Sailing La Vagabonde · video

What this video covers

The crew of La Vagabonde faces a water shortage after the boat's water maker fails due to a maintenance error.4:45 To replenish supplies, they cruise the anchorage to borrow empty containers from other cruisers before traveling to a friend's house on the mainland to fill their tanks.5:18 The process takes half a day and results in the tanks reaching 30% capacity.7:11 While managing the water crisis, the crew visits a local builder named OJ to collect a custom-made speargun and discusses his process for tuning the gear for buoyancy and band tension.11:54 The day concludes with the crew preparing and cooking lobster, noting the difficulty of determining when large tails are fully cooked through.15:22

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