Torresen Sailing Site: What do you think the strengths of your boat
are ?
: My boat is special for many reasons. It
was designed and built for this purpose and
has shown great potential in the last race, but it did have some shortcomings as well. The
great aspect of the boat now is that it has been completely rebuilt to fix the
shortcomings and maximize it's strengths. The boat has been equipped with a new carbon
rudder, mast and bow sprit as well as a new interior configuration and has lost 1,000 lbs
of displacement in the process.
Torresen Sailing Site: Since you indicate that you feel Legs 1 &
4 are key......what kind of research into the weather are you doing ? Will you employ a
weather router such as Bob Rice etc. ?
: Competitors in the Around Alone are not
permitted to use outside wx briefers so I will
not be using a "Bob Rice" type. Legs 1 and 4 are in fact the most strategic and
I have been reviewing past succesfull routes, given particular wx patterns as well as
reviewing different software programs that are currently available that use boat polars as
well as reported wx to recomend a given course.