Food is a critical ingredient for a successful voyage. Since only Rich Wilson will be aboard for the race, and the race rules don’t allow the participants to stop overnight, Rich will be sailing around the clock and will need solid nutrition. For this 100-day voyage at sea, Rich adapted the food lists and menus that his mother developed for him for his last four extended voyages. Below are photos of Rich’s food planning and assembly from his past 15,000-mile voyage. You can also view the food lists and menus from that voyage: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks!

 

Step One: Gather food items together.
Step Two: Spread the freeze-dried food out on the floor.
Step Three: Organize food into boxes by week.
Step Four: bag each week in separate garbage bags (double-wrapped)
Occasionally, an order gets mixed up! Even with the physical demands that Rich will be under during the Vendee Globe, this is WAY to many raisins for him to eat.