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Sailing La Vagabonde - The sailing family is going from a cat to a tri!
Article published on 09/06/2021
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Today's most famous sailors have little in common with a quiet man like Eric Tabarly or a scholarly writer like Joshua Slocum... Riley Whitelum, Elayna Carausu and their son Lenny sail, and they look good: they have a whopping 1.59 million subscribers to their YouTube channel (Sailing La Vagabonde) and have become serious pros at video and social media communications.
The Australian family have just announced on their channel that their next boat is to be a Rapido 60. For this relatively confidential boatbuilder, this represents an unprecedented development opportunity. A quick look at the backstory: in 2014, Elayna and Riley began their great journey aboard a monohull, La Vagabonde. A few years later, they switched up to a catamaran and set out aboard an Outremer 45, logically named La Vagabonde 2. Every week or so, the crew posts a video - of excellent quality, by the way. The couple's fame exploded; little Lenny became an emblematic bohemian child. For almost two years, the family have been pondering an even bigger and faster boat. Bearing in mind that they have a second child imminently on the way, the specifications also dictate that the boat must be capable of being sailed effectively “solo”. In December 2019, a seatrial of a Rapido 60, in Auckland, New Zealand, convinced the young couple - the huge forecabin and top speeds in excess of 25 knots with only a very moderate heel was enough to earn a future Rapido 60 the name La Vagabonde 3!
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