You might think a trip around the world on a luxury yacht is, well, plain sailing. But one glamorous Australian couple have lifted the lid on the more mundane reality. Elanya Carausu, 25, and Riley Whitelum, 34, Speaking to FEMAIL they were eager to quit the daily grind to sail more than 40,000 nautical miles around the world on a luxury yacht funded by their hundreds of thousands of YouTube fans.
However, the prospect of this brilliant lifestyle did not include some of the difficulties they had to cope with. From sickness to broken bones, getting lost and the lack of clean clothes, here Elanya explains to Daily Mail Australia what a life on board is really like. According to the 25-year-old - who first set sail from Australia with her boyfriend in 2014 after they met on the Greek islands - the couple were unlikely adventurers. 'I remember meeting Riley in the Greek islands, and he asked me to sail around the world with him and I just said yes,' Elanya told Daily Mail Australia. Riley barely knew how to sail, having just bought the 43 feet monohull, and my sailing skills that I'd learned in high school were fairly outdated.'
Yet the couple was confident enough to take to the seas, travelling around Greece, Turkey and other parts of Europe until summer turned to winter and they began to feel the chill. 'Rather than give the whole thing up, we turned to the Caribbean,' Elanya recalled. 'We Googled how to cross the huge Atlantic ocean and off we went, sailing through the Caribbean, through the Panama canal to the Galapagos Islands, across the 3150 nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean onto the Pacific Islands and New Zealand. 'We spent three years just travelling around before we sold our boat and bought a new one in France. Recently our adventure has taken us back through Europe, down to the Canary Islands and Florida. 'These days, Elanya said they are still making the bulk of their money on Patreon, a crowdfunding website, where family, friends and strangers can donate to their adventures. 'We have over 2000 patrons now who each donate anywhere from $2 to $200 per video that we make,' she said. 'These people are the ones keeping us afloat, helping the videos to keep coming and helping us to grow and learn. 'To be able to call what we do our full-time jobs really is a dream come true. We don't plan to stop sailing any time soon. Riley and I both get itchy feet when we're living on land. We love the feeling of freedom that comes with sailing. 'We haven't managed to circumnavigate the world yet, so that remains a goal for us both. 'Yet the couple was confident enough to take to the seas, travelling around Greece, Turkey and other parts of Europe until summer turned to winter and they began to feel the chill. 'Rather than give the whole thing up, we turned to the Caribbean,' Elanya recalled. 'We Googled how to cross the huge Atlantic ocean and off we went, sailing through the Caribbean, through the Panama canal to the Galapagos Islands, across the 3150 nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean onto the Pacific Islands and New Zealand. 'We spent three years just travelling around before we sold our boat and bought a new one in France. Recently our adventure has taken us back through Europe, down to the Canary Islands and Florida. 'These days, Elanya said they are still making the bulk of their money on Patreon, a crowdfunding website, where family, friends and strangers can donate to their adventures. 'We have over 2000 patrons now who each donate anywhere from $2 to $200 per video that we make,' she said. 'These people are the ones keeping us afloat, helping the videos to keep coming and helping us to grow and learn. 'To be able to call what we do our full-time jobs really is a dream come true. We don't plan to stop sailing any time soon. Riley and I both get itchy feet when we're living on land. We love the feeling of freedom that comes with sailing. 'We haven't managed to circumnavigate the world yet, so that remains a goal for us both.'
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