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Nova Loman, a solo sailor, discovers her main halyard has tangled around the furler and cut into the aluminium profile of her 1970s sailboat.3:22 The jam prevents the use of the furler, forcing her to climb the mast using a bosun's chair and a secondary halyard to manually free the line.2:39 After clearing the obstruction, she delays her departure due to thick fog and her dog Neno wandering into the woods.4:59 Once underway, she navigates the archipelago in light, shifting winds, opting to sail with the main and a Genoa 2 while avoiding the furler due to recurring mechanical resistance and previous failures of the halyard diverter.5:45 She manages the vessel without a working tiller pilot, relying on manual steering through narrow channels before reaching open water where she can briefly engage the wind vane.15:22

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