So, the boats due for a clean out.. [Ep. 165]
It's been a good year since we've paid any REAL attention to La Vagabonde. Besides polishing the stainless, scraping the bottom when she gets a little molluscy and maintaining our equipment onboard, she's usually keeps things fairly easy for us. But we are in need of a few installations and we are due for a new coat of antifouling. We decide to sail up the coast to Just Catamarans, a place well known for it's legendary team and fast service.
We now have FANS YOU GUYS (the ones that ventilate the room that is - haha) There is a proper fan, in my room. Looking forward to the haul out in the coming days.
To those who have sent a video, thank you so much! We are really excited to sit down and watch them all. If you haven't already sent us a video, we'd love to get one from you before the end of the month. More info here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-make-video-21790069
Thanks everyone! Have a great week!!
Love Elay & Riles
xo
Ps. here is my fish recipe!! (we'll insert it into our website post next week)
Ingredients
6 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
2/3 cup fresh parsley
1 1/2 cups of fresh chopped tomato (out 1 medium sized tomato)
1 can crushed tomato
1 cube vegetable stock
1 1/2 white fish fillets of your choice, cut into 2-inch pieces
Medium sized bunch of chopped bok choy
Pinch of dry oregano
Pinch of dry thyme
Tabasco sauce to your liking, roughly about half a teaspoon (we make it more of a squirt, we like it hot!!)
Fresh ground lack pepper
Salt to taste
Method
Heat olive oil in a large thick-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté 4 minutes, add the garlic and cook a minute more. Add parsley and stir 2 minutes. Add bok choy after you’ve let the onion and garlic saute for a while.
Once the bok choy is fairly soft, but not completely cooked. Add fresh tomato, canned tomato, tomato paste and cube of veggie stock, and cook for 10 minutes or so giving it a few stirs.
Add fish and simmer until the fish is cooked through and easily flakes apart, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the oregano and thyme seasoning plus the salt and pepper to taste. Pop into some bowls to serve!
Comments (41)
I just had a listen to Sailors Boots by Frank Turner; as recommended by Sailing Naimless. It was ok. Lovely gentle narrative that all sailors would sing and hum along too.
Thanks for sharing what looks to be a very delicious fish soup recipe. Can't wait to give that a try. Cheers from Wow Palau and please stop in someday soon. I am the founder of Sam's Tours in Palau, the best tour operator in the Pacific and Commodore of the Royal Belau Yacht Club. We would love to have you both including the future crew member on the way, visiting Palau. Stay safe and fair winds, Sam Scott
Hey guys, late comment on this video. But you guys should check out Sailors Boots by Frank Turner. I think Elayna could do a great cover of it!!! Cheers =)
You guys aren't far from my house in Fort Lauderdale, it's in Harbor Beach. I hope you enjoy South Florida.
Great video, as always! We made that fish-soup tonight and it was indeed a 9,9 😁!
Y'all have to get A/C, especially while pregnant! I have lived on the coast in Savannah, GA most of my life. Between the heat and humidity, mosquitoes and gnats, A/C is a Godsend. When I was a lad we did not have central air. I was never totally dry from late May through mid October. It was miserable, but I didn't know any better. LOL. Love you guys!!!
Another top notch video. I'm going to try the soup. thx stay safe
Did anyone catch the name of the podcast? Loves a good podcast! Lol at all the baby stuff. They attract all of the things them little ones.
<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/24/sport/la-vagabonde-elayna-carausu-riley-whitelum-sailing-spt-intl/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/24/sport/la-vagabonde-elayna-carausu-riley-whitelum-sailing-spt-intl/index.html</a>
cool article wasn't it :)
Saw you on CNN today! Your viewership should go thru the roof!!!
Glad to see you're settling into the good old USA, always relaxing & joyful to watch your video after a long day. Baby? Our guess is 50/50. :) Take care!
you guys should come to Jamaica
Another great video guys! After Fort Lauderdale, which direction do you sail? If north along The Intercostal, let me know in advance as it runs along the backyard a couple miles before you reach the St. Johns River in Jacksonville. Start buying the baby plenty of boys clothes! ;-) Cheers!
This was over a month ago :-)
You guys are the best! Hanging with a bunch of Patreons for a week is a lot to recon with after being just the two of you for months on end. Did your jaws hurt from being "happy" and "smiling " ALL the time? When I ran charters in the Caribbean, I remember, after taking the party ashore for the last day and jamming back to the boat in the dinghy, laughing all the way, thinking 'wow, that was fun, but now it's just the two of us again. Whew!
Not sure why, but so many reasons. I feel this was one of the better videos, just so very down to earth. Keep showing that baby bump, I may be an old fart but still like to see young people grow. I am very excited for you guys. Will the baby be born here in the US or else wheres??
I`m gonna plump for a boy, but now i`ve said that, its prob a girl! Either way, lots of fun and games :)
Just another great vid. Glad u3 r enjoying being close to shoe for awhile. Always a lot to do Luv 'ya!
spoiler alert: it’s either a “gull” or a “buoy” but not a “booo-ey”!! Haha
Sooooo miss you guys and the others we met in the Bahamas
Hey Riles...We are big fans / followers of you guys..... I know we are not not, but if 'we' ( wife and I) were you guys we'd re consider posting the Cruise Ship clip...Keep things all positive! That's why we love being a part of the / your adventure...your guys are amazing! All is good!
Hey Martin, thanks for the feedback. We do appreciate it. In hindsight, we know we could have done a better job at making the Cruise Ship clip, we certainly didn't intend to upset any of our audience with our 'tongue and cheek'. Social media is a difficult beast to manage. We try our best to show an honest representation of who we are, what we do and what we stand for. We are really positive people and you'll notice 99% of our content is positive but every now and then we feel like it's important to just say what we're thinking.
Riley get your girl air con! Great vid, thanks for sharing.
Good advice!
must have fans for those nights when there's not a breath of wind, midgee screens are good to, eventually you do get desensitised but they stay itchy for quite a while. Great vid as always
thanks guys am using the soup instruction now,have a crap load of gummy shark in the fridge.
Indigo III from Just Cats to Tahiti. Fun video. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZeoLzA_6Jw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZeoLzA_6Jw</a>
I hope the mangos make up for the lack of hospitality in Miami 🙊❤️
Loved loved loved the videography in this epi! The tiny little details that you catch are amazing such as drops of water....
You know what is good in Fish stew like you made is poached eggs!
For some reason I thought you already had a fan in the bedroom and main cabin area but glad you finally got some installed nonetheless. The water explanation was interesting so thanks for keeping that in. Also, great to see that you received excellent service Florida and that America was treating you right! I really enjoy watching the footage of you maintaining the boat. Awesome looking soup Elay, and Bubs is going to be so healthy with all the good foods you eat! 👍🏼 ❤️✌🏼
I was talking to Rafael today and he was asking if the video was live yet. Sorry we missed you.
Ah nice one. I'm sure he'll be glad to see it live next week.
Squiggles, I logged in early and every key seems to be a misstep with the finger. Of course this means I spend 30 minutes watching 15 minutes. Even when I come early I get put back, snickers. Add 2x47 and I will be fine.
Another great video! What skill you have Elay on the computer. As we all know for sure Riley the work is never done on a boat. Always some work to do. That recipe sounds really good. 👍
I love the water guy! How many times did he say "dead bodies"? That could be a drinking game.
How did you live without fans so far?
I'm not sure, on the flip side, a free sauna - haha!
Well done again
Thanks John! xo