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Squib carries a mast and sails for the first time in more than four years, with the crew at the port of Sfântu Gheorghe on the Danube Delta preparing for departure.Watch Strong easterly wind is blowing directly into the Danube mouth at the time of filming, blocking an immediate exit.0:16 The crew plans to wait until afternoon for the wind to ease, then depart the following morning when overnight conditions are forecast to shift to force 2 from the north — a direction that will flatten the waves on the bar.0:16 Local police advised the crew to keep to the right side of the channel on exit; with Squib's draft, that passage presents no depth problem.1:01 The crew notes remaining work to complete before the morning departure window.

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