There are a number of was to deal wth this: With two (or more) people you can have watches of maybe two or four hours.
Sleep and let the windvane (autopilot) steer Lay the boat hove-to so it effectively stops in the water A lot depends on where you are. Out in the middle of the ocean you could pretty much do whatever you want. If you’re in or around shipping lanes, you better have a watch. -D > On Oct 27, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > So I hear about people going on these long trips in sail boats. So a question > has entered my mind. Say 2 people are doing a month long trip in a boat and > it is night time. Do they just go to sleep and float wherever they drift > during the night? Or what? Or so they take turns sleeping with one awake at > all times? If they both sleep at the same time, what happens if a ship comes > along and runs them over, or they drift into some rocks? > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
