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Vlad departs Great Inagua, Bahamas solo at 4:00 p.m. aboard Mirage, an Amel 50, bound for Acklins Island — a 95-nautical-mile overnight passage.0:39 Wind builds past 20 knots, forcing him to reef both the genoa and mainsail to hold a comfortable 5–5.5 knots and avoid arriving at an unfamiliar reef-strewn anchorage in the middle of the night.1:39 With no moon, he uses the Star Tracker app on his phone to identify the Orion constellation overhead, including Rigel and Betelgeuse, and reflects on a recent neutrino burst that scientists suggested may signal Betelgeuse going supernova.4:01 A radar collision alarm triggers at 0:30 a.m. when a ship closes to within two miles; he monitors it and continues.5:48 He anchors at Castle Island with 27 miles still to go to the main Acklins anchorage, sleeps a few hours, then motors the remaining 7 miles in calm conditions.7:21 During that short leg he runs the generator to charge batteries to 85% at 175 amps and makes nearly 200 liters of water, topping tanks to roughly 600 liters.8:02 He always ties a safety line to the anchor, even in calm anchorages.8:37 Reefing early to control arrival time in reef-strewn waters is the passage's central practical lesson.

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