Sam Holmes Sailing · video

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Sam Holmes repairs a damaged ignition on a Kia in North Carolina by using a rotary cutter to remove security bolts and clear a broken key fragment from the cylinder.Watch The vehicle starts after the obstruction is removed.0:51 During the winter off-season, he kayaks through mangrove channels, observing horseshoe crabs, manatees, and dolphins.1:21 He participates in a skydiving wind tunnel session, practicing body control to hover and perform high-altitude maneuvers.3:58 In the Florida Keys, he encounters a Portuguese man-o-war.4:44 The winter activities conclude in Norway, where he teaches Annalene to ski in Bortoli and explores World War II-era bunkers in Korsham.5:01 He also visits a friend in Korsham and consumes local Norwegian crayfish.6:47 Future plans involve returning to the boat in Venice to complete maintenance projects before sailing the Adriatic Sea.8:35

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