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Drake and Monique navigate their boat into a channel in Tunisia while dodging numerous crab and lobster trap buoys.▶ 0:06 The crew monitors depth and current to avoid sandbars while entering the anchorage. During the final sail-lowering maneuver, the mainsheet traveler car assembly explodes when a cotter pin fails, causing the shackle to detach and the mainsheet to run free.▶ 6:01 Monique manages to secure the sheet to a winch while Drake steers.▶ 8:22 After anchoring in 120 feet of chain, Drake repairs the Harken traveler by straightening the bent metal hardware and replacing the failed cotter pin with a new one.▶ 13:46 The crew plans to remain in the sheltered anchorage for several days to wait out a forecast of 17- to 29-knot winds and potential thunderstorms.▶ 12:06

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