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A 54-foot yacht ran aground multiple times while attempting to exit a narrow, shallow channel in Aitutake, Cook Islands, after the harbour master provided inaccurate depth information.2:24 The channel, reported to be three metres deep, contained submerged coral heads that trapped the vessel.4:00 The crew of the Lagoon 450 Parlay Revival assisted by using a portable depth sounder to locate deeper water and physically pushing the yacht’s bow to manoeuvre it off the reef.5:08 The harbour authorities eventually deployed an excavator to dredge the channel, allowing the yacht to exit safely.17:47 Separately, the crew repaired a loose 130-amp alternator bracket and a damaged coolant hose on the vessel Nereida, owned by solo sailor Jeanne Socrates.12:10 The crew subsequently departed for Beveridge Reef, a submerged atoll 450 miles away, but encountered severe weather that forced another change in their passage plans.19:35 Eyeball navigation remains essential in remote atolls where official charts and local depth reports often prove unreliable.19:10

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