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Sailing Squib Update August 30, 2025
August 30, 2025 · 1 min · 853 views · Velikogradice
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The AIS antenna cable on Squib snapped inside the weather locker where the rudder quadrant sits, leaving the system unable to acquire satellites for several days.0:09 The repair involved soldering the inner copper core, wrapping it with insulating tape, shielding it with aluminum foil, rebuilding the outer copper braid, then sealing the whole repair with heat-shrink tubing and insulating tape.0:17 After reconnecting, AIS restored and other vessels appeared on the display again.Watch Squib arrived at Velikogradice and anchored in a small harbor basin roughly three kilometers from the town in four meters of water.0:47 The next day the crew plans to clear out of the country, then motor 15 km across to Romania, with the Iron Gate — the Danube gorge — the next major waypoint ahead.0:59 Position tracking on MarineTraffic is expected to resume once underway.1:23
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