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Aladino Sails The Pacific Alone.
March 27, 2026 · 22 min · 51K views · Tofino
Aladino cuts through Pacific swell with sails full
What this video covers
Aladino sails the Cal 24 Magic Carpet solo from Tofino to Ucluelet, British Columbia, navigating a 30-nautical-mile passage characterized by 2-to-3-meter swells, shifting sandbanks, and dense fog.9:40 He manages the vessel under a single-reefed mainsail and staysail, motor-sailing the final leg through a narrow, fog-bound harbor entrance.13:02 Upon arrival in Ucluelet, he discovers his former Cal 24 sailboat moored in the harbor.15:19 The crew subsequently addresses a failed alternator, which exhibited decreasing output and rising temperatures, by ordering a replacement and sending the original unit to Balmar for diagnostic testing.16:29 While awaiting the part, they plan a short excursion to the Broken Islands to disconnect from Starlink and computer work during a brief late-September weather window.18:31
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