Sven Yrvind · video

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Sven Yrvind, now 87 years old, works through a checklist of small but specific tasks aboard his boat in preparation for departure.▶ 8:26 The most concrete addition is a swim ladder (badestege): a previous version was too small, so Yrvind drilled out the hole to a larger diameter and fitted a 32 mm cotter pin — 5 mm stock — following Rod Stevens's guidance that cotter pins should never be bent more than 11 degrees to remain reusable.▶ 4:12 Anti-slip material goes on both the port and starboard swim steps.▶ 7:06 Inside, he builds out a gimballed eating station secured with a string-and-hole locking system, sized to hold roughly a week's food and water.▶ 0:03 Four batteries are wired in a circular series so that if one connection fails, current still reaches all cells.▶ 5:29 Remaining electrical work — AIS and VHF installation — is planned for a trip to Gothenburg the following Monday.▶ 2:31 The fan installation is nearly complete.▶ 2:52 Yrvind notes the current boat's deckhouse does not extend far enough to the sides for the eating area, and flags this as a design change for the next boat.▶ 0:44

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