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I finished Vito's book a few days ago. His adventure puts things in perspective ... I've started "party of one" and have ordered "Cap Horn à la voile".

I've got a few saved searches on CL but they're not looking promising. A while ago I had mentioned that the sheave on the jib lead car was pretty worn out; I snapped one on eBay as a backup or most likely replacement for $30 (the whole car).

No suggestion on main halyard failure management?

I spent the weekend teaching.

Oh, and anyone has a (very) specific suggestion for wool to wool spinnakers? Like a link ... Mine is just too strong.

I've continued to update the pre-departure checklist as things come to mind. Brian B got me thinking about how I spend my time at sea:

8:00: boil water, pour over dry food
8:15: check sail trim
8:30: eat
8:45: make grib/weather chart request; check in
9:00: personal hygiene
9:15: check sail trim
9:30: review routing options for next 24 hrs
10:00: log book entry
10:15: stuff cockpit pockets with snacks & water, steer
12:00: log book entry
12:15: sleep
13:15: check sail trim
13:30: boil water, pour over
13:45: deck walk through
14:00: log book entry
14:15: lunch
14:30: steer
16:00: log book entry
16:15: family communication
16:30: sleep
17:30: personal hygiene
17:45: check sail trim
18:00: log book entry
18:15: a surprise I'll have to attend to
19:00: boil water
19:15: check sail trim
19:30: dinner
19:45: deck walkthrough before night
20:00: log book entry
20:15: steer
22:00: log book entry
22:15: sleep
23:00: sail trim check
23:15: sleep
00:00: log book entry
00:15: personal hygiene
00:30: steer
02:00: log book entry
02:15: another surprise
03:00: sleep
04:00: log book entry
04:15: sail trim check
04:30: sleep
05:30: sail trim check
05:45: personal hygiene
06:00: log book entry
06:15: sail trim check
06:30: sleep
07:30: sail trim check
07:45: personal hygiene

Is this even remotely close? The surprises include things as sail changes too not just problems. If I counted correctly that's 6.5 hrs of sleep.