The passage is traditional sailing vessel route--down wind and current the
entire way.  It is quite possiable that the boat will get at least a knot
boost with wind wave and current.  If the boat were going the opposite
direction, the story might be entirely different.

Also I learned a long time ago that there was often not 100% sunshine on trade
wind routes.  I have sailed many days without seeing full bright sun.  I
wonder what the effeciency of the boat's solar panel are under cloudy skies.

Bob Austin

I guess they had better have adequate rations
and a watermaking capability!!!

D C "Mac" Macdonald
mv Another Adventure
Grand Lake - Oklahoma

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Bob Austin" thataway4@cox.net
Reply-To: Power Catamaran List power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
To: "Powercat" power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
Subject: [PCW]  Solar cat to cross the Atlantic
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:53:36 -0500

The passage is traditional sailing vessel route--down wind and current the
entire way.  It is quite possiable that the boat will get at least a knot
boost with wind wave and current.  If the boat were going the opposite
direction, the story might be entirely different.

Also I learned a long time ago that there was often not 100% sunshine on
trade
wind routes.  I have sailed many days without seeing full bright sun.  I
wonder what the effeciency of the boat's solar panel are under cloudy skies.

Bob Austin