"Dennis Pogson" wrote in message
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I think if I had just gotten through the Raz and needed a sleep, I would
have set course for the open sea, although I appreciate that his
off-course
alarm failed to waken him.

The prevailing westerlies in that part of the world, and the sheer speed
of
these machines, would make it appear to be close on the wind regardless of
any motion sensations which we "normal" sailors tend to react to.

22,000nm then he blows it on a relatively short voyage home! Yikes!

He should have gone in towards Audierne and anchored while he rested. Damn
silly putting a boat on unattended autopilot around there because even if he
headed for the open sea the area abounds with fishing boats that assume that
everyone else is going to keep clear of them and certainly expect someone to
be on watch. He behaved as if he was still in mid Atlantic.