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Bobby and crew Chloe sail roughly one mile downwind on jib alone from a mooring on Bora Bora's south side to a coral-head mooring field near the encircling reef, navigating a chicane with two jibes and a cardinal marker — noting that buoyage is reversed outside the U.S. and Caribbean (IALA Region B).▶ 2:04 Wind runs 12–13 knots true; boat speed holds around four knots.▶ 3:42 At the mooring field, they dinghy to a spot where dozens of blacktip reef sharks and large rays gather daily near tour boats — Bobby calls it the highest shark concentration he has seen in French Polynesia.▶ 8:28 After GoPro batteries die, they snorkel coral heads around the boat.▶ 11:20 Bobby notes the catamaran keels nearby show significant wear.▶ 13:24 The crew then motors upwind to the Bora Bora Yacht Club for dinner, where Bobby explains that ciguatera bacteria makes reef fish unsafe to eat in the Caribbean but is absent in the South Pacific, making parrotfish safe there.▶ 16:32 The evening includes traditional Polynesian dancing, an audience participation segment with Chloe, and a fire show.▶ 17:04 A separate thread covers a power problem: Bobby's 330-watt editing laptop charges at only 30 watts via USB, requiring seven hours to charge for one hour of editing, with a replacement ordered but undeliverable to French Polynesia.▶ 0:45

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