Boat.
A standard model of Kruger’s Sea Wind #127. I’ve been paddling her since 2001 mostly on rivers like Colorado River and Dismal River. It’s my winter season boat. It was first time in salt water.

Speed comparison. I could maintain 4.5 mph in light loaded Sea Wind for several hours (~20 miles). I expected cruising speed ~3.5 mph, but I was much slower averaging somewhat below 3 mph!

Seat with pads.

Flag/light poll. A cheap $6 fishing rode. Reflective tape. Princeton Tec Sports flare

Spray deck. Small deck bag with a “universal” GPS mount (looked ugly but worked great). Bungee cord in front of the seat to hold a map case and other small items. Originally, I made a GPS mount from a piece of aluminium going over the spraydeck but it appeared to be too complicated in practice.

Deck rigging. I haven’t encountered really rough conditions during the race. Nothing more than 3-4’ waves. I could paddle the entire course without spray cover taking just some splashes when going against wind across Tampa Bay. Of course, the spray deck helped to reduce wind resistance. When paddling the Colorado River with high often confused hay stack waves I often take some water over the top of my spray deck

I had a small deck bag tied in front of my spraydeck and my GPS "mount" attached to that bag - a plastic box with a few bungee cords at the bottom. It worked pretty well for my two GPS units with different size. Just be carefull to not press any buttons with a bungee. I had also a single bungee cord across my spreydeck to hold map case and other small things.

Sail

Pacific Action Sail. Ordered directly from New Zealand, received by air mail in 5 days (much cheaper than from any US distributor). Free replacement of broken attachement. I've figured out that it may be difficult to operate Spirit Sail mounted on the front deck of Sea Wind because of her long cockpit. Therefore, I've decided to install Pacific Action Sail (I've ordered it directly from NZ, much cheaper than buying in US):

Photography/video equipment. Canon Powershot S40 camera in waterproof case. Canon Optura XI camcorder in a pelican case with tapes and batteries for at least 8 hours. I shot less than 1 hour of video including the start of the race.

Food and drinks. Accelerate and Endurox, about 1 gallon per day, + clear water, electrolyte supplements Ensure+ at least 1 per day Starbuck doubleshot coffee Beef jerky Dry figs A couple of apples Fruit caps (mandarin orange) MRE - 1 per day Hot tea or coffee at least once per day Power gels, power bars, granola bars

Hot dogs at Placida, some pastry at Chokoloskee, breakfast buffet at Flamingo

No problems with my digestive system. In TWS with hotter weather and more intensive paddling where I am relying more on sport drinks I usually suffer from some diarea after the first day of the race.

Sleeping.

Mini sleeping pad. Light sleeping bag. Hennessy expedition hammock with snake skins for a faster setup.

Body maintenance.

Hydropel. Body glide. Sun block.

Ibuprofen to relieve seating discomfort.