View Single Post
Old 09-14-2020, 04:45 PM   #15
mvweebles
Guru
 
mvweebles's Avatar
 
City: Saint Petersburg
Vessel Name: Weebles
Vessel Model: 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 7,179
Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB View Post
I believe you should always have at least two and that two can handle up to 48 hours. Beyond that, I believe you need three. I consider sleep deprivation a serious risk.
I believe there are many, many cruising couples who do just fine. I do not believe two non-acclimated people can depart California to Hawaii and do fine. My sense is you start out standing very short night-time watches, and eventually you get to 4-6 hour watches overnight. But at first, those mid-night watches are really difficult for a pair.

I do believe longer passages can be done safely by a pair, though the second night at sea is difficult as there's a sleep deficit from the night before. But after that, you start to acclimate. I almost always end up standing longer watches just to give my wife more sleep time, though she get's mad at me for depriving her of doing her responsibility to stand-watch.

Peter
__________________
_______________________________________
Cruising our 1970 Willard 36 trawler from California to Florida
Join our Instagram page @MVWeebles to follow along
mvweebles is offline   Reply With Quote