Sorry, I guess I should introduce myself.
My name is Vernon Green and I am a 20 year old college student. The friend going with me isn't a member I have tried but he doesn't look at the boards to often.

Thanks for all the advice, I cut and pasted it to my list I am making of stuff. I am looking at the planning and everything as part of the trip not just the five days on the water.

It is hard to address most of the stuff you said but I can sailing the boat in very heave winds, I have the ability to depower and to right the boat from a turtle. It isn't fun but I can do it.

Also as for first aid, I have taken many courses in it and have my first aid license.
I plan to take a small soft icechest with alot of dry ice in it. We use this same idea when we go on long hiking trips and the dry ice will keep water nice and cool for four days. I have been thinking and I now plan to sleep on the tramp. I measured my tent and it will fit on the tramp of my boat as long as I hang it off the back end a little.That would solve alot of problems. It would be cleaner and I wouldn't have to worry about the boat drifting away without me.

I already checked the phone service, according to the website i should have service the whole time. It is so flat that I will have a line of sight to a towner almost anywhere.

I plan to get in contact iwth the coast guard and tell them my exact plan also I will have a few people who are watching out for me from the land. I will have a set time each day that I will call someone and if I miss that by a certain amount I will have a plan for them.

I hadn't thought of the log book, I will make sure to do that.

Thank you for the great advice. I am very excited about this trip, it should be a blast if I am careful.