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Nike and Maria perform a six-day maintenance marathon on their boat, Carl, while hauled out in a yard in Panama City.0:19 The project begins with removing the propeller, which requires a custom puller and heat, followed by a professional inspection at a local shop.0:52 The team extracts the propeller shaft using a large pipe wrench and verifies its condition in a local workshop.2:26 They drill out a corroded locking nut and clean the assembly.2:52 Maria welds new aluminum bars to the engine bed using a MIG welder, working in a cramped engine room.4:16 Removing two stubborn cutlass bearings from the stern tube proves difficult, requiring significant effort until 2 a.m.; the team eases the installation of the replacements by chilling them in a freezer.6:33 Between tasks, they paint the hull.6:46 The work concludes with re-installing the shaft and engine before returning to the water for final alignment.7:18

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