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A Dutch woman named Jacqueline is sailing a 27-foot Grinde double-ender sloop called Loveworks solo around the world, departing the Netherlands in July 2023 and covering 11,000 miles in nine months to reach French Polynesia.1:15 Her husband and son remain home in the Netherlands; her husband actively supports the voyage and visits along the route.2:03 The boat carries no roller furler — a sailmaker advised against it for this hull type — requiring hanked-on sail changes on the foredeck in all conditions, which proved the hardest moments of the trip.10:07 She carries 220 watts of solar, no fridge, 100 liters of water in a bladder plus 120 liters in jerry cans, 30 meters of chain and 40 meters of rope on a 10-kilo anchor deployed without a bow roller.12:27 The Atlantic crossing from Cape Verde to Trinidad took 22 days; the Pacific crossing from Panama took 31 days, aided by a shore navigator in the Netherlands who routed her north of the Galapagos to catch favorable current.21:20 She transited the Panama Canal with four line handlers sleeping aboard the 27-footer.18:44 Orca encounters off Spain and Portugal forced a coastal detour of 100 miles offshore before heading south to Madeira.14:29 A shore navigator's routing and patience waiting for the right weather window in Panama drove the fast Pacific passage.20:55

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