- Solar/Battery/Electric - Even if the battery goes dead we can just wait a bit to charge it up.
- Outboard - Eric got the 50 Hp outboard engine working. It was not as bad as I had feared. This can move me along like 12 knots for 50 miles or so on the two 6 gallon tanks I have.
- Sail power - this is a sailboat so wind is an option
- Kite - I have a few kites. I think even a small kite could be fun for steering with rudders and engine up. If I stand near the front of the boat it will turn downwind, if I stand near the bank the back will go downwind. Will have to try this just because.
- Sea Anchor - can stop out in the ocean anywhere and take a break
- Regular anchor - most of where I go will be shallow water
- I have spare rudder and daggerboard.
- Initial testing will be done upwind so we could drift back to the harbor if we had too.
- We will also have cell phones and these work further from shore than we will be going for some time.
- Installing a VHF radio
- We won't be going out unless the weather looks good
- The boat has so much foam built into it that it can not sink.
So we should have lots of redundancy.
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