Sven Yrvind · video

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Sven Yrvind recalculates the water storage capacity on his small boat, identifying six hatches (blue hatches 4, 5, and 6, both starboard and port) holding three containers each — 18 containers total.0:06 The large containers hold 5.5 liters each, totaling 99 liters; adding smaller 1- and 2-liter bottles and rainwater collection capacity brings the estimated total to roughly 120 liters.0:45 He then works on sealing gaps in the hull, applying small pieces and brickwork-style layering on the interior around a suspected leak point, with fiberglass to follow once the area is cleaned up.0:55 A second gap is also closed.1:17 He notes the work around a "cleaning thing" inside the hull and acknowledges uncertainty about whether the repairs will prove watertight.1:49 The second half shifts to autobiographical material: Yrvind reads from his book, describing his birth on 22 April 1939 on the island of Brännö, just outside Göteborg on Sweden's west coast, his father's departure on a cargo ship in January 1940, and his father never returning.2:24

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