Phillbo, we don't have a sextant or an autopilot on board. We're always racing or returning when we're offshore so there are bunches of people we can reach by VHF. The longest passage I've ever made was Galveston to South Padre and back by way of Aransas last year. It's probably over 1000 miles through the water. That was on somebody else's boat. The way I see it a J/105 is too wet and cramped for long passagemaking.