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appalachiablue

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11. More on 3 AU voyagers w Greta: 48' Cat., solar panels, hydro generators, toilet
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 09:36 AM
Nov 2019

Last edited Wed Nov 13, 2019, 10:24 AM - Edit history (1)

Greta Thunberg to hitch a ride to Europe with Australian YouTube influencers. Swedish climate activist will join Riley Whitlum, Elayna Carausu and their baby, who have been sailing the world for five years. The Guardian, Nov. 13, 2019.

Thunberg will set sail for Europe immediately on a 48-foot catamaran with Australian vloggers Riley Whitlum and Elayna Carausu and Englishwoman Nikki Henderson – who is a professional yachtswoman. The boat leaves little to no carbon footprint, boasting solar panels and a hydro-generators for power. It also has a toilet, unlike the boat on which she sailed from the United Kingdom to New York in August, which only had a bucket.

Whitlum and Carausu are YouTubers who post a new video every week of their journey around their world with their 11-month-old son. They are YouTube’s most popular sailing vloggers, with over a million subscribers...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/13/greta-thunberg-to-hitch-a-ride-to-europe-with-australian-youtube-influencers

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50403488

https://sailing-lavagabonde.com/



Greta Thunberg on La Vagabonde with Riley Whitlum, Nikki Henderson, Elayna Carausu and baby Lennon.

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