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We're Leaving the USA (ready or not!) | EE 81

21 de mayo de 2022 · 21 min · 202K visitas · USA

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Brett and Jade Evans complete a final pre-departure refit aboard their boat in the USA before leaving for the Bahamas, compressing roughly 24 hours of simultaneous boat work and video editing to meet a self-imposed weekly publishing deadline.0:22 Brett repairs and re-tensions the Bimini frame fittings, installs a fuel filter and water separator on the dinghy, and wires six solar panels in parallel through the dodger and bimini runs using 8-gauge and 1.0mm cable.0:53 He mounts Victron solar charge controllers in the stern, installs a Lynx 1000 Shunt and Cerbo GX touch display supplied by Battle Born and their UK distributor Transporter Energy, and adds circuit breakers to the solar circuit.5:32 Jade replaces 12-year-old interior LED light fixtures throughout the cabin, including units with integrated wireless phone chargers, and assembles the abandon-ship grab bag: food rations, dog-specific high-calorie rations, a fog horn, three first-aid kits, drinking water, and emergency fishing tackle stored alongside the life raft in the stern cabinet.13:58 The crew provisions for the Bahamas passage in two credit-card transactions totaling roughly $1,058, with additional meat, produce, and dog food still to buy.20:15 Paddleboard racks are clamped to the rail; inflatable boards will be deflated for passages.12:18

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