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Early mornings and heavy rains
July 5, 2026 · 28 min · 3K views · Baltic Sea, Sweden
What this video covers
Nova Loman departs a Baltic anchorage at 4 a.m., hand-hoisting a mud-caked anchor chain meter by meter — a process that takes roughly 20 minutes — then cuts the day's passage short after short-period Baltic chop makes the boat slam to a near-stop despite light winds.▶ 0:36 She picks up a private club mooring buoy in an unplanned bay in Sweden, negotiates permission ashore, and ends up sharing dinner with the club's members.▶ 6:35 The next morning, also a 4 a.m. departure, brings following winds and speeds between 5 and 8 knots, but a slow-moving rain squall tracks with the boat for over an hour, shifting wind 50 degrees and forcing two jibes; a preventer prevents an accidental gybe from causing damage.▶ 9:32 She explains the practical difference between a solar halo and a corona — a halo, measured by a full hand-width from sun to ring, signals incoming foul weather; a corona does not.▶ 21:32 A mainsail car works free from the track, flagged as a repair needed before the next sail.▶ 22:55 She navigates a narrow, shallow canal using plotter charts over a phone-based base chart, reaching a minimum depth of 2.6 meters while drifting through in idle.▶ 25:01
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