#18 Food🍎 Breakdowns 🛠 Strategy in the South Seas - The Vertical Hour
10 de mayo de 2026 · 35 min · 3K visitas · Océano Pacífico
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The crew of a 54-ft aluminum sloop, currently navigating the South Pacific at 54 degrees south latitude, reports a generator failure caused by a faulty diode in the injection pump's stop solenoid.1:13 After five hours of troubleshooting, the crew bypassed the damaged component by installing a manual switch in the navigation station to control the generator's fuel cutoff.1:52 The vessel maintains a steady pace of 9.3 knots in 30-knot winds, sailing with the third reef in the mainsail and a partially poled-out genoa.0:28 The crew utilizes a weather routing strategy that prioritizes wind gusts, sea state, and wave height over raw wind speed to navigate between high-pressure systems and low-pressure storms.27:58 They plan to reach the Strait of Magellan in approximately 15 days before heading to Valdivia, Chile.18:46 The crew also confirms they are preparing to analyze a previous incident where two large waves knocked the boat down 90 degrees, resulting in crew injuries.18:58
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