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Barry Perrins, aboard his boat Shadi, puts into Darwin, Australia after 21 days becalmed offshore exhausted his supplies and forced him to abandon the passage.0:25 Because he had never formally cleared out of Australia, authorities readmitted him without issue, and he berthed at Bayview Marina.0:27

Darwin's 6-metre tidal range means every marina uses a lock system; Perrins navigated the entrance alone, following the chartplotter with no dock assistance.0:55 Heat, dehydration, and a respiratory infection landed him in hospital for a day; a later recurrence of cellulitis in his leg was controlled with medication he carried aboard.12:53 Sail repairs consumed significant time — a blowout left a hole large enough, he says, to drive a truck through; Dave from Calibre Sails in Whangarei had previously reinforced one section, which held perfectly.4:43 Perrins removed and cleaned the Hydrovane rudder, cleared weight by discarding a heavy canoe named Poo, and had a sailmaker measure up for a new sail.13:53 He also replaced a lost DJI Mini 1 drone with a Mini 2.9:39 Social life centred on the Diner Beach Cruising Yacht Association, where secondhand boat parts, live music, and fellow cruisers — including Irish Ron aboard Liberate — filled the extended, weather-forced stay.15:46

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