Rough Sail! Rough sail across Moreton Bay battling strong wind and choppy seas as liveaboards Ep 95

Join us for another action-packed episode of our liveaboard sailing life, where we drop anchor at a stunning island before facing some seriously rough conditions crossing Moreton Bay on our way home. If you love sailing adventures, anchoring techniques, and the real, unscripted moments of cruising life, this episode is for you. We start the day with a calm, picture-perfect morning as we make our approach to a beautiful island anchorage. Watch as we talk through our anchoring process, from reading the seabed to choosing the right spot, setting the hook, checking swing room, and making sure our sailboat is secure. Whether you’re a beginner sailor, a sailboat owner, or someone dreaming about traveling the world by sailboat, you’ll pick up tips and insights into how liveaboard cruisers safely settle into a new anchorage. But cruising isn’t always calm seas and sunsets… and today is proof of that. After spending time at the island, we lift the anchor and begin our passage back across Moreton Bay, only to be greeted by building swell, steep chop, and strong wind—classic Moreton Bay chaos. In this episode, you’ll see exactly what it’s like to handle a sailboat in rough conditions, how we adjust our sail plan, manage the boat’s motion, and work together as a team while the sea tries its best to throw us around. This is real-life and a reminder that the ocean demands both respect and preparation. For those dreaming of the liveaboard cruising lifestyle, this video gives a true look behind the scenes—anchoring in paradise one minute, battling messy, uncomfortable seas the next. It’s all part of the adventure, and it’s why we love this life so much. Sailing full-time teaches you resilience, adaptability, and an appreciation for every calm anchorage after a tough passage. If you enjoy sailing channels, boat life vlogs, Moreton Bay sailing, liveaboard Q&A, or videos about preparing to sail around the world, make sure to subscribe to follow our journey. We’re sharing every anchorage, every challenge, and every unforgettable moment as we continue chasing our dream of sailing the world. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe—it helps our small sailing channel reach more ocean-loving adventurers! It's been two years 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 01:03 Arriving at the Anchorage 03:10 Testing the Boat BBQ 04:15 Turtle Sighting 05:58 Anchor Up! 06:48 Sail Out 09:02 Rough Sea State 09:49 Twenty Knots of Wind 12:29 Worsening Conditions 13:42 Back at the Marina 14:00 Carnage Below 15:30 Cleaning the Boat 16:44 Beers at the Boom Bar 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