discounted 48ft Catamaran just last year.
It's a big step up from where they first began -- navigating a boat with barely any experience.
Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu have been sailing together since 2014.
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"I probably had 10 hours sailing on a friend's boat about 10 years before I bought my boat," 34-year-old Whitelum tells CNN while anchored at Nassau in the Bahamas.
"I hoisted a mainsail twice -- that's the little catchphrase I use," he laughs.
Since then, the couple have sailed more than 65,000 nautical miles. They've sailed anti-clockwise around the world from Europe to New Zealand, crossed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and everything else in between.
