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What this video covers

The crew of the sailing vessel Catalpa spends the Christmas season in Ambon, Indonesia, while waiting for repairs on a friend's boat, Nalukai.2:40 While anchored, the crew installs numbered fabric tabs every 10 meters along their anchor chain to improve depth tracking, replacing temporary markers like zip ties and paint.0:47 During their stay, the group visits local hot springs and celebrates Christmas with the crew of Nalukai.7:07 On Christmas night, Lee and Liam attempt to launch fireworks from the Nalukai dinghy while anchored in the bay.14:18 The fireworks display becomes dangerous when a firework box tips over, causing projectiles to fire horizontally toward the dinghy and the nearby boats.15:50 The crew narrowly avoids injury, and the incident serves as a warning against using unstable platforms for pyrotechnics.18:23

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