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The crew of the sailboat *Sylvia* departs Luganville, Vanuatu, to outrun a developing tropical cyclone.1:25 Using PredictWind to model potential routes, the crew plans a passage to the Solomon Islands, maintaining an average speed of five knots.2:34 During the transit, the crew swaps the genoa for a jib to improve course stability and prepares a storm jib by rerouting sheets to the forward attachment point.10:59 The vessel encounters heavy, "woolly" seas and variable winds before arriving in Honiara, Solomon Islands, after a multi-day crossing.11:28 Upon arrival, the crew clears customs and anchors in the vicinity of Iron Bottom Sound, a site noted for numerous shipwrecks.19:54 The passage concludes without direct impact from the cyclone, which the crew avoids by sailing north.12:14

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