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Javi sells the Regina's troublesome Parsun outboard secondhand at Le Marin, Martinique, after repeated starting failures left the crew unable to reach shore and forced them to paddle the dinghy by canoe for several days.0:40 The replacement is a smaller two-stroke outboard, purchased new — the first new outboard Javi says they have ever bought — from a dealer inside the Le Marin marina, recommended by a local contact named Benjamin as the best place in Le Marin to buy an outboard.2:36 The Parsun's core problem was extreme difficulty starting; it failed to start entirely on arrival in Martinique.0:47 The new motor is mounted directly on the dinghy at the marina before departure.2:44 The segment ends with the crew heading toward a boatyard to rent equipment.4:40 Two-stroke outboards start more reliably than the four-stroke Parsun proved to be in this case.

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