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What this video covers

A catamaran crew sailing from Dominica to Saint-Pierre, Martinique, experiences a significant data loss after an iPad file-transfer error corrupts their SD card, resulting in the loss of two days of footage from a rough passage.38:02 During the transit, the crew encounters a Sowerby's beaked whale.1:00 Upon arriving in Martinique, the crew anchors in Anses d'Arlet, noting that the designated mooring zone is poorly managed and often ignored by cruisers.14:38 They subsequently relocate to Sainte-Anne, where they encounter 25-to-30-knot gusts and begin a series of maintenance projects, including troubleshooting a failing freshwater pump and testing sewing repairs on boat canvas.33:08 The vessel, which previously underwent structural repairs to the compression beam and bows, remains in a period of ongoing maintenance.39:35 The crew relies on a watermaker to replenish tanks while at anchor in Sainte-Anne, where they find more consistent wind than in the sheltered waters of Le Marin.35:53

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