Few people have as much experience as Dee Caffari at living in offshore race mode for weeks on end. She tells Andy Rice about the importance of sleep at sea.
Dee Caffari knows the importance of sleep to any offshore sailor, whether you’re racing solo, double-handed or fully-crewed. “Most sailors don’t understand how the lack of sleep can affect your performance and your ability to make decisions,” she says. “If people increased their awareness of the topic they’d be much better at it.”
Dee says it was skippering a team of amateurs on the Global Challenge that really opened her eyes
