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Sailing Squib Update 2 September 2025
2 September 2025 · 3 min · 1K views · Calafat
What this video covers
The crew of the Squib covered 113 kilometres during a calm, sunny day of motoring without wind.1:00 They encountered minimal commercial freighter traffic, noting that passing vessels maintained a friendly distance.1:19 During the transit, the crew discovered the propeller of their electric outboard motor was missing, likely lost two days prior; the lack of load on the motor had prevented the battery from draining as expected.1:48 The crew also stopped for a swim approximately five kilometres upstream from Calafat, where they encountered a sandbank populated by cormorants and a single pelican.2:52 Due to a four-kilometre-per-hour current, they deployed a fender on a long line as a safety tether to prevent drifting away from the boat while in the water.2:31 The anchor windlass noise caused the birds to vacate the sandbank immediately upon arrival.3:06
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