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S3E44 Artha plays in the wind again
December 3, 2025 · 2 min · 6K views
What this video covers
Nicole takes Artha out for a day sail with a friend, Steven, after meeting a YouTube follower at The Bean.▶ 0:11 The boat tracks without touching the tiller, fully balanced, making roughly 4.5 knots and closing on a boat ahead.▶ 0:44 Nicole holds back from pressing harder because stanchion leaks remain unresolved and she wants to keep the toe rail out of the water.▶ 1:21 Off the water, she removes the solar panels from the cabin top and repositions them on the dodger, freeing the cabin top for a life raft or dinghy.▶ 1:32 A separate problem — the dodger's forward edge slides over the hatch without a coaming or traveler to hold it — is being worked through with friends Rick and Jenny, one of whom previously built interiors and made covers for Pacific Seacraft boats.▶ 2:05 The sail ends by 3:30 to make a Friendsgiving gathering.▶ 0:25 Relocating solar panels to the dodger is a practical way to reclaim cabin-top space for safety gear.
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