Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Door open or closed has nothing to do with the crew timing out.
Are you sure? I had an A line tell me last week that once the door is closed they are good to complete the leg no matter what, but if it is open and they hit their limit they can walk. We ended up closing the door 10 minutes prior to their drop dead time. So we went. If they had walked the captain and I would have been unable to operate it even with an extension.