Our Fridge and Freezer Died! Sailboat Prep for Sailing Around the World Just Got Harder Episode 125

Hi and welcome aboard @SailingAstridTheWombat We are Gav and Shezz and two and a half years ago we bought our Beneteau Oceanis 430 sailboat with absolutely no sailing experience and jumped straight into the deep end of liveaboard sailing. Our very first passage was just over 700 nautical miles, launching us headfirst into the world of bluewater cruising, learning to sail, and real life at sea. Since that moment, we’ve been fully immersed in boat life, documenting the journey of turning a production cruising sailboat into a capable, self-sufficient home as we prepare for full-time liveaboard life. From major sailboat upgrades and off-grid power systems to everyday maintenance and skills building, we’re learning what it truly takes to own, sail, and live on a boat while working toward our goal of sailing around the world. If you’re into sailing adventures, beginner sailing, sailboat ownership, cruising lifestyle, and traveling the world by sailboat, our journey is all about real-time learning, ocean freedom, and building the confidence to chase long-term world cruising under sail. Preparing a sailboat to sail around the world means making every inch of space count, and in this episode we're tackling one of the most important parts of long-term liveaboard life – our fridge and freezer storage! As we continue preparing our cruising sailboat for full-time liveaboard sailing and world travel, we take a deep dive into organizing our galley, maximizing food storage, and working out exactly how much fridge and freezer space we'll need for extended offshore passages and remote destinations. When you're planning to sail around the world, provisioning becomes a critical skill, and every sailor knows that refrigeration can make or break life aboard. But boat projects rarely go to plan... Just as we're sorting out our sailboat refrigeration system and getting ready for our future bluewater cruising adventures, disaster strikes. Both our marine fridge and freezer stop working, leaving us to diagnose the problem and figure out what went wrong. Will we be able to repair the refrigeration system, or are we facing an expensive replacement just weeks before we are leaving to take off and explore the world on our sailboat. Join us as we navigate another challenge of sailboat ownership, troubleshoot our marine refrigeration issues, and continue preparing our boat for life as full-time liveaboards. Whether you're a sailor, liveaboard cruiser, boat owner, beginner sailor, cruising enthusiast, or someone dreaming of sailing around the world, this episode offers a real look at the ups and downs of preparing a cruising sailboat for long-distance travel. If you enjoy sailing videos, sailboat refits, liveaboard life, cruising adventures, offshore sailing, boat maintenance, boat projects, sailboat preparation, world cruising, yacht life, sailing couple adventures, and behind-the-scenes sailboat ownership, you'll love this episode. Subscribe and follow our journey as we prepare to leave our current life behind and explore the world by sailboat. With every repair, upgrade, and lesson learned, we're getting closer to the adventure we've been dreaming about for years. You can also become part of our crew over at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/sailingastridthewombat/posts Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:52 Work Update 01:56 Sailboat Job Plan 02:55 Sailboat Freezer 04:38 One Month Until We Take Off 04:59 Cleaning the Boat Freezer 05:40 Provisioning 06:11 Defrosting the Boat Freezer 07:24 Sailboat Job List 07:51 Splicing Course 10:02 Last Work Trip 10:38 Boat Fridge Died 11:48 Removing Old Fridge 12:59 Questions With Gav Please leave a comment, like and subscribe to follow our journey. Join us now as we settle into liveaboard life and get our boat ready to take off and sail around the world in just a few weeks. 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