by Rich Wilson | Feb 12, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk15
Dear Kim’s class: the Doldrums are a more general term. The more specific term used in meteorology is the ITCZ, the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone. Its where the northern and southern hemisphere weather systems meet. We can get our weather maps from NOAA...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 12, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk15
Dear Nicolas: Yes, we do know all the parts of the boat. We obviously need some specific expertise on different parts of the boat because its too complicated to know all the specifics for each part. So, we have an electronics expert, a sail expert, and a mechanical...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 8, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk14
YES! I record how far we have gone each day, or for segments of the voyage, and then calculate average speeds. I look constantly at data from the boat, like boatspeed and windspeed, and the angles (geometry) of the wind and the boat. In navigation also I look a angles...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 8, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk14
Dear Thomas: We spent over two years setting up this sitesALIVE program, with our curriculum, our website, and finding partners around the world who would participate with us. Also we needed to assemble our Team of Experts. I was the Founder of sitesALIVE, and since...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 6, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk14
We use an autopilot and instruments from B&G which is a company in England. Many of the boats in the race use this same equipment. Question submitted by Ningyun Cai
by Rich Wilson | Feb 6, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk14
Dear John: My asthma is well controlled, and so the peak flows are about the same at sea and on land. Where there may be a benefit from the clean ocean air, perhaps that is offset by the constant stress which is also a trigger for my asthma. Temperature and humidity...
