2013-02-08

How many times have you tried to come up with a similar innovation to promote comfort at sea?

Sailors have a lot of free time during a long passage, and sometimes they sleep, sometimes they write, and sometimes they tinker. Here, Ryan Breymaier, onboard the VO70 Maserati (which is skippered by Giovanni Soldini and deep into an attempt to break the NYC-San Francisco record), takes us through a little project he cooked up:

Anyone who has ever been on a VO70 knows how depressingly wet they are. So I'd say Breymaier and the

crew will be pretty chuffed if this little mod works.

Here's more about Ryan, who is establishing himself as America's premier offshore racer.

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