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Christophe replaces the anchor chain on his boat, Corail, while at anchor. He upgrades to 45 meters of galvanized steel chain, replacing the previous length that had become heavily rusted.0:46 To clean the anchor locker and remove rust stains from the deck, he uses oxalic acid (sel d'oseille), noting that frequent rain helps rinse the solution effectively.3:13 He opts not to install new plastic chain markers, choosing instead to reuse his existing ones to allow the future owner to customize the depth markings.5:26 He secures the end of the chain to the boat using a multi-pass splice through the links to ensure redundancy.10:32 During the process, he identifies a minor electrical fault in the windlass remote control, which he previously damaged during a rough passage to Mahon.12:25 The project concludes with the new chain successfully installed and the anchor locker cleaned.9:26

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