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Jon installs a new forward bulkhead on Antidote, a sailboat undergoing a full refit, then tests a Roam cellular monitoring device on a separate 1987 Newport 30 Mark 3 named Odyssey.0:10 The bulkhead work uses three layers of 1708 biaxial cloth for tabbing, following Dave Gare's book *The Elements of Boat Strength*, with a 1:1 resin-to-glass ratio by weight using Hawk epoxy.2:11 A half-inch pattern router bit trims the opening flush; a half-inch round-over bit eases the interior edge before glassing.1:10 The anchor locker drain fitting receives additional tabbing for watertightness.7:06

The Roam device — a US-made, Oregon-designed LTE cellular monitor priced at $300 with a $60/year subscription — connects directly to the battery terminals and accepts up to four inputs: GPS position, a high-water bilge float switch, bilge pump voltage sensing, and a second battery monitor.11:50 Jon installs it on Odyssey, fishing wires under molded floor liners with an electrical snake and using heat-shrink butt connectors at the bilge pump switch.19:46 The high-water alarm triggered a phone notification in five to six seconds during testing.23:17 Roam provided the unit and one year of monitoring; a $20 discount code "living for sail" is offered to the first 100 buyers.31:34

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