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An ex-Vendée Globe Open 66 named NV suffers multiple sail failures during a 2,300-mile offshore passage approaching the Torres Strait. The JT2 super J-top — a Kevlar and carbon laminate sail — develops holes from rat damage sustained in Fiji storage and from material fatigue, then blows out overnight.0:09 A Dacron middle staysail's luff rips on day one of the passage; Timo and Jo repair it by cutting sections of a salvaged luff from a sail given by friends on a boat called Mihili and stitching them on in intervals, faster than replacing the full luff.7:31 The genoa also rips, forcing the crew to run butterfly with the main and staysail before adding a storm sail.4:50 A pre-existing water-in-gearbox-oil problem requires an oil change every time the engine runs to charge batteries.16:08 Crew of six — including first-time sailors Stefan and Nico, Francoise, and engineer Guido — navigates reef-lined shipping channels toward the Torres Strait.5:36 PredictWind weather data downloaded via Iridium Go provides daily forecasts and passage planning.13:11 The crew also details Pitofino, a multiplexer box and web-app system by sailor-developer Christian that streams all onboard instrument data, AIS, and autopilot control to up to five wireless devices simultaneously and connects to Raymarine via a SeaTalk adapter.10:30

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