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Nike returns to her 30-ft sailboat, Carl, in the Las Perlas Islands, Panama, following a severe heel fracture sustained during a kitesurfing accident in Los Roques, Venezuela.0:35 After undergoing surgery in Germany to install a titanium plate and 10 screws, she spent three months in bed and several more in an orthosis before beginning physical therapy.1:13 Facing a one-year visa limit for Carl in Bahia Caracas, Ecuador, Nike flew to the boat to organize a crew for a passage to Panama.3:10 She recruited David to join her, buddy-boating with the vessel Joanna, crewed by Maria, her father, and Nico.3:35 The fleet departed Bahia Caracas after dry-falling the boats to scrape barnacles.4:41 They sailed north, stopping at Cabo Pasado, Tumaco, Isla Gorgona, and Utria, before clearing out of Colombia at Bahia Solano.4:51 The voyage concluded in the Las Perlas Islands just as pandemic travel restrictions began.8:55 Nike continues to manage limited ankle flexibility through ongoing exercises while living aboard.9:29

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