Go to this website for an interesting recap of a newbie team in this year's race. There were 28 teams with many professional and/or champion sailors that started and 19 that finished. It is a race over 500 miles which each boat starts with all the food, drink, supplies, and spare parts that they will need for the entire time.

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/09/0827/

Can anyone elaborate on this. What they ate, how they stowed 5 days worth of liquids, where they put everything..?

Beer. It built the Pyramids.