I have to say that I am not particularly a fan of passage making. Perhaps if Brenda was with me, I’d be happier to be offshore for days at a time and after more than a decade of long north and south runs, I can’t say that I look forward to yet another 1,500 run south to Antigua in November.
However, I do like the “being there” part of things and so look forward to reconnecting with friends, both in the Salty Dawg Rally and in Antigua, our destination.
When on passage, we keep watch 24/7, with someone always on deck. With three of us and the autopilot humming away, I have found that to be a good number of crew. However, if we were to have a failure of the electric autopilot, that would surely put a strain on everyone.