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Testing the AIS.
July 18, 2026 · 5 min · 2K views
What this video covers
Sven Yrvind attempts to test an AIS unit but immediately hits a connector mismatch: the antenna cable does not fit the unit.▶ 1:31 Unable to resolve the incompatibility, he tries positioning the antenna through a hole in the boat, though he notes it cannot stand straight up because a door is in the way.▶ 2:03 The GPS on what he calls the Temna also fails to acquire a fix, and the VHF is non-functional because the boat is indoors.▶ 2:36 The test produces no usable result. The video also includes an extended, unrelated segment in which Yrvind compares two 500-gram bread loaves — one kept for 27 days, one for 26 — and eats sardines from a tin labeled Sardinas from Nervigo to test provisioning and food storage.▶ 0:22 He closes by quoting a navigator's maxim: the prudent navigator takes every opportunity to confirm his position, framing the failed AIS test as part of that discipline.▶ 4:30
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