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A 50-pound Spade anchor secures the boat during a coastal passage toward Gibraltar, where Sam Holmes encounters an electrical fire caused by a corroded USB port.1:52 Water leaking from a stanchion caused the port’s connectors to short, melting the wiring and filling the cabin with smoke.6:55 After cutting power to the circuit, the crew attempts to enter an inlet near Faroe to escape heavy swells and adverse currents.7:50 The boat stalls in the river mouth due to excessive current and breaking waves, forcing a retreat to open water.9:51 A second attempt to enter a different, shallower inlet occurs at night during heavy rain, where steepening waves create dangerous conditions before the boat reaches calm water.14:41 The crew relies on the LuckGrip app for weather routing and manages fuel consumption, estimating a 15-hour range with five gallons of diesel at three knots.5:02

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