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Sure. But! Except knowing what I know now, I wouldn't go on an extended tip again that uses that particular watch system.
Euromodder: our exact system wasn't shown on that page. Seems to fall in the "there is no standard for what constitutes a Swedish watch" category. We had two watches that cycled every 48h:
bold = on watch; regular = off
Day 1 ...
0300 - 0700 ... watch I ... watch II
0700 - 1300 ... watch I ... watch II
1300 - 1900 ... watch I ... watch II
1900 - 2200 ... watch I ... watch II
Day 2 ...
2200 - 0300 ... watch I ... watch II
0300 - 0700 ... watch I ... watch II
0700 - 1300 ... watch I ... watch II
1300 - 1900 ... watch I ... watch II
1900 - 2200 ... watch I ... watch II
I found I just kept falling behind on sleep!
Would I do that particular leg again? Going east - west across the North Atlantic isn't common - most sailboats go further south, catch the easterly trade winds to the Caribbean, then reach up the east coast. Longer, but easier sailing.
The direct route we took was much shorter, but you're facing the prevailing winds & waves and dodging (or getting smacked into) by weather systems (we faced 3 passing lows). I would do it again, but not on anything smaller than this boat.
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