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Matt Rutherford // Atlantic Gyre Research

On the Wind Sailing

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The Mental Aspects of an Expedition

I think one of my questions I have written down here to ask you is science aside, what is it like to just be out at sea for that long? Well, there's three kind of mental aspects for me on any expedition, whether it's a transatlantic or tripper on the Americas. See, first, five to seven days is the adjustment period. It's a mental and physical adjustment. That's the bulk. But then there's the last week or, or less where you start thinking about, oh, you know, my first beer, my first meal,. All the things you've missed on land.

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