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What this video covers

Nova Loman, a solo sailor living aboard a 1970s sailboat, experiences a week-long bout of severe food poisoning while anchored at Västra.13:52 After attempting to paddleboard her dog, Nenno, ashore despite feeling weak, she becomes incapacitated and requires assistance from a friend named Toby to transport the dog.13:34 Despite her illness, Loman motors the vessel from the anchorage to Nynäshamn, struggling to manage basic tasks like unhooking from a mooring buoy.14:42 She continues to work remotely during her recovery until her final day of employment, eventually seeking care at her mother’s home before traveling to Italy.15:20 The video also details Loman’s attempt to dampen mast slap by stuffing the spar with foam camping mat strips and her observation of a 22-degree solar halo as a precursor to rain.9:29

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