Sven Yrvind · video

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Sven Yrvind modifies the stern of his aluminum boat to improve rudder clearance and simplify sail and anchor handling from the cockpit.0:16 He removes a large bumpkin, reconfigures the rudder linkage using sawdust and epoxy, and rigs the anchor to deploy from the cockpit to avoid deck work.0:51 During a passage from the Falkland Islands to Mar del Plata, Argentina, his crew, Catty, falls overboard while adjusting the whisker pole.6:18 Although she is unclipped from the boat, she is wearing a lifeline, allowing Yrvind to retrieve her from the water.8:01 Upon arrival in Mar del Plata, the crew manages a following sea by surfing the boat through a breaking wave.9:45 The vessel later encounters a massive swarm of insects while approaching the coast in calm, hot conditions.8:51 Catty eventually returns to the Falkland Islands to work as a teacher, where she experiences the occupation of the islands during the 1982 conflict.10:03

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