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Running nearly out of fuel at 2:20 a.m. with no wind, 20 nautical miles off the Haitian coastline, the crew of Escapade considers pushing the boat with the dinghy tender motor — itself overheating with a suspected failed impeller — to cover the remaining distance to a wind zone.0:44 The fuel shortage followed roughly 60 nautical miles of motoring through a windless patch with insufficient reserves loaded.1:16 Wind arrived before the tank ran dry, and the boat crept toward Jamaica at 3–4 knots on less than a litre of fuel remaining.1:36 Conditions improved through the day, building to 15–18 knots and eventually near 25 knots as the trade winds began to fill in; the crew reefed the mainsail to the first reef and had already reefed the headsail.8:29 Forecast ahead includes 2.8-metre swell at 6-second intervals and gusts to 30–31 knots.6:12 The passage is a US-to-Colombia transit; the crew of three (Jase, Janae, and Tom, whose 40th birthday falls on Day 11) aims to arrive by the 18th.Watch Carrying insufficient fuel through a known light-air zone between Haiti and Jamaica nearly left the boat adrift.0:36

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