Longest you have gone without sleep

[vulture]

Mine is now over 48 hours

 

[The Modfather]

I would hazard a guess at about 36 hours when travelling to and from Australia.

 

[Peever]

36 odd hours for me as well.

 

[Blackcap]

Once did a 50hr pool marathon for charity. I was virtually hallucinating by the end of it.

 

[bhafc99]

Crossed the Atlantic on a yacht once. 15 days on a 4 hours on, 4 hours off watch pattern.

By the end of that I was craving a full night's sleep more than I ever have before or since.

Longest single stint is probably around 36 hours, when you work a day-night-day to meet a deadline. Done that a fair few times.

 

[jakarta]

40 hours including travel to & from France to be on a Dredger which worked overnight. Final couple of hours was me driving back from Dover to Sussex which in retrospect was not very sensible.....

 

[Puppet Master]

Having a wank normally gets me to sleep

 

[jakarta]

Having a wank normally gets me to sleep

Well quite, but I didn't feel I could do it on the Bridge of the Dredger, naval protocol and all that......

 

[Elvis]

Around 72 hours during my raving days

with you there mate!!!

 

[Titus]

3ft 9.

 

[Weststander]

I sleep well after watching Albion home games lately.

 

[desprateseagull]

Last day on hols in Ibiza, v v late (early next day?!) flight home, straight in to a training course..

 

[Braders]

around the 50/60 hour mark at Uni , slept for an hour or so then went another 36 hours without sleep!!

 

[fisons]

I used to do loads of 40 hour card sessions at Uni but found it hard to get much past the 50 hour mark. Red Bull might have helped us last a bit longer.

 

[JJB]

About 72 hours on nothingbut red bull, alcohol and pro plus. I was a f***ing state for the next 10 days.

 

[skipper734]

Crossed the Atlantic on a yacht once. 15 days on a 4 hours on, 4 hours off watch pattern.

By the end of that I was craving a full night's sleep more than I ever have before or since.

You get more sleep in 24hrs with that watch pattern than you would get anywhere else. Unless the boat is too big to work with half the crew.
Just spare a thought for the poor Skipper and Navigator who aren't usually in a watch, and are usually awake all the time.

 

[The Rattler]

Once did a 50hr pool marathon for charity. I was virtually hallucinating by the end of it.

Lucky not to drown as well I'd have thought

 

[Deleted member 18477]

48 hours ish. f***ing hell! Couldn't think straight. Made me realise how important sleep is.

 

[Husty]

72 hours with some 'assistance'.

Have gone weeks at a time without sleeping 'properly' i.e. only a few hours at a time at random times of day but I guess a lot of people do that.

 

[Durlston]

Woke up on a Saturday morning at 8am and didn't get any sleep until the following Tuesday afternoon after I'd done about 5 grams of amphetamine base on the Saturday evening. That stuff was absolutely lethal. I remember it burning my stomach (getting terrible cramps) and in agony when I went for a piss. When it got to the Monday night I was drinking gallons of water just trying to flush it out of my system and by Tuesday I was delirious and couldn't go into work, before finally getting some sleep. It was near Christmas and I caught 'flu because my immune system was f***ed.

I got an ounce of base for 130 quid - I've not seen it around for a while. Crazy gear.