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Sailing to Empty Waves in the South Pacific (Dream Boatlife)
22 dicembre 2024 · 17 min · 137K visualizzazioni · Vavaʻu Group
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Max and his crew aboard the 1970s Swan 37 Elixir navigate the Vava'u group in Tonga to find remote, uncrowded surf breaks.0:29 The crew anchors in shallow, reef-heavy waters, relying on Navionics charts, a depth sounder, and a dedicated lookout on the foredeck to identify unmarked coral heads in the clear water.16:01 During the stay, the crew performs a field repair on a corroded fridge motherboard by soldering a new positive connection to restore power.14:47 When departing the anchorage, the crew manually hauls the anchor because the windlass is inoperable.15:20 The vessel then transits to the town of Neiafu to collect new crew members before continuing the voyage toward New Zealand ahead of the South Pacific cyclone season.17:11
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