Sailing Zataravídeo
Boat Work in Paradise! But we also swim with sharks & dolphins! 🦈 🐬 (Ep 356)
2 de abril de 2026 · 19 min · 158K visualizações · The Bahamas
Catamaran anchors above coral reef in turquoise sea
O que este vídeo aborda
The Whitaker family aboard Zatara pauses at Conception Island in the Bahamas while waiting for a weather window to Puerto Rico, with a scheduled haul-out on the 25th driving the departure decision.▶ 0:02 Keith and the crew address a driveshaft coupler problem traced to Just Catamarans leaving bolts insufficiently torqued at build; three bolts are re-secured, but one sheared bolt cannot be extracted and is left in place with three remaining bolts holding, to be drilled out at a machine shop in Puerto Rico.▶ 5:18 Renee demonstrates the Easy Stitch tool for repairing a separating zipper on canvas.▶ 3:19 The crew scrubs the hull as a team effort — some on scuba with a Nemo power scrubber, others snorkeling the waterline — completing the job in about two hours.▶ 10:16 Keith works through weather routing on screen, weighing departure dates from the 18th through the 20th to catch a broad-reach window past Turks and Caicos to Puerto Rico, ultimately targeting Thursday the 19th or 20th.▶ 8:58 Multiple dives at Conception Island produce encounters with lemon sharks and, on the final morning, a resident dolphin the family has encountered repeatedly over seven years.▶ 14:52 A sheared driveshaft coupler bolt left by the builder should be drilled out at a machine shop rather than forced at sea.
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