Single-handed sailing is filled with the pleasures of self-reliance, responsibility and challenging situations, foremost amongst the latter being the ability to establish a balance between good watch-keeping and adequate sleep.
When coastal cruising, it is rarely necessary to spend more than one night at sea, most of us being quite capable of doing 36-hour tricks without sleep. Interspersed throughout the night can be rest periods of twenty minutes using an alarm clock or egg timer to prevent a nap becoming a dangerously long sleep. Read More in mysailing.com.au
