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Sailing Zatara: Net Worth, Catamaran Price and YouTube Earnings (2024)

Everything you always wanted to know.

Joshua Smith

Founder and Editor at Cruising Freedom

This is the definitive guide on Sailing Zatara for 2024.

Over the last 4ish years, I have spent 70+ hours watching and researching everything I could about everyone’s favorite YouTube sailing family.

I love their channel! Keith, Renee and their 4 cruising kids have really inspired me a ton!

And so, you’re about to discover:

➔ How Sailing Zatara afforded their boat

➔ How they make their money today

➔ What boat they have and its upgrades

➔ How you can start crossing oceans

This is going to be one incredible article!

But before we start, a quick introduction from me…

The Cruising Freedom Author

Ahoy, Matey! I’m Joshua from Australia.

I’ve built the perfect business to sail the world.

A business model which can allow me to:

➜ Own a catamaran debt-free

➜ Go for weeks without WIFI

➜ Create semi-passive income

➜ Inspire others to dream big

But more on that later… 🙂

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Crew members.

Keith Whitaker (age 51)

Renee Whitaker (age 47)

Anna Whitaker (age 19)

Jack Whitaker (age 18)

Finn Whitaker (age 14)

Kate Whitaker (age 13)

They have another older daughter (Tait Whitaker-Cargo, aged 26) who hasn’t sailed with the family as she is already married and with two children.

Interestingly enough, Jack Whitaker recently started his own YouTube channel, providing a unique insight into cruising as a teenager:

Jack is single but dated previously.

While Jack has his own channel, that pales in comparison to his younger brother Finn Whitaker (150,000 subscribers) who appeals to a younger audience:

And well, Finn just has better content over all! 😂

And no, Finn Whitaker does NOT have a girlfriend.

In his words “I think teenage romance is kinda stupid. You’re dating to break up basically unless you get married which is highly unlikely. So relationships don’t really work on a sailboat”

Both brothers have discussed personal finance. Neither Jack or Finn have made much money from their channels, apart from ads on their videos, but it’s probably around $700/month which is still better than most adults!

Sailing Zatara owns a 2009 Privilege 585 Catamaran with a 4-cabin layout.

Previously they owned a Beneteau 55-foot monohull which they later sold as it was a little too small and somewhat unsuited to crossing large oceans.

Fun fact: I was kayaking past the Mooloolaba marina recently and went past their old yacht on the dock!

Sailing Zatara have upgraded their catamaran with:

➔ Upgraded B&G electronics

➔ New Highfield Dinghy

➔ Movie projector for the kids

Sailing Zatara are in Europe after undertaking their most dangerous crossing yet as they sail along the Somali Coastline:

Past Cruising

Sailing Zatara has explored in:

➔ The United States

➔ The Caribbean

➔ The Bahamas

➔ The Marquesas and Fiji

➔ Australia and New Zealand

Their biggest crossing is the Pacific crossing making it their longest time at sea.

Affording It

Keith and Renee didn’t come from a rich family nor did they have well-paying jobs. Keith had a long-term career in the oil industry.

However, they did have some equity in their home and some of Keith’s investments paid off well, so they were able to eventually sell their house and afford their first sailboat which cost $257,000 USD.

From there, they began producing YouTube videos and with the revenue, were able to buy their 2nd sailboat for $590,000 USD a mere 2 years later.

YouTube cruisers are typically multi-millionaires!

My best estimate in 2024 is that:

Sailing Zatara has a net worth of $1,900,000 USD.

This is based on the value of their boat, investments and business income.

Making Loot

They make a full-time living at sea which is earned through:

➔ Amazon affiliate links under their YouTube videos

➔ PayPal and Patreon donations from their audience

➔ $10/month membership to their Facebook group

➔ Sailing Zatara ‘Let It Flow Away’ merchandise

➔ Homeschool education for other sailing families

It’s estimated that Sailing Zatara makes $17,000/month through their engaging YouTube content.

Collaborations

Sailing Zatara have featured with these other YouTube channels:

➔ Gone With The Wynns

➔ Sailing Ruby Rose

➔ The Sailing Family

➔ The Cruising Kiwis

While they haven’t met in person, the Whitaker family has a good friendship with Sailing Nahao and they met David Shih at a recent boat show.

Fun fact: David is also a friend of mine.

They have also featured numerous other smaller channels and seek out other cruising families to keep the kids entertained while home-schooling.

Big Moments

Sailing Zatara have had numerous cool moments:

➔ Coming across Lady Erel 2 stuck on a reef

➔ Being at sea for 30-days as a family of 4

➔ Having Anna leave the boat for college

➔ Keith getting into heated arguments with Australian government quarantine officials 😅

➔ Having Jack’s internet girlfriend on board

➔ Keith accidentally ran over Anna and she went to hospital

So the most dangerous that has happened…actually happened off the boat! I applaud them for avoiding the click-bait drama that other channels often create.

Future Plans

Sailing Zatara have just completed a half-circumnavigation around Australia, have left and are now adventuring in Africa and soon Europe!

Key Takeaways

We can learn from Sailing Zatara that:

➔ Teenagers can still sail globally with their parents

➔ Use the resources you have available to go sailing

➔ Don’t be afraid to change your plans on a whim

➔ Such very precious moments cannot be bought

Keith and Renee didn’t wait until Kate was off to college before going off cruising. Instead, they used the resources they have, invested wisely, sold their house and made their dream happen and all without the fluff.

So to the cruisers with older kids who aren’t so sure, it’s definitely possible!

The Whitaker’s talk more about their journey here:

Create Your Own Cruising Freedom

Hey! 😃 it’s Joshua again…

I’ve been very inspired by the Whitakers and their travels…

Some say I’m obsessed, but sailing the world is my childhood dream.

They’re living the dream, but that dream isn’t actually that far away.

I mentioned earlier about discovering the #1 cruising business model.

With this exciting opportunity, I’ll be able to:

➜ Generate a sustainable full-time income through learning basic skills

➜ Fund the purchase of my first sailing catamaran without any loans

➜ Do it without selling to friends and family (I found a better solution!)

➜ Share my lifetime passion for sailing, cruising and global adventures

Keen to discover more? Jump on the free training right now. 👨🏻‍💻

(I share more about it on the next page…🙂)

A family adventure

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Exploring the World

“Let it Float Away” is the motto of the globe-trotting Whitaker family from Texas. In 2016, they did what many other families only dream of doing. Parents Jack and Renée Whitaker left the corporate world, sold their home, liquidated most of their other assets, took their four kids, Anna, Jack, Finn and Kate, and simply sailed away. And they did it without any prior sailing experience!

One of the first lessons that the Whitakers learned at sea was that a multihull sailboat fit their needs better than a monohull. So, in Greece, they bought a 59-foot Privilege 585 catamaran named Zatara . She has proven to be a great platform for their adventures as they have navigated both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, watching more than 45,000 nautical miles disappear in their wake.

Today Keith, 50; Renee, 46; Jack, 18; Finn, 14, and Kate, 13, are living aboard Zatara in Fiji. (Eldest daughter Anna, 19, left the boat to start her freshman year of college in Texas.) The remaining Whitaker family members take turns filming their adventures above and below the sea. To date, they have posted more than 135 “episodes” of their popular YouTube video blog, “Sailing Zatara”, which they call their “Z-Log”, and have more than 340,000 subscribers. “Z-Log” topics range from providing serious how-to information for fellow world cruisers on topics such as home-schooling and applying for visas, to breathtaking kite-boarding footage accompanied by a rockin’ soundtrack. The primary vehicle for their kite-boarding sequences and many other water-sports adventures is Zatara’s tender, a Highfield 420 Ocean Master RIB (In 2021 Classic 420) with a 60hp Honda outboard.

The first year of their voyage, the family had a small inflatable tender manufactured by a competitor, but, “It wasn’t the right boat for the mission,” says Keith. So, they moved up into the Highfield, which they call their “expedition dinghy”.

“We have the biggest tender in the anchorage,” he says. “It’s the workhorse of living on the water. It has a lot to do with how we film and where we film.”

Unfortunately, COVID-19 currently also has a lot to do with where they film – and don’t film. The Whitaker family had hoped to continue exploring the South Pacific this winter, stopping at Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands before heading to New Zealand and Australia. But since the latter two countries have closed their borders, Zatara is more or less stuck in Fiji for the time being.

Still, if your passion is diving, kiteboarding, wakeboarding, walking the beach, and enjoying life in an island paradise, you could do a lot worse!

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Renee and Keith became exhausted with the 9-to-5 in the US so they got their four kids together, sold their home in the Texas suburbs and bought a sailboat. Those were the days when they had no sailing experience.

Their adventure began in 2016, and as of today they've sailed well over 50,000nm, visited over 50 countries and have circumnavigated the globe! They still have three kids on board (one left for college in 2020).

Every Thursday(ish) They film their escapades and upload them every Thursday (mostly) on YouTube. These are fun, family-friendly episodes all edited, and published exclusively by the "Z-Crew". And they have become pretty good at it!

Their boat is one of Privilege Catamaran's classics: the Privilege 585, "Zatara". Their eldest son came up with the name which means "raft," or "driftwood" in Spanish.

The crew is Renee and Keith and their family Anna, Jack, Finn and Kate. They look like a solid bunch of people.

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Their WORST Ocean Crossing! 🌊 

The BIGGEST SEAS we've ever seen! (Ep 212)

One of their most popular videos covers their passage along the coast of Somalia. The Z Crew had to deal with rough seas, strong winds, and broken equipment during the trip.

Finally, the wind died down and Zatara was able to reach the leeward side of Socotra, a tiny Yemeni island at the tip of the Horn of Africa. for shelter.

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“LET IT FLOAT AWAY”…

…is the motto of the globe-trotting Whitaker family from Texas. In 2016, they did what many other families only dream of doing. Parents Jack and Renée Whitaker left the corporate world, sold their home, liquidated most of their other assets, took their four kids, Anna, Jack, Finn and Kate, and simply sailed away. And they did it without any prior sailing experience!

One of the first lessons that the Whitakers learned at sea was that a multihull sailboat fit their needs better than a monohull. So, in Greece, they bought a 59-foot Privilege 585 catamaran named  Zatara . She has proven to be a great platform for their adventures as they have navigated both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, watching more than 45,000 nautical miles disappear in their wake.

Today Keith, 50; Renee, 46; Jack, 18; Finn, 14, and Kate, 13, are living aboard  Zatara  in Fiji. (Eldest daughter Anna, 19, left the boat to start her freshman year of college in Texas.) The remaining Whitaker family members take turns filming their adventures above and below the sea. To date, they have posted more than 135 “episodes” of their popular YouTube video blog, “Sailing Zatara”, which they call their “Z-Log”, and have more than 340,000 subscribers. “Z-Log” topics range from providing serious how-to information for fellow world cruisers on topics such as home-schooling and applying for visas, to breathtaking kite-boarding footage accompanied by a rockin’ soundtrack. The primary vehicle for their kite-boarding sequences and many other water-sports adventures is  Zatara’s  tender, a Highfield 420 Ocean Master RIB (In 2021 Classic 420) with a 60hp Honda outboard.

The first year of their voyage, the family had a small inflatable tender manufactured by a competitor, but, “It wasn’t the right boat for the mission,” says Keith. So, they moved up into the Highfield, which they call their “expedition dinghy”.

“We have the biggest tender in the anchorage,” he says. “It’s the workhorse of living on the water. It has a lot to do with how we film and where we film.”

Unfortunately, COVID-19 currently also has a lot to do with where they film – and don’t film. The Whitaker family had hoped to continue exploring the South Pacific this winter, stopping at Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands before heading to New Zealand and Australia. But since the latter two countries have closed their borders,  Zatara  is more or less stuck in Fiji for the time being.

Still, if your passion is diving, kiteboarding, wakeboarding, walking the beach, and enjoying life in an island paradise, you could do a lot worse!

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a Family of Six

October 27, 2023

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November 13, 2021

They have been sailing since the summer of 2016. Like so many others, they sold their home and business and quiet suburban life in Texas. Keith and Renee have no other plans than to live on the boat for several years and circumnavigate the globe with their kids, Anna, Jack, Finn and Kate. Latest Youtube video here:

As my husband and I entered our mid-40s, we realized we were completely exhausted with corporate America and the effect it was having on our marriage and our kids. Something had to change. So we gathered our four kids, sold our suburban Texas home, and, regardless of having no prior sailing experience, bought a sailboat. Our "2-year sabbatical" began in 2016, and as of today (May 2023), we've sailed over 50,000nm and have officially circumnavigated the globe! We still have three kids on board (the oldest left for college in 2020) but are continuing the sailing adventure until they head out on their own. It's not our goal in these videos to be politically correct or show off our obviously very sexy bodies... We want to share honestly what we are experiencing on this adventure and how we are evolving as a family. We simply hope you laugh, learn, and get inspired. All videos will be rated TV-14. Happy Sailing! Renee & the Z-Crew

Introducing Sailing Zatara: A Captivating YouTube Channel for Adventure Seekers

Sailing Zatara is a captivating YouTube channel that chronicles the thrilling voyages of a family, the Zatara crew. This extraordinary channel combines the beauty of sailing, the wonders of exploration, and the joys of family life into a mesmerizing visual experience.

Led by the energetic and adventurous parents, Captain Brian and First Mate Karin, Sailing Zatara documents their sailing escapades alongside their three children: Elayna, Lenny, and baby Rania. With a passion for the open sea and a desire to create unforgettable memories, this dynamic family sets sail aboard their luxurious catamaran to explore breathtaking destinations and delve into unique cultures.

On their channel, you’ll find engaging content showcasing the crew’s thrilling adventures, authentic experiences, and valuable insights gained from living a nomadic seafaring lifestyle.

From navigating treacherous waters to discovering hidden gems, each episode is a visual feast of stunning landscapes, encounters with fascinating wildlife, and the challenges and triumphs of life at sea.

To truly understand the magic behind Sailing Zatara, it’s worth exploring their background. Captain Brian, a skilled sailor with years of experience, brings knowledge and expertise to each voyage. First Mate Karin, a dedicated mother and adventurous spirit, ensures the well-being and happiness of the crew while capturing the essence of their journeys through her lens.

The crew’s chemistry and love for exploration are palpable in every episode, fostering a sense of camaraderie that draws viewers in. Whether they’re immersing themselves in vibrant local cultures, engaging in thrilling water sports, or sharing heartwarming family moments, the Zatara crew’s infectious enthusiasm will leave you longing for your own nautical adventures.

Sailing Zatara’s YouTube channel offers a gateway to escape the ordinary and immerse yourself in a world of endless possibilities. Join their ever-growing community of adventure seekers and sailing enthusiasts as they traverse the world’s most captivating oceans, showcasing the beauty and challenges of a life lived on the water.

So, if you’re ready to set sail on an extraordinary voyage, navigate to Sailing Zatara’s YouTube channel and be captivated by their inspiring adventures, mesmerizing destinations, and the indomitable spirit of a family united by a love for the sea. Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey with Sailing Zatara!

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