by Rich Wilson | Nov 21, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk3
Our plan is to eat 4 meals per day: once every 6 hours. Granola and milk for breakfast, then a sandwich at lunch, then a freeze-dried dinner for 2 at dinnertime, then a pasta ramen noodle brick at midnight. Plus snack around the clock, and this targets 6,000 calories...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 21, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk3
Usually I get seasick the first night at sea. One is tired from the preparation, and one is anxious about the challenge of the voyage. In 2008-9 Vendée Globe, I was violently seasick for the first 24 hours. Yet this time, in 2016, my stomach was unsettled, but I did...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 21, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Through yesterday afternoon and into the night, we sailed stably and quite fast. We made minor adjustments to which ballast tanks we filled, or did not, and whether a reef, or not, was useful. One aspect of this boat that is very different from our boat for Vendée...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 20, 2016 | Ship's Logs
In the night, we had a bird flying just overhead about 30′ up above the cockpit in the dark. I could just barely make out its shape, dark against dark. It was amazing that the bird would be able to see rigging, and avoid it. Some time later, I was in the cabin,...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 19, 2016 | Ship's Logs
At 0450 UTC this morning, Great American IV crossed the Equator heading south. It is my 12th crossing under sail, and to see the N turn to S on the GPS holds the same wonderment as the first time. We are in the Southern Hemisphere. And when we get to the Southern...