We Are Liveaboard Sailors: Moving Onto Our Beneteau Oceanis 430 From Land Life to Boat Life Ep 88

In this exciting episode, we officially become liveaboard sailors as we move full time onto our Beneteau Oceanis 430. After months of planning, preparing, and downsizing from our home on land, we are now living aboard our sailboat and beginning the journey of a lifetime—sailing around the world. Making the transition to the liveaboard lifestyle is a huge milestone for us. Moving onboard means adapting to a new way of life, learning to live in a smaller space, and organizing everything we own into the limited storage of our yacht. In this video, we share the emotional highs and lows, the excitement of stepping into our dream, and the challenges of getting ready for long-term cruising. Our Beneteau Oceanis 430 is more than just a boat—it’s now our home and our ticket to a life of adventure. We’re preparing her for the demands of bluewater sailing, getting her ready for passages across oceans, and setting up systems that will allow us to live off-grid as we travel the world by sail. For anyone who has ever dreamed of sailing full time, becoming a cruiser, or living aboard a yacht, this video gives you a real look at what it takes to start that journey. The decision to become liveaboards wasn’t just about sailing; it was about embracing freedom, simplicity, and adventure. Downsizing from land life to boat life has taught us what truly matters, and we’re excited to share that with others who are considering this lifestyle. Whether you’re a sailboat owner, a beginner sailor, or simply curious about life on the ocean, our story will inspire you to chase your own adventure. Join us as we take the first step into our dream of sailing around the world, exploring remote anchorages, and living life at sea. From preparing our boat to adjusting to life aboard, we’re documenting every part of this incredible transition into the liveaboard cruising lifestyle. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to follow along on our journey as we share more sailing episodes, liveaboard tips, and the realities of traveling the world by sailboat. This is just the beginning—our sailing adventure around the world starts now! 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 00:56 Moving Onboard 02:53 Organising the Sailboat 05:21 New Outboard 05:51 First Mate App 08:04 Selling Everything 10:26 Living Aboard Update 12:54 Downsizing Complete 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