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A family crew aboard Big Lost completed a 3,100-nautical-mile Pacific crossing from the Galápagos Islands to the Marquesas in 18 days, arriving at Oahuka after months of preparation that began in Panama.▶ 3:58 The passage ran on rotating watch schedules, interrupted sleep, and continuous boat maintenance — gear broke underway, sail changes continued to the final miles, and fatigue compounded every decision in the closing stretch.▶ 0:32 The narrator describes feeding the crew through constant rolling and standing night watches as the ocean routine became its own normalcy.▶ 0:13 Children aboard stood watches and lived without internet for the duration.▶ 3:02 Captain Connor navigated the crossing.▶ 3:25 Landfall on the volcanic, cloud-wrapped peaks of the Marquesas did not bring immediate relief; the body's alertness did not release at once.▶ 4:43 Arrival meant checking into French Polynesia, taking on fuel, doing laundry, and washing salt off the boat before the crew could absorb where they were.▶ 6:12 The Marquesas are described as among the most remote islands in the world, reachable in practice only by sea passage of this length.▶ 6:42

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