Hi, Bob, On my first offshore passage we had 3 crew. It was a good thing that we did, because my fiancée became seasick and was in her berth for two days. That meant standing watch and watch and my friend and I were exhausted. If another of us had become sick or injured, I don't know what would have happened. All of this fortunately happened in benign weather. Another point: being on a schedule, as it sounds like you were from Bermuda, is a great danger. I have known people who have "gone" regardless, because they had to meet someone in another place or had to get back to somewhere, and they had serious problems due to weather. I never agree to pick a visitor up at a specific place. They understand that they must come to me, and although I intend to be at the appointed place, I may be close but unable to do so, and they will have to find transportation. John "Seahorse" Bob Austin writes: > There are pluses and minus to having more than two crew. If you are not > comfortable with a two person crew, then this may limit your options. For > example we often take well known friends on long passages. On our crossing > from Bermuda to the Azores we had a couple lined up to acompany us. At the > last minute she found a lump in the breast and the diagnosis was cancer. So > we were faced with the options of taking on a crew in Bermuda or just the > two of us. We had made many over 1000 mile passages before with only two > and so this was no problem.