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Tom and Anissia, the Swiss-origin crew of Vagabond Voyages, spend time in Switzerland meeting fellow liveaboards and the retired crew of Catamaran Javerne, who sailed for eight years after picking up their boat in Phuket, Thailand, and have since sold it and settled in Madagascar.4:45 The Javerne crew share route intelligence — anchorages, contacts in Indonesia and Malaysia — for the passage Tom and Anissia plan to follow.6:38 On Lac Léman, the couple visits Catherine, Danny, and Brian, who have lived aboard for over 20 years on a 42-foot motor vessel.9:28 Brian, skipper of L'Aventurière, runs a sailing association offering lake excursions.19:32 A younger liveaboard explains the economics: marina berths on Lac Léman run 217 to 1,000 Swiss francs per month depending on port, waiting lists stretch years, and anchoring is nearly impossible because the lakebed is mostly rock with only five viable spots on the entire lake.23:59 He sails a Finnish-built Nauticat 38 pilothouse ketch from the 1980s with a hull over 2 cm thick.22:22 A mainsail reefing-line problem — a shackle jammed inside the boom with fishing-line weights stuck mid-boom after the line broke — is briefly addressed.19:04 The Javerne meeting also produces a haircut for Tom.3:29

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