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Aubrey, the owner of the 1977 Formosa 51 *Miss Lone Star*, attempts to depart Oxnard, California, for Mexico with a new crew of three.0:17 To avoid a forecasted storm, the crew spends the day manually fueling the boat with jerry cans to bypass a local marine fuel station with contaminated tanks.4:25 They depart at 2:00 a.m. to outrun the weather, but encounter 25-knot gusts and a 2.5-meter swell with a short fetch.5:44 After receiving a small craft advisory and spotting water spouts, the crew aborts the passage and diverts to Marina del Rey to wait for safer conditions.8:47 The crew experiments with watch schedules, noting that the 51-foot vessel requires multiple people on deck for safe sail changes and course adjustments.11:19 During the diversion, the owner accidentally deletes the primary footage of the boat's preparation.12:07

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