Riley and Elayna will be speaking at the London Boat Show on Thursday 11 January. It takes up to four days in editing to produce a 15 minute video.' 'There is a lot of thought that goes into our videos to make them as creative, thought-provoking and real-life as possible. We know because our viewers tell us and that's a fantastic thing to hear. For many people who watch our videos, it changes their life. 'I definitely didn't have everything handed to me on a plate but that makes our achievements all the more sweeter. 'I have some incredible memories out on the water with Elayna. Outremer helped finance the loan under the conditions Riley and Elayna produce a minimum of one video per month on YouTube on the boat.Īnd speaking ahead of the London Boat Show, where they'll be discussing their eye-catching voyages in the 'Legends Theatre', Riley says: 'I'm proud of the work and sacrifices I had to make to be able to buy my first boat. They couldn't afford their current £500,000 Outremer 45 outright and their Australian bank were not willing to finance a loan of this nature. Riley laboured on off-shore oil rigs and in mines for eight years in order to be able to afford his first yacht, a 2007 Beneteau Cyclades, purchased in Italy in 2013 for around £60,000. Scare: Elayna contracted the mosquito-borne and potentially deadly viral disease Chikungunya during her sail around the worldĪnd what's so important for the couple is the knowledge that they're dispelling the illusion that yachting is the preserve of the elite, as they claim anyone with the ambition should simply get out there and do it for themselves. 'Technically, he's right on top of me but it's the longest possible distance we'd have to walk to one another!' 'In the past, when we've argued and we really can't stand to look at each other, the furthest place we can get away from each other on the boat is if I'm in the cabin inside the boat, and Riley would be on top at the bow. 'But once we got into the swing of things it became much easier.'Įlayna explains that in the middle of nowhere they only had each other to rely on so there's 'no point in arguing'. At a basic level, it was just figuring out who did what.
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Not only were we both learning how to sail, we were also trying to establish both an emotional relationship and a sort of working relationship. Things don't always go so smoothly, as the couple learned when they encountered pirates near the Galapagos Islands and were accidentally dragged out to sea by another boat's anchorĪnd then there's the difficulty of just functioning as a couple when out at sea and with no way to escape each other's company.Įlayna, who also contracted the mosquito-borne and potentially deadly viral disease Chikungunya, admits: 'If we're being honest, in the first six months of our relationship there was a lot of struggle just because I didn't like being told what to do, and Riley didn't like me telling him what to do. Thankfully, the pair were able to accelerate away from the oncoming vessel before being boarded. 'I thought something terrible was going to happen to us, and I couldn't hear anything because of the roar from the engines.' A situation Riley describes as, 'one of the few times I've been out on the water and truly, genuinely concerned'.Įlayna, who'd hidden in a storage compartment during the terrifying night-time incident, adds: 'I've never been more scared in my life. In May 2016, their boat was approached by a group of what they believe were pirates while sailing close to the Galapagos Islands, off Ecuador. Just last month they ended up drifting out to sea off the Greek islands having become attached to another vessel via their anchor chain, in 40 knots of wind - before they were eventually rescued by the coastguard. The pair, who met on the Greek island Ios, while Riley was sailing La Vagabonde single-handedly and Elayna was playing music for a travel company, say they've since enjoyed a whirlwind ride.īut there has, however, been choppier water.
They source as much food as they can from the waters beneath them.įormer scuba diving instructor Elayna, from Geraldton, Western Australia, grew up either in or on the water and even learned to sail during her school years.īut when it comes to being the skipper of a large vessel, neither Riley nor Elayna had any experience before they took to the oceans, having to learn the ropes as they went along. The money pledged by fans is funnelled into boat maintenance and new filming equipment to continue producing high quality footage while also giving them enough cash to get by.
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