Moving Onboard Our Sailboat and Downsizing to Become Liveaboard Sailors on our Oceanis 430 Ep 87

This week, we take you on an exciting step in our adventure as we officially move onboard our sailboat full time. After months of planning and preparation, the dream of becoming liveaboard sailors is finally real. We’re saying goodbye to our house on land, downsizing our possessions, and moving everything we need onto our Beneteau Oceanis 430, which will now be our floating home as we prepare to sail around the world. The transition to living aboard a sailboat is more than just a move—it’s a complete lifestyle change. In this episode, we share the realities of what it takes to downsize from a house into the limited space of a yacht, the challenges of organization and storage, and how we’re making our sailboat comfortable for long-term cruising. For anyone curious about the process of becoming full-time liveaboards, this video gives you an inside look at the first big leap. Our Beneteau Oceanis 430 will carry us on our dream of world cruising, and this step is just the beginning of a larger journey into the sailing lifestyle. From sorting through belongings, learning what truly matters, and preparing our sailboat for offshore passages, every moment brings us closer to the freedom of life at sea. If you’ve ever dreamed of sailing around the world, traveling full time by boat, or simply experiencing life off-grid, this episode is packed with insight and inspiration. Whether you’re a seasoned sailor, a new sailboat owner, or someone curious about what it’s like to live on a boat, you’ll discover valuable tips about downsizing, organizing, and adapting to a simpler way of life. Join us as we share our liveaboard journey, the emotional ups and downs of leaving land life behind, and our excitement about exploring new horizons under sail. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and follow our adventures as we document every step of our path toward a full-time cruising lifestyle and our goal of sailing around the world. Subscribe to follow our liveaboard journey, get more sailing tutorials, and join us as we explore the world, one anchorage at a time. It's been a year and a half since our first sail in @SailingAstridTheWombat actually that means it's been a year and a half since our first sail ever. That's right a year ago we bought this Beneteau Oceanis 430 and pulled the sail up for the first time ever when we brought her home. A sail that stretched 700 nautical miles from Townsville in Far North Queensland Australia to Moreton Bay in Brisbane Queensland. We are now preparing to move onboard and to sail around the world. Join us to see the challenges as we continue to learn to sail, prepare our boat and make changes so our boat feels like a home. We are moving onboard in just a few weeks so our sailing dream is getting closer and closer. Each experience we have and each new sailing skill learnt just keeps bringing us closer to taking off to sail around the world in our Beneteau Oceanis 430 @SailingAstridTheWombat living our boat life dream. We hope you enjoy our content. Please hit subscribe and follow our journey to full time sailing around the world. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:17 Moving Onboard 07:00 Prepping the Sailboat 07:44 Boat Space Savers 12:45 We Have a Problem 13:13 Boat Freezer Not Working 14:02 Health Update 14:33 Moving Onboard Continued 18:00 Selling Everything! Please leave a comment, like and subscribe to follow our journey. We are Gav and Shezz an Aussie couple with a dream to sail and scuba dive around the world. We bought our Beneteau Oceanis 430 in October 2023 with zero sailing experience but the belief that we can do this. We have filmed our journey from looking for boats, buying the boat and downsizing our house so we can liveaboard and all the messy wonderful life stuff in between. Join us now as we start to get our boat prepared for liveaboard life. As new sailors we want to share all of our learnings and keep it real in our videos. We want to show step by step what it takes to choose a boat, buy the boat and learn how to sail. Our sailing learning curve is steep so come along with us as we learn and grow as liveaboard sailors. We promise you will have a laugh! Welcome aboard Astrid The Wombat Gav and Shezz You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook: Sailing Astrid the Wombat #sailing #liveaboard #sailingaustralia #sailingadventures #sailboat