Well what a great day. We finally passed that elusive line on the charts 180 Longitude Our waypoint is now straight for Point Barrow 400 NM as I type.

N70 16 WEST 176 46 Pressure 1008 Water4.0C Air4.0C Chukchi Sea 26th August 0930 UTC 21.30 local time, 19.30 boat time

Well what a great day. We finally passed that elusive line on the charts 180 Longitude. A big milestone, the other side of the World to Greenwich. We saved the last dregs of our Johnnie Walker whiskey to celebrate. Vodka supplies went a long time ago.

Now we are finally slowly on our way back home.  On this leg, we have passed through the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, into the East Siberian Sea and now the Chukchi sea.

We are due more high winds but our waypoint is now straight for Point Barrow. 400 NM as I type.

A rolling sea but blue skies today and a great sunset on my watch. I’m sure I saw a couple of vapour trails in the far distance. Flights to London, LAX to Moscow ? One thing for sure, our sunset was better without looking through some perspex glass. I wonder what the latest film on the flights are?

We have lost all perspective of time and events in our little floating bubble, the other side of the World.

David