The star for today’s episode is a YouTuber who got recognized by the netizens through
her sailing and cruising escapade videos. Her YouTube channel has now reached over 200
thousand subscribers! Let us dive deeper into the life of Aubrey Gail Wilson, generally known as
Sailing Miss Lone Star on YouTube, and catch a glimpse of who she is behind the camera.
The Life of Sailing Miss Lone Star
Aubrey Gail Wilson, or is currently known as Sailing Miss Lone Star on YouTube,
is a Floridian cruiser. She turned 37 years old last September 21.
Although she was born in Vero Beach, Florida, Wilson has spent some time living in Austin,
Texas. Wilson is already a mother of two children. Her eldest is Bianca, eight years old, and Blake,
who is seven years old. They were seen in her past videos, but they have not made an appearance
in her most recent ones. The two children are assumed to be in the care of their relatives.
Additionally, based on her recent YouTube upload and recent Instagram update,
Wilson is in Florida right now, and she is six months behind in her video production.
Wilson had also been divorced many times. She is not with the fathers of her children,
nor Bianca and Blake themselves. They are said to be living with their grandmother while Wilson
is away, sailing the world. There is little to no information about her previous partners but she,
for sure, experienced a rollercoaster-kind of a love life.
Now, let us have a sneak peek at Sailing Miss Lone Star’s cruising journey. In her past adventures,
she is maneuvering her SV Little Miss, as she calls it, that she purchased for only
one dollar. Wilson mostly did all the restoration by herself for that one-dollar boat. After being
with SV Little Miss for years, she is now with her 1971 51 feet Formosa yacht. This yacht,
oftentimes called the Pirate Ship, is still undergoing renovation. Wilson is very much
hands-on in doing some upgrades in her boat, including the following:
A chart plotter and a Global Positioning System (GPS), a 12-volt refrigerator, and a hairdryer.
Yes, a hairdryer because sometimes, we all need to add a little extra in our lives.
As of now, it has no mast, and the Pirate Ship is not yet ready to sail the seas.
The luxury of traveling by sea
Moving on to our next section, Sailing Miss Lone Star’s Lifestyle. Let us now take a look
at the places she has visited, how she can afford this lifestyle, and how much her net worth is.
Let us start on her past cruising moments. As the netizens have witnessed in her videos
on her YouTube channel, Wilson has sailed in various places, including The Bahamas,
Florida, The Mediterranean, South Africa, and Costa Rica. In addition,
she has also traveled around North America with her ex-boyfriend and to Europe with her daughter.
How did Sailing Miss Lone Star start, and when did she start sailing, you ask? She first started her
venture as a crew member to numerous yachts, and through this, she gained her experience
in sailing. As mentioned earlier, her first boat in 2017 was purchased for only a dollar,
and after garnering enough funds, she bought her second boat in 2020.
She also shared that her daughter, Bianca, has her boat, purchased for one dollar back in 2019.
However, it has not generated much income yet, unlike her mother's.
With all these years of sailing experience and being a personality on the internet, did she ever
gain money from it? The answer is yes. Aubrey Gail Wilson already has an estimated net worth
of 295 thousand US dollars. Approximately she acquires 7,200 dollars in every video she uploads,
which is equivalent to 15,700 US dollars per month, on YouTube alone. Aside from that,
she gains her money through the following: • The Amazon affiliate links
are attached to her videos. • The paid subscription she has
set up on Vimeo, which costs 29 dollars per month. • The promoted links for SailRite sewing machines,
where she contributes every time someone uses her link.
Her Internet Journey
As a personality in one of the largest social media platforms on the internet, she indeed had
many memorable moments, as accounted for by her avid subscriber. Some of those are the following:
When they went to a nudist beach in Costa Rica, that upload became her most viewed videos.
In some videos, she went topless as she explored the beach they are currently at
(but those scenes were blurred to keep the video appropriate to all).
When her previous boat, SV Little Miss, crashed into a sunken container, she called mayday for it.
When her yacht got struck by lightning while they were sailing.
Also, she has done only one collaboration with another YouTuber, Rick of Sophisticated Lady.
SMLS behind the Camera
Behind every personality on camera, there is always a different story that lies underneath.
In the case of Sailing Miss Lone Star, she had experienced not just only amazing sails across
the world but also other life-changing events that altered the direction of her
life. Aubrey Gail Wilson was once sentenced to six months probation due to shoplifting.
She was also asked to pay fines and court fees when she was found guilty of doing the crime.
The incident happened two years ago when she was caught stealing some items from Walmart.
She shrugged it off by saying it was an accident, and she just forgot to punch in the items because
she and her boyfriend back then, Stefan Heiberg, was in a rush to go to a certain
place. Despite her excuses, she was still charged with Petit Theft on the 19th of June
2019. After staying for five days in jail, she was bailed out for 2,500 dollars. But it does
not end here. She still appealed to clear her name, but the court further proved her case,
which led her to experience six months probation and pay court fines. This may be a piece of
news to some of her subscribers because this happening is not publicly shared with everyone.
It is also said that Wilson is a victim of domestic violence. To be specific,
she experienced it some years ago when she was sailing with her then-boyfriend,
Robb. The only visible scar that it left was a black eye on her face.
However, the said video has been deleted from her YouTube channel, including several other videos.
This part is confusing since there are no existing concrete pieces of evidence. Thus, the netizens
got suspicious of the said incident. They see it as a stunt (or fake), so they demand to hear
the other side of the story. Based on what they have seen in her past videos, Robb seems genuine,
friendly, and charming. No one knows what happened to Robb after they cut ties. But unfortunately,
Wilson shared not-so-good news in her recent upload. She said that Robb took his own life
due to his Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). That is where their story ends.
Although she has garnered around 218 thousand subscribers on her YouTube channel,
her appeal is not that strong as she shows off her body oftentimes. As mentioned earlier,
in several videos, she has appeared topless (but are kept blurred) while sailing or at
the beach. Thankfully, in those episodes in question, her children are nowhere to be seen.
What’s next for Sailing Miss Lone Star?
We have learned about Wilson’s life as a cruiser, a YouTuber, and as a woman.
Now, what else can we expect in the next chapters of her life?
In the most recent upload on her channel, she shared that she will continue to upload
new sailing content, vlogs, and other related videos on her YouTube and Vimeo accounts. She
also said that she would get back in renovating her Pirate Ship and install upgrades such as
a new mast, rigging, new upholstery, and a diesel engine. Finally, she hopes that her
children can join her in sailing once again after all the renovations on her Pirate Ship.
We all experience various rough roads and harsh waves of problems that come into our life. But
the most important thing is that we keep our head up high and continue doing what we love because
at the end of the day, what will matter the most is your happiness and the ones that you cherish,
just like Aubrey Gail Wilson or Sailing Miss Lone Star on YouTube. Despite all the setbacks,
she is coming back once again to continue what she started and be with the loves of her life.
Currently, Sailing Miss Lone Star’s travel channel has a growing 218 thousand subscribers
and 53 million views. And if you wonder how much she is earning from these views,
reports say that her net worth is around $300,000.
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