Lauren Landers Sailing · video

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Lauren Landers hosts a group of friends in Grand Case, St. Martin, for a New Year’s celebration.0:04 The group tours the island in rented side-by-side vehicles and later surprises friends arriving by air.0:18 The crew prepares to relocate the boat to David's Hole, an ancient collapsed sea cave, to snorkel.14:21 During the transit, the crew navigates 15 to 20 knots of wind and practices winch operation and line handling.7:35 Landers reflects on the two-year anniversary of the channel, noting early mechanical failures in Fort Lauderdale that required replacing the outboard engine and repairing the solar array, bow, and windlass.6:11 Following the departure of the guests, Landers plans to resume boat maintenance in St. Martin, citing the relative ease of shipping parts to the island.21:17

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