Watch Keeping Single Handing

[MicHughV]

I've found that watch keeping with two on board is not much better, no matter how you slice up the hours.

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by thomm225

Steven Callahan drifted right through the shipping lanes and saw several ships.

There's always one

It was tongue-in-cheek, but sheesh. What "shipping lane"? He saw what - 7 ships in 79 days? I think he had been adrift for two weeks before he saw the first one. And he drifted 1800 miles across the ocean.

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by davil

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respectful and "gentle reminder"

this thread is on

" Watch Keeping Single Handing"

There are other threads dedicated to opinions on the merits and negatives of single handling.
So be considerate of your fellow boaters who are single handling.
Thanks

The opening post of this thread acknowledged the danger and "illegality" of prolonged single-handing, so Tabby's post is entirely on topic.

Curious that you didn't offer a counter-argument to Tabby's reasoning that 15-minute sleep increments are not safe.
Which is irrespective of the mindless idiocy of suggesting one could maintain a 15-minute sleep cycle over an extended period, as was suggested by one member. Presumably based on the flawed reading of a flawed article.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Lodesman

The opening post of this thread acknowledged the danger and "illegality" of prolonged single-handing, so Tabby's post is entirely on topic.

Curious that you didn't offer a counter-argument to Tabby's reasoning that 15-minute sleep increments are not safe.
Which is irrespective of the mindless idiocy of suggesting one could maintain a 15-minute sleep cycle over an extended period, as was suggested by one member. Presumably based on the flawed reading of a flawed article.

Its rude to call people idiots.. although there's a few members who do it regularly..

[OldManMirage]

Originally Posted by MicHughV

The good Lord is said to look after fools, drunks and sailors....so I've been well covered.

Indeed, as I consider myself all three.

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Its rude to call people idiots.. although there's a few members who do it regularly..

You didn't seem to mind a couple pages back

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Lodesman

You didn't seem to mind a couple pages back

Don't recall calling anyone an idiot.. do recall saying I was not prepared to fly with a dedicated shaker syphon in my baggage.
A couple of euros will buy me enough clear plastic hose to use each trip.
There's two ways to read a post.. how its written or how you choose to interpret it..
Including words like mindless idoicy leaves no need for interpretation.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Don't recall calling anyone an idiot.. do recall saying I was not prepared to fly with a dedicated shaker syphon in my baggage.
A couple of euros will buy me enough clear plastic hose to use each trip.
There's two ways to read a post.. how its written or how you choose to interpret it..
Including words like mindless idoicy leaves no need for interpretation.

Opps.. Thread confusion..
Sorry about that..

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Bar the god bit I agree with everything you've said about listening to your senses.
However most Townies don't have them, but then the Townie who solo's is a rare breed and even rarer on the open ocean.

I presume your referring to this post Lodesman..
Saying someone is not tuned in to all their senses is not calling them idiots.. its just they have not had to learn what nature is telling them.. hence reliance on weather apps and sat phones so they can get weather updates from shore on passages.. and why my friend from London asked "how do you know where the winds coming from".
Many will learn with time on the water and many will continue to rely on instruments, apps and sat phones.
Basic knowledge like a low starts with NW'ly then swings N then NE as it passes or an increasing swell from a specific direction gives 24hrs notice of a gale approaching and its time to run S a bit.. or N depending on hemisphere.
As for the 15min sleep technique, never tried it.. but I do practice the 15min awake technique between snoozes..

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by boatman61

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"]I presume your referring to this post Lodesman..

No. It wasn't what you said, but you did quote it. Post 333.

[davil]

Re: Watch Keeping Single Handing


"Curious that you didn't offer a counter-argument to Tabby's reasoning that 15-minute sleep increments are not safe."

Re-read the whole thread,25 postings, all of them.
Found this thread very helpful as I single hand many times.
Some posters have links to the physiology of sleep, others to management of a sailboat under way.
Cannot find any reason to counter-argument any of the techniques discussed,It really comes down to what works for any individual skipper.
And again my thanks to all contributions.
Life is good.
Even for single handlers!!!!!!!!!!

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Lodesman

No. It wasn't what you said, but you did quote it. Post 333.

Guilt by association.. fair do's..

[davil]

Originally Posted by davil

Re: Watch Keeping Single Handing


"Curious that you didn't offer a counter-argument to Tabby's reasoning that 15-minute sleep increments are not safe."

Re-read the whole thread,25 postings, all of them.
Found this thread very helpful as I single hand many times.
Some posters have links to the physiology of sleep, others to management of a sailboat under way.
Cannot find any reason to counter-argument any of the techniques discussed,It really comes down to what works for any individual skipper.
And again my thanks to all contributions.
Life is good.
Even for single handlers!!!!!!!!!!

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correction
25 pages

[thomm225]

Originally Posted by Lodesman

He saw what - 7 ships in 79 days? I think he had been adrift for two weeks before he saw the first one. And he drifted 1800 miles across the ocean.

Yeah, I've read the book several times.

It's great

[hpeer]

There are the cycadian rhythms and others. Many years ago there was a word for this good day - bad day rhythm but I have forgotten it and can’t find it. Not the infradian rhythm.

But yeah, we all have bad days when should just go sit somewhere safe. Or at least I do.

I know it when I look at something I did and I go “FFS, Really?”