Bart,
Ok, so you're sailing offshore, way offshore. You're sailing single-handed
but with another boat doing the same; your friend's boat is a few hundred
yards away. There are no other boats around for at least 50 miles. You need
some item (e.g., a cold beer or a torque wrench, doesn't matter) and it's on
his boat. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat to raft
over to him? Under any circumstances?
It's a purely theoretical in the places I sail, but I'm wondering if ocean
sailors ever leave their boat to autopilot.
Scout


"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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Anyone every sailed in a fleet of boats?

On Thursday, I balanced the boat on a close
haul and snuck up on the kids sitting in the bow
while the boat steered itself, and waited to see
how long before they noticed no one was
driving.

It took about 3 minutes.