I debriefed with Skip this past weekend. I feel so humbled sitting across the table from one of my sailing God (who builds his own boats...) - he is a true world class sailor who like me just enjoys being out in the ocean or on the water. Even now, that's where he spends his summer, even if it is coastal navigation. Just because it would be hard to find a better place to be...
- need to start prepping now. Ran out of time (but then everyone did)
- either remove connectors or get brand new ones and better waterproof them before the event to make sure they do not fail
- probably just one big fat battery bank instead of 2 of them since they will basically be constantly under charge
- go west to Farallones mostly first and then I was too far North, despite the fact that the High was way way North
- bigger twin sails? Keep spinnaker cloth. Perhaps just broader shoulders so I can use my regular poles?
- fly spinnaker even more often and see if using spare rudder helps fly the spinnaker even when it is howling ie enable the autopilot to keep up with the sail
- make sure my wind instruments work so I can fly the chute in the light stuff with the AP on and get some serious sleep there...and be faster...isntead of being torn between sleep and flying the chute...
- external fuse for Doomsday and a spare one taped to the brain
- take a spare HH GPS in case the one I have craps out...it would have saved me several hours instead of approaching by the South just because I couldn't go down below to check the boat GPS without having to take the chute down...
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