No running back stays ? to prevent mast pumping in heavy seas that is asking for trouble.

No Boom vang mechanisc at sea , he would be better off with double boom rope preventers .
The Volvo round the world boats don’t have mechanical boom vangs.

Electrical gadgets out on the ocean are prone to failure, with a constant risk of fire.

They did not have all that stuff in a covered waggons going west.They kept it simple.

I would take a double planked wooden schooner any day of the week !