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Brothers Adam and Luke Martin depart the Society Islands on a 1,300-mile passage to Samoa aboard Chequers, a 1993 Prout Snowgoose 37 Elite catamaran they bought sight unseen in Tahiti two months earlier — their first catamaran after sailing exclusively on monohulls.0:07 Six weeks of repairs to electrical and engine systems preceded departure, and Adam began the passage already on antibiotics for a leg infection.1:25 The route runs north of the direct line to avoid cyclone-season risk, with a planned intermediate stop at Suwarrow Atoll (Cook Islands, 700 miles out), where the two rangers who manage the bird sanctuary accept a bottle of rum or tobacco in lieu of formal check-in.3:37 Squalls reaching 36–40 knots and persistent lumpy cross-swells mark the passage; the crew describes the challenge of learning when to reef a catamaran without the heel and tiller feedback a monohull provides.29:09 A high-pressure system stalls wind near Suwarrow, forcing them to abandon the stop and sail straight to Apia, Samoa's sole port of entry, six days out.42:49 The transition from their previous boat, a 1979 Rival 34 named Atlas, to the Prout catamaran is stark: far more stable and comfortable, but with unfamiliar feedback that made the first squalls genuinely frightening.18:18

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