6th Sept 22.30 UTC Dolphin and Union Strait
This is the navigation marker which is at the Western end of the NW Passage proper. It is on Cape Bexley at 69d 00.77N 115d 55.44W. This is a pretty bleak place. Taking down the mainsail
What I find interesting is that the North East Passage had a lot of freighter traffic. We have not seen one other ship or vessel, in the North West Passage and yet the North West Passage is shorter and with less red tape.
N68 41 W114 19 pressure 1009 Water7.7C air3C 0530 7Sept UTC 22.30 7 Sept local time Well a pleasant day making progress down the coast, passing famous headlands into Dolphin and Union strait which gets its name from the two boats used by John Richardson (naturalist) who…
Since the NE Passage it has become quite common for me to be lying in bed absolutely convinced that I was at the helm.
Ben Edwards, crew. UTC 6 Sept We’re now in the North West Passage proper. We’re further east than the outermost islands of the massive archipelago that is northern Canada. We are also two thirds of the way round the world….
SHIPSLOG Half Day Update 6 Sept UTC
N 69 39 W118 34 pressure 1005 water6C air4C 6 Sept UTC 13.30 local time 0630 6 Sept Wind slightly slackened during the night. Genoa still poled out. Early morning, but cloudy. Should see Clifton point in a few hours on our starboard. Barbara cooking, Ben washing today…
From Tuk in 24 hours we did 169 NM, great mileage. We have a following wind, and the viking has us goose winged. Jarlath would be proud how she is sailing
N69 53 W121 12 Pressure 1003 Water 6C Air 3C UTC 0500 6th Sept Local time 5th Sept 22.00 Amundsen Gulf Firstly, we are looking for an extra crew member for the Nuuk, Greenland to Bristol Leg. Any experienced person interested in joining the expedition on this…
5 Sept Amundsen Gulf, following wind, fast progress, Johan is goose-winging it
You can see from the picture of the wind direction indicator at the top of the mast that we have the wind directly behind us today which in many ways is a very good thing. There are however a few...
Big mile stone last night, Cape Bathurst. Going into Amundsen Sound. Swell died down from Beaufort sea.
N70 30 W126 34 pressure 1000, water 3.1C 14.30 UTC 5th Sept 0700 local time 5 Sept Lucked out on my watches. Just getting really dark at midnight when I get off, and first light at 8 in the morning. Wind has died down. Doing 6…
If there’s one thing this trip has taught me, it’s how to wait.
Ben Edwards, crew, whole expedition, Beaufort Sea 5th Sept So we left Tuk yesterday. As usual we left during my watch. It’s extraordinary, the only time we’ve left a place not on my watch was when we left the stamukha…
Tuk was a great tonic. So up this Tuktoyaktuk shelf, where you can normally see bowhead whales, we just saw lots of timber from the Mackenzie Delta
N70 26 W129 43 pressure 1003 water 6.6C air 4C 5th Sept UTC 0400 21.00 4th Sept local time Well up early at 6 in TUK this morning. Wind had died down, and we were ready to go by 8 am. Tuk was grey and damp….