Saturday was a great day for sailing in a steady easterly breeze. One of the challenges of the day was the length of the course, coupled with wetsuits and a 35+ degree day with no cloud cover. One of the side effects for me was significant dehydration to the point that I was not fully re-hydrated until about 4 hours after I had finished the race and consumed about 10 litres of water. I haven’t carried any drink bottle with the exception of the Sunshine worlds 15 years ago, but that is all about to change.

I am modifying my new zhik PFD to carry a litre of water on my back using an off the shelf bottle from platypus hydration, in a refined version of what Luka is already doing. I’ll post some pics when the conversion is completed.

The title of this post is a quote from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.