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Adriano Plotzky sails Sal through the Baía de Todos os Santos, entering the Rio Paraguaçu — which he calls the most beautiful river he has entered — and anchoring at what he rates the best anchorage in the bay, near Salvador.▶ 3:44 The short passage of roughly six miles requires a detour around shallow water and takes about an hour.▶ 1:45 He spends three days at anchor, regretting he discovered the spot only as he prepares to leave the bay after nearly a year aboard.▶ 13:06 A significant loss marks the stay: his drone strikes the lazy jack while landing, falls into 15 meters of water with current running, and is unrecoverable after five years of use.▶ 8:12 A dog swims out to the boat three separate evenings and is ferried back to a nearby pier each time.▶ 10:13 Adriano also gets a haircut aboard before leaving the boat at Aratuíete Clube to travel by land and air to the Paraty Sail Festival, where he is scheduled to speak.▶ 14:34 The episode includes a segment on rudder trim as a diagnostic tool — a centered helm indicates balanced sail trim; persistent weather or lee helm signals a problem.▶ 2:32 A sponsored segment covers a personal finance course by UVP.▶ 11:47 The drone loss underscores the practical cost of operating aerial equipment from a moving boat over open water.

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