The Worst Moment To Slow Down | S3 Ep 11

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After nearly a month anchored between Johor Bahru and Singapore, our ex-Vendée Globe race boat had become painfully slow.

Ahead of us lay more than 500 nautical miles through the Singapore Strait and the Malacca Strait — some of the busiest shipping lanes anywhere in the world — and almost immediately we realised something was seriously slowing NV down.

What we discovered underneath the boat was not exactly ideal…

With huge tankers all around us, murky water, strong currents, and even the possibility of crocodiles, Timo jumps into the water to try to scrape enough growth from the hull to...