Steve: Careful planning and as John wrote one can get things in if needed along the way. High calorie backpacking food as Tyler wrote. Good discussion of foodstuffs and such for long distance in an M15 Michael Scott Mann's book 'A Little Breeze To The West: Adventures of a young man’s single-handed voyage to Hawaii on his 15-ft Montgomery sailboat' :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 2:18 PM <casioqv@usermail.com> wrote:
Everything backpackers do is applicable to an M15... if you can find freshwater occasionally on land you can filter it with a water purifier, and use this along with freeze dried backpacking food. Freeze dried food is around 1-2 pounds per day, so you could easily carry enough for a several month trip on an M15.
There are hand operated desalinators, but they are expensive and way too much effort for the tiny amount of water they produce- under a liter for a solid hour of pumping. If you can find reliable freshwater, a good backpacking filter produces a liter from 30 seconds of pumping - 120 times as fast as a desalinator. Carrying a week (~10 gallons) of water on an M15 is no problem. I like to use MSR Dromedary bags, which sit low in the bilge and give you extra ballast, while conforming to whatever place you set them.
Sincerely, Tyler
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Trapp" <stevetrapp@Q.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 1:37:23 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: R2AK?
Does any M-boater know how an R2AK participant in a small boat such as an M-15 know how the competitors get enough food, water, and beer to complete the long journey from Port Townsend to Alaska? Thanx, Steve M-15 # 335