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 16, 2016 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk2
Dear Suer, Yes. On that first night, the wind might go from 15 knots to 25 knots in a couple of minutes, and then back to 8 knots, and then back to 25, or even to 34 knots that we saw, and then back to 8 knots. This might take place over a half hour or so, and the...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 16, 2016 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk2
Dear Felicien, Thanks for your question. Please also see my answer to Louison et Nans. Sailing an IMOCA Open 60 is usually so tiring that one can fall asleep anytime anyplace. In fact I’ve found in the last few days (I got no sleep for the first 36 hours in...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 16, 2016 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk2
Dear Louison et Nans, I will try to sleep between 5 and 6 hours in 24 hours. It will not be all at once, and it is unlikely to be all at night. I have some really good stocking caps that pull down over my eyes so that I can sleep during the day! I studied with a sleep...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 12, 2016 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk2
Reefs 1, 2, 3 for the mainsail can all be done from the cockpit. For Reef 4, I have to crawl to the end of the boom and make a lashing in a special line for Reef 4, and then make a special adjustment at the mast for the luff of reef 4. For our staysail and solent,...
