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Sailing Squib - We'll take care of the rest on the way - From the Danube Delta to Mangalia /22
19 de março de 2026 · 29 min · 2K visualizações · Sfântu Gheorghe (Danube Delta)
Sunset over Black Sea from sailboat during golden hour
O que este vídeo aborda
Squib departs the Danube Delta at Sfântu Gheorghe and enters the Black Sea for the first time, making a roughly 50-mile overnight passage to Mangalia, Romania's southernmost port. The exit channel runs through breaking surf over sandbars, with depths fluctuating between 2.5 and 12 meters in irregular underwater swells; the crew holds a 140-degree course southeast until reaching 10–20 meters depth.5:41 Wind stays light at 3–6 knots with three conflicting swell systems, allowing only about 90 minutes of sailing before motoring the rest of the leg.10:59 The crew arrives just after 0500, navigates in by following lit buoys after getting no response on VHF Channel 16, and pays €18 for two nights at Mangalia marina.16:03 In port, they troubleshoot a port-engine oil-pressure warning light that glimmered during the night watch — the raw-water intake filter is fouled, likely with freshwater vegetation from the Danube; cleaning the filter and flushing the intake resolves the flow restriction.23:05 They also re-rig the Windpilot wind vane's control line routing through the stern ladder to redirect load downward onto the tiller linkage.19:38 The crew plans to depart Thursday morning for a 160-mile run south-southeast toward Bosburg in forecast 20–25 knots of northwest wind, timing departure to let southerly swell subside.14:41 A fouled raw-water intake filter can trigger an oil-pressure sensor warning even when oil level reads normal.
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