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Drake and Monique sail their Westsail 42, Paragon, into Gijón, Spain after five days at sea, arriving at Yates Marina where their friend Hazel has already secured a berth.1:18 The final approach covers roughly 19 miles upwind at 5–6 knots, with the engine running to maintain speed ahead of an approaching weather front carrying 35-knot winds.1:09 A ship named Fiona passes at a closest point of approach of 0.1 miles, close enough that Monique wakes Drake; the ship later alters course toward port.3:20 Running the engine for two days to gain an extra knot over sailing speed proved the decisive call — it pushed Paragon north of the front before it arrived.6:17 Drake explains the boat's docking system: three light lines plus a red midships spring line attached to a Genoa track cleat, which causes the boat to hug the dock when motoring forward and away.13:16 He also describes choosing the electric autopilot over the newly installed hydrovane in rough conditions because the hydrovane's tiller-line controls were not yet intuitive under fatigue.9:23 The crew toasts the arrival with limoncello in memory of Eric Forsyth, who sailed a Westsail 42 and whose daily rum ration at 1700 is recounted.24:26 The extra engine speed to outrun a front is confirmed as the right call.6:17

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