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Vlad departs Cat Island on his Amel 50 Mirage for a 50-mile solo passage to Georgetown, Exumas, sailing close-hauled in 25–30 knots of true wind at a true wind angle of roughly 70–105 degrees.1:03 To handle the upwind conditions, he fits running backstays to stiffen the mast and flies the inner staysail rather than the full genoa.1:16 The passage covers 50 miles in 6 hours 15 minutes, with the hardest 30 miles sailed into building chop after rounding Cat Island's lee.3:33 He enters the Exumas through a wide, reef-reduced channel north of Conk Cay, which he identifies as less hazardous than his previous entry point.3:34 An informal race with another 50-foot boat runs most of the crossing; Vlad closes to 0.6 miles at the finish.23:47 The passage doubles as a backstory: Vlad traces his path from 20 years of windsurfing to a gifted three-day ASA course in Annapolis, two years sailing club Rainbows, a Beneteau Oceanis 41.1 named Melody, a Bermuda offshore passage, four months in the Bahamas, and finally the 2023 purchase of the Amel 50.12:21 He credits Starlink with making full-time liveaboard work viable.15:34

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