Episode 12: Trouble Anchoring in 40 Knot Winds; Sailing from Shaw Island to Bundaberg

We are 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, downsizing so we can liveaboard and all the messy wonderful life stuff in between.
Join us now as we continue our ten day journey to sail our boat home from Townsville to Brisbane Queensland Australia. After a first day of sailing that lasted over 24hrs due to instrument failure we were stranded in Airlie Beach waiting for a marine electrician to look at the boat.
With a new instrument panel installed we continue our sail back to Brisbane Queensland Australia. Day four saw us sailing from Airlie Beach to Shaw Island. Then with a major weather system on the way up the coast we were forced to continue south with a 48hr sailing passage from Shaw Island to Bundaberg. On the way we experience epic sunrises and sunsets on the ocean, spot our first dolphins and continue our sailing education. We tackle navigating our sailboat through shipping channels in the middle of the night and experience our first day on our sail boat powered by sails only for a full day.
In this episode we have trouble when trying to anchor in 40 knot winds in the Burnett River in Bundaberg. As new sailors we want to share all our learnings and keep it real in our videos.
Our sailing learning curve is steep so come along with us as we learn and grow as liveaboard sailors.