Sailing Nomadika · vídeo

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Dean and Tess, liveaboards with no prior sailing experience, endure a week of severe windstorms at their marina berth on Nomadika, a 31-foot, 40-year-old sailboat.0:18 Gusts hit 45 knots and force them off the boat at 2:30 a.m. to sleep in their van; the following day they abandon ship again during what marina regulars rate a nine-out-of-ten storm.0:51 Their exposed slip — positioned far out into the bay in 26 feet of water — offers no protection, and dock lines cinch so tight they bow the rail wood and bind into immovable knots.6:25 A region-wide power outage threatens their scheduled VHF radio oral exam; they run Starlink and laptops off a Blue Eddy battery pack at 70% charge to complete the test.1:28 Separately, the engine has been sidelined for three weeks with diesel contaminating the oil, traced to a failed fuel lift pump.7:51 Replacing it takes two days: the part is buried behind the engine block with no wrench clearance, requiring a flexible-head wrench set and Tess's smaller hands to extract the hidden bolt.12:19 The engine starts clean after reassembly, and oil checks show no remaining diesel contamination.17:15 Tight engine-compartment access makes a straightforward pump swap a multi-day job on this hull.

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