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Sven Yrvind reviews South Atlantic routing charts for a planned high-latitude passage, tracing a route from Europe southward, through the doldrums, past the corner of Brazil, and down toward Cape Horn and the west coast of Chile, with a target destination near Corral, close to Bolivia.▶ 0:03 The routing chart for July–August shows a one-knot westward equatorial current and southeast trade winds running force 8 to 12 against the intended track — conditions that trapped him in the doldrums for a month in 1979.▶ 0:51 He replaces corroded stainless steel fittings with new ones, fitting lanyards and rounding their edges to protect the hull.▶ 2:11 Provisioning planning includes sardines with skin and bones sourced near Vigo, Spain, and pumpernickel bread — chosen for its roughly one-year shelf life — to absorb the sardine oil.▶ 4:06 He also notes Nitiga notebooks as a preferred tool for boat design drawings.▶ 2:49 No single departure date is given; Yrvind acknowledges the doldrums crossing timeline is unpredictable.▶ 1:52

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