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Not Every Day in Paradise Looks Like This | Liveaboard Life in Fulaga Fiji
10 July 2026 · 27 min · 20K views · Fiji
What this video covers
Warren repairs a broken stanchion base on a sailboat anchored at Fulaga, Fiji, using a toe-screw technique — driving screws diagonally through aluminum into fiberglass, bedded in glue — after finding the original base impossible to source in Fiji.▶ 16:23 The repair takes two days: glue sets overnight before drilling, and four screws finish the job.▶ 19:58 The same method has held on three previous stanchion failures on the same boat.▶ 15:58 Between repair sessions, Warren and Erica snorkel the Fulaga pass on an incoming flood tide, timing entry without a local tide station by reading current at the water's surface — the nearest reference station sits roughly 50 miles away.▶ 2:12 They spot coral bleaching alongside healthy clownfish populations.▶ 4:29 A collapsible dinghy ladder called Rapid Rung, originally designed for river rafting, gets its first real test getting back aboard the dinghy.▶ 7:13 That evening, a swarm of flying termites — drawn by calm, windless conditions — forces the crew to kill all white lights, cook by red light, and seal themselves in the aft cabin.▶ 9:33 The boat runs entirely on solar power and collects rainwater for drinking, operating off-grid at the tail end of Fiji's rainy season.▶ 15:05 Stanchion bases on older boats are nearly impossible to source remotely; diagonal toe-screwing with marine adhesive is a durable field repair.
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