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Garrett and Ruth are sailing their 35-foot, 30,000-pound custom-built boat, Red Aviva, from the Sea of Cortez towards Mazatlán, Mexico.5:25 The crew initially planned a 22-mile coastal hop to Agua Verde but decided to commit to a 300-plus nautical mile offshore passage to the Mexican mainland.Watch The vessel features a heavy full-keel design with a single-chine hull, which the owners credit for a stable, quiet, and comfortable motion in typical Sea of Cortez slop.8:07 During the transit, the crew encountered a vibration in the prop shaft while maintaining speeds of five to six knots.9:07 To mitigate the vibration and manage increasing wind, they double-reefed the mainsail.12:25 The passage involves monitoring commercial traffic, including the tanker Seaways Niagara, while preparing for forecasted 25-knot winds.10:40 The crew plans to continue south towards the mainland tropics, avoiding the summer heat of the Sea of Cortez.0:27

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