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Camilla of CB Marine performs canvas and cushion work in Västervik, Sweden.Watch Irvind recounts a 1974 voyage from Argentina toward Cape Horn aboard the small yacht Breeze.0:44 After customs officials denied clearance due to the boat's size, Irvind and his crew, Janneke, departed without permission.0:44 In the Roaring Forties, the boat suffered a beam-on capsize during a gale and a subsequent pitchpole in a violent storm.2:05 Irvind deployed a tire as a drogue to manage the following seas.4:40 Following the damage, Irvind navigated by sextant toward Tristan da Cunha, an isolated island 2,600 miles from Buenos Aires.6:41 Upon arrival, local residents used longboats to assist in hauling the vessel ashore.9:11 Irvind remained on the island for six months, teaching mathematics to local children and observing the community's communal land-use practices and stamp-based economy.11:11 Janneke eventually departed the island via a supply ship, while Irvind later sailed north toward St Helena.12:05

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