Emotional Homecoming! Surprising Family after a YEAR Overseas 🥺 [#310]

Switzerland

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Northern California

Finland

Also Lennys speaking is getting so good! I can’t believe how big he is 🥺

So nice to Lenny’s bond with his Pop, he seems over the moon to see you guys. My dad and I love Cat Stevens, these are such great memories for you guys.

Hi Guys, saw your request for a network/netflix hookup. My brother in law is a producer/showrunner/screenwriter and is interested in helping y'all out. Here is his IMDB profile, message me at kacey@sailinghindsight.com and I can put you in touch and get you his extended CV if you want it.

USA SF Bay Area

Virginia

Iceland 🥶

Dubai, United Arab Emirates ❤

Carthage New York USA

Manhattan, Kansas, USA ❤️

I hope everyone is relaxing: I can’t wait for the next video!

Nova Scotia, Canada. Great video.

I love Lenny’s Vans! Did you know that if you toss Vans in the air, they will always land on their soles! TRY IT!

Is A hike the same as walkabout?

Grüezi 😃👋

Calabasas, CA, USA It would be incredible to see you partner with a streaming service. Your content is already great. I can only imagine what you could do with a little Bezos money backing you.

Wallaroo, SA!

Chicago, Illinois USA

Newnan, Georgia USA

Oly Washington USA

Hello from Windsor, ON Canada :)

Ontario Canada, 15mins from Niagara Falls

Indiana USA

London, England :)

Seattle, Washington!🌲🤍

Hello from Littleton Colorado

Sending love from Long Island, NY! Loved your dad's reaction on the moment of your arrival. Nice to see him again! Amazon Prime has some interesting original documentaries...sorry no contacts though. xoxoxoxo

Los Angeles

I currently live and from Hong Kong! Found you guys completely on my own, and haven't stopped recommending you guys to other since!

Hello, I'm currently in Sydeny. Although I was living in Darwin in and then Melbourne in 2020.

Hello, I'm from Hobart, Tasmania :)

I'm very late to the episode but I'm from Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada (Near Saint John on the Bay of Fundy)

Hello from Kansas, USA

Hi from Oklahoma, USA.

Hey, from the South Carolina Lowcountry, about 65km south of Vaga. A little town called Beaufort. Lenny is becoming so animate in your videos, I gotta tell ya--don't blink, mate. One day you're gonna turn around and he'll be arguing wind angles and headings, and he'll be right.

Hello from Pensacola Florid Love you Guys

Iceland :)

Breda, Netherlands! (but originally French/Scottish)

Portsmouth, UK. I'm pretty much Nikki's neighbour

Coastal North Carolina

I’m from Silicon Valley, California!

hey lots of love from switzerland! I’ve been following you since LaVagabond 1, so basically for approx. 7 years. I have not watched any other youtuber as consistently as you. From 14years old to 21, you made me happy every week. I am a sailor myself but switzerland is landlock thus i only sail on lakes. Anyyyyywayyyy, I absolutely adore you guys and whish you all the best! if you ever feel like being landlock (you will probably nevet:)) just let me know and I will be more than happy to show you around switzerland ☺️ i know you have been here already but still…

Newcastle, NSW 😊

G’day from Hobart, Tassie!

Salt Ponds Marina ... Big Ole Meanies ... you hid from us, lol

Southern utah United States

Colorado! Soon to be Kauai

Brissy, Qld 😄

watching from Magdeburg, Germany

Watching from Corona, California, USA 🙂

Hello from Cambridge 😀

Watching from The Shetland Islands, the most northerly point in Scotland

Minnesota "Land of 10,000 Lakes"

Latvian, but residing in the Netherlands. Sometimes my Scottish husband joins in 🤩 🇱🇻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇱

Austin, TX

Dallas, Texas

Tigre, Argentina!

"Backwards Imperials" says the people who drive on the left side of the road. (The US should definitely go metric)

Los Angeles

Bellingham, WA, USA! You guys would love it.

Nantucket, US

Wonderful video as always! From Indiana, USA! :)

IJmuiden, The Netherlands🇱🇺 Am i the only patreon from the Netherlands?

Dimondale, Michigan

Pittsburgh, PA here!!! USA..

Denmark, watching from Greenland at the moment

Melb, VIC xxx

Washington State, USA

Punta del Este, Uruguay

Love your videos, I'm from Paris, France but live in Milan, Italy

Stuttgart, Germany

Watching the video during quarantine in Hanoi, Vietnam (actually). Usually from Switzerland though. I hope you already have a visa? It‘s not so easy at the moment to get into vietnam.

Christchurch, NZ

I love backward imperialists and other obsolete forms of measurement👍😊⛵ funny

Great video. I'm from Lübeck, Germany

😍❤️Wonderful. We are from Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle in Germany

You are right... you need to pitch it to a production company that works with, or has connections to the likes of Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV etc. The right production company will depend on what exactly you are pitching as well. My husband and I both work in film and television in Vancouver, BC and my husband mixes the final sound for many shows on Netflix. We do have connections with production companies here, but not knowing what exactly your idea is yet, I'm not sure if that will work for you.

Hey Guys, So happy for you made it to your home country to have some familiy time. I am watching from Capbreton, SouthWest France :-)

West coast of Sweden 💛💙

Watching from Mandurah Western Australia 🇦🇺 Born in good old Gero! Living for the content lately how good is our home land. Lenny is such a bloody character and it’s so good to see him such good mates with pop. Riley you’re so much like your dad, you’re voices sound so much alike. Your dads a typical Aussie dad I love it.

Hey from Glasgow 🐙 great video this week 🥰

Hello from Southampton, UK home of sailing 😉😎⛵️

Howzit ? South African living in London. Good outback footage, nice spider.

Watching from Sweden :)

From France 😊 🤩

Watching you from Milwaukie, Oregon, USA. Australia is beautiful! Maybe someday we’ll get to visit.

Finger Lakes region of New York

Brilliant....

Lenny’s laugh is pure sunshine ☀️ 💛

I will forward the request on to my business partner that has delivered shows to Netflix and CBS and run production for other movies. He may have some contacts to connect you with.

York, ME & Orange Lake NY

Watching from Sweet Home Alabama!

Loved the little camper on the truck! Very cool. So glad you got to road trip, camp, spend time with Riley’s Dad and that Lenny got to see Australia at it’s best!

From London Ontario Canada but living in Stl. Missouri currently. Also, Elayna you’re very brave to not only be camping while 37 weeks pregnant but also going on a very long road trip!! Good for you guys. The surprise was amazing and very emotional. I’m very happy you guys got to go home. Much love ❤️

Lenny is speaking so well!

Hello from Melbourne!

I'm wondering if Riley's Dad now has all of his functionality back in his finger? (When he stuck it between the boat and the dock and it was crushed?) -Looked so much like an injury my Dad would've sustained. Riley, you were hurt on that episode, as well. -Status?

By the banks of the mighty Cowltiz river in Toledo, Washington USA. Which makes a bunch of us from that state on here, I count 10 now! BC and California are a close second. Make sure you retain ultimate control over your project, no movie or documentary lately has made me cry like you guys have being your own authentic selves.

Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

Only 14 days... kind of like an Atlantic crossing... except no ocean... and food delivery! 🧡🧡

The phrase “as happy as Larry” originated from a character’s name, Larry. It was first used in a printed version by G. L. Meredith, a Kiwi in 1875. The first person here is plural and the phrase is used in its original form, “We would be as happy as Larry.” Another use has been found in Barrier Truth, a book written by a popular Australian, Tom Collins in 1903, “I was as happy as Larry.” While the name Larry has been a famous simile, there are two possible inspirations for the name and the phrase. Firstly, the word might have been derived from “larrikin”, a slang used in Australia for a person who is either careless or causes trouble. The second option might have been derived from the name of Larry Foley (1847-1917), an Australian boxer, who had never lost a fight.

This was sooo good! Loved it! And since we're month's out from being back on the boat, I have to say that as a travelogue, this was easily as good as anything Lonely Planet filmed. I felt completely transported to a new place in the world by awesome people that I think of as friends. I also had to look something up because of Elayna...

Worcester, Massachusetts

Ireland 🇮🇪( dublin)

Bises from Le Guilvinec, Bretagne, France

Roswell, Georgia, USA!

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Hellooo from Dublin, Ireland ❤️ 🇮🇪

New Jersey, USA

Cedar Park, Texas

Hey from Brize Norton, UK. Fingers crossed for the Netflix/Amazon/Apple/Other parallel project........marbles gathered and prepared to be lost.

Miami FL here....

St Andrews, Scotland (please sail over here)

Hello from Cuyahoga Falls Ohio! So great to see you with your Dad. Elayna you win the “what a trooper “ award! Climbing rocks at 37 weeks!

Hi from the island of Karmøy on the westcoast of Norway

Hello from Denver Colorado!

Leicester, England

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I really want to like the video before I leave, but can I? The only place is on youtube, and I don't want to goof! I just loved this video! Your Dad! It was a teary moment in our household! Ryley, so sweet and cute! Oh my gosh.... What an awesome family! Hey Riley, I started a website about 25 years ago and if you even have a fishing question, ask there. It is ifish.net and we'd love to have you! Go to the salty dogs board, as that is where your peeps would be. The salty dudes! :) You'd gain another couple thousand fans, I'm sure! :)

Omg, this reminds me how I surprised my family after a year spent in the US. My dad reacted exactly the same😍Love from a small town in Hungary called Gyor.

Cold old Melbourne.

Holt, Michigan

Great Job !!! Love from us in Tennessee

hi from the interior of BC, Canada

Hi from France!

You guys are the best! Elayna, you keep getting more beautiful with each passing year!

Vancouver Island, Canada! Also it's awesome to see Lenny's personality coming out! Aaaaaand I can't wait to see the start of the build! Perhaps you could tease us with some sketches and ideas while you're waiting to get into Vietnam? P.S. If we like on Patreon does that translate to Youtube?

From Sunny California! 🌞

Hey Riley, I currently work in television production and may have a few contacts to share with you. Feel free to shoot me an email and we can discuss if you'd like.

Love seeing a little bit of real Australia and not the big cities on the coast. Not a bad road trip, over 900 miles!! You certainly like a challenge but it looks like it is going well.

Long Beach, CA Whoooo is photoshopped on lennys face on the road trip 😂 I thought I was seeing things

Iowa City, Iowa here. Superior video! Real Australia is a nice contrast to all the ocean you have shown us. Y'all are jewels to give Riley's dad the opportunity to show Lenny the land he loves. His joy with Lenny and having y'all there is subtle, but so heartwarming.

"What! I thought you were in Vietnam" OMG Riles your Dad's surprised face was the best! Such a great idea and loved the road trip vid. We're from Perth Western Australia

Bluffton, South Carolina (about 128 km south of Charleston). Great video!

Estonia 🇪🇪😊

So happy for you, San Francisco

Seattle, Washington :)

Brilliant one! Loved seeing Australia. And Lenny talking! :)

OC, CA. LOVE YOUR ADVENTURES

I wish I lived in Mongolia - but I'm in Missouri - USA.

Chicago USA

Perth wa 🤍 🇦🇺

Elayna, yes help yourself to a new brown hat but..... DO NOT toss the old one. It is your signature hat.

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p.s. i am interested in knowing more about your producer needs. i am here in Nashville music City USA we have a lot of production industry here. I have done production as well in music and video for over 20 years. I am happy to do what i can to make connections. but what i really want to do is bring my crew to Vietnam and help you all out while building my own trimaran. lots of love to you and your family. Caroline

Colorado, USA! We have lots of red rocks here too! Super cool to see that in Australia. So much love to you all, as usual

Watching from Illinois in the USA!

Viewing the SLV Chronicles from Denver, CO!! So great you guys where able to surprise Riley’s father and your adventures on the road…such a drastic change from the big blue ocean for sure! You both always do such a great job filming content and narrating each video that I am surprised that all the big streaming media giants haven’t latched on to your talents so far?! I am sure your adventures will be amazing and can’t wait to see each episode. Safe travels.

Watching from Charles Town, West Virginia in the United States. We (my family) are in the process of moving from Chesapeake, Virginia to Charles Town! :-)

Hey there, great video again, had a good vibe! I´m from Munich, Germany :)

Sycamore, Illinois, USA

Good old Western Australia! 🇦🇺

The “Lenny! Mate” 🥰😭 Such a beautiful moment

Toronto Canada

Hi Guys, currently touring Tassie in a caravan. Home is Sydney but not a good place to be at the moment... :-)

Elayna the avocado probably burnt your face because it had lime or citric acid! Horrible for the face but safe to eat 😉

Chios, Greece 🇬🇷❤

i keep thinking of the time my grandfather had a boat built in vietnam. He was working for the US government then. grandma said they left the harbor and were being shot at, his was during war times. then they sailed the 60 ft boat away with one crew on board. new to sailing they hit a big gale on the way and headed for the nearest island after turtling the boat. the boat was shipped to california and grandparents lived in it in the bay but rarely if ever took it out again!

omg i love you guys. making me cry today, goin to see Da, you makin me cry. So we have sailed twice now on our 20 ft matillda in the lake. i am starting to understand wind direction and to position the sails. last time out, the tillar broke. so in the middle of the lake we took down the sails and we did a bit of repair. i put on my life jacket then as we had started to loose our communication skills which made us unsafe. i told my crew aka my husband he was fired due to being a poor communicator, I also told him he was no longer allowed on the boat. fast forward a week and we are both working on rigging and preparing to go out again. whew!

I am from Milton Keynes UK 🇬🇧

From the Big Apple, and you all know where that is !!!😊

Iowa, USA. Very excited for you guys and all the awesome content to come.

NOT Washignton DC we were Washington North Carolina long before Washington DC. Pirate Country here my friends!

South East of Ireland!

Washington, North Carolina

Howdy from Austin, TX 🤠

not a single argument?! wow we need some sailor couples counseling.

Greeting from Quebec/Canada

Greetings from Germany ☺️

South Wales, UK :)

Mid north coast NSW 😊 it so exciting to see you guys home and enjoying your time here traveling our amazing country ❤️

Dallas, Texas

Brisbane Queensland 🇦🇺

Hello from Paris! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

Bonjour du Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦

Greetings from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The look on your dads face "what?" was just priceless!

Boring Ohio! Elayna, I thought I was a pregnancy champion but my dear, you take the cake! So glad you were able to make it home 🏠

Wellington NZ :)

Hello from Washington DC!

Hello from Germany.. :)

Copenhagen, Denmark. Love your videos, especially during this time of finishing my PhD. They are pure stress relief!

Wisconsin 🍺🐄

Hello from Minnesota, USA

Hey! Uepi Island, Solomon Islands 🤙🏽

Adelaide

Dubbo, NSW Straya 🇦🇺

Seattle WA, seeing a lot from up here! Currently watching in bed on a road trip after hitting a deer.... First thing I wanted to do to drop the adrenaline!

Ontario, Canada

Hi guys. I’ve messaged you via Patreon re contacts. M

Christchurch,Dorset, UK.

Perth 😆

Hi from Austria

Perth WA. This video made me so homesick for my family in Ireland ❤️

Hi from Chambéry, France

Hi from London.

Hi from Northants - United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Hi guys why don’t you speak to Russ Malkin who helped in Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman do ‘the long way round’ and “the long way down” series they’re used to doing travel videos.

Freo Western Australia ❤️❤️

Melbourne!

I’m from Germany 🇩🇪

SCOOOOOTLAND🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Sending cheers🍷from just up the road in Adelaide, South Australia 🇦🇺

I’m stuck in SF working 😭 Can’t go home right now 🇦🇺 Brought tears to my eyes Just homesick for Oz Family💋🤦‍♀️🥴😥 Forna ❤️ Flora 🌸 The sounds of Oz The colours The space The big blue You made the right decision to go home I just wish Australia would VACCINATED!!!! You have kept me sane this pandemic Keep it up We need your enthusiasm 💋

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Netherlands, but living in France

Howe Sound/Atl'ka7tsem, British Columbia, Canada. This heatwave we've just experienced has again reminded us how grateful we are for all of your climate advocacy and leadership. We've requested SLV on Netflix and iTunes (you can request specific shows/movies on both platforms), hope that maybe helps somehow!

Berlin, Germany..👋🙂🦄

Wisconsin 🧀🐄🍺

I’m from Vienna, Austria ;)

My dad died 3 months ago - I wish I'd done more stuff like this while he was here. I love how he greeted Lennie first lol - always to the grandkids before the kids lol.

not me shedding a tear with the surprise & absolutely obsessed with Lennys morning hair and face. australia looks good on you guys <3

I'm From New Zealand :)

We are from Essex, the southeast coast of the UK 🍻

about 300km out of alice springs! Also can you guys believe it .. since this you've had a baby and done heaps of other incredible things. Congrats guys!!

Bethel, Alaska

Adelaide

Quarantine hotel in Sydney back from Thailand (should have been in Vietnam) heading to Port Macquarie

Stayed in a hotel but got a tip at dinner and drove out 10 KM into the middle of nowhere to watch the stars. Totally black and the stars were Amazing!

Flew from Cairns to Alice Rock three years ago. Hiked the MacDonnell Range and then flew to Uluru. Bought these cool hat nets at the gist shop to avoid the bugs during the hike at Kings Canyon. Got up Super Early and watched the dawn at Uluru. Red rocks get super red!

I’m in Adelaide, Australia!! 😎

I'm just outside Olympia, Washington. First, Dad's house is awesome. Second, I loved seeing his Cattle Dogs; we have five we adore! Safe travels, little family! ☮️🚐🐶❤️

Country Victoria! At the bottom of the great dividing range :) one of my favourite episodes yet, guys.

Hello from Chicago ❤️ such a fun vid!

Dun laoghire , Ireland...

Puppy Creek, North Carolina, USA is in the house 🙂🙃🐶🐾 BTW that truck camper is pretty badass!!

Hello from Sydney.. This video is awesome <3

Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada - been watching you guys for a while, awesome video ;-)

Hi from Germany, from a little town in the middle of our country. Thanks for all the lovely videos!

I loved this video! How touching you see you, your dad and Lenny embrace! Elay what a trooper to camp whilst 37 weeks! Can’t wait to see more from your road trip!!!

I’m in Adelaide 🤩 welcome home! Hope the family is doing well.

Hiii from the Swiss Alps ☀️💛

Hello from Castro Valley, California! (San Francisco Bay Area)

The guac probably has lemon juice in it to stop it going brown!!!! 🔥🥺🧯

Hello from Darwin, NT! Hope you guys enjoyed being back in the Northern Territory xxx

I would love to see a La Vagabond cartoon or movie! Netflix is the best personally; I wish you the best of luck in the making of it!

Zurich, Switzerland. 😉

Melbourne!!!!

Seattle, WA born and raised. Aaaand since Elayna shared a little bit about her heritage, I will too. Part Cambodian over here!

Sydney!

Hi from Murray bridge 1 hour out of Adelaide on the Murray river

Greetings from Northern California!!

Living just outside of Seattle in Washington state!! I was going to say I am jealous of the scenery but that heat wave over the weekend kicked my ass!

Greetings from London, Ontario Canada!

We are from Yakima, Washington, USA ✋

From Goolwa South Australia!!! Welcome Home !!!

I’m from Adelaide, Australia 💃🏼💃🏼

Congrats on a safe trip home. Strong work Lenny on the 2 week lock down!

Your family must be so excited to see Lenny! He must have grown so much in the last year. So happy for you all :)