Ben Edwards crew since Bristol. Aged 14. So we’re now in the middle of the Beaufort Sea. Point Barrow came and went, The Mother and Denis got off, Johan and The Father got on and we went on our merry…
N72 06 W149 26 pressure 1021 water 3c air 3c 0600 UTC 31 Aug Well a slog of a day, with very little progress. Still 330 NM to our waypoint outside Tuk. We also lost our Auto pilot, so all hand helming. Big seas. This…
Beaufort Sea UTC 0600 30th Aug. N72 07 W 153 42 pressure 1035, Water 3.5C, Air 1C, Wind on the nose, 15 knots Well a fond goodbye to Denis. I think he still had a massive hangover by the look of him. He has not had…
UTC 21.30 Beaufort Sea. Left Point Barrow a UTC 17.00 29th Aug; a few hours ago. (Having arrived less than 24 hours previous – UTC 21.30 28 Aug) Yesterday we actually had a hard night sailing in the dark into Point Barrow. Poor…
pN71 12 W 159 47 pressure 1019 water temp – 0.3 outside temp 2 degrees 28 Aug UTC 16:30 Another time change after passing the date line. One for the day, we are on the same day twice ! and moved the boat clocks forward…
Chukchi Sea UTC 22:15 27 Aug The Chukchi Sea is wild and we are wet, tired and hungry. We are into the second day of 25 to 30 knot winds, throwing the boat around and everything in it. Many people are…
Ben Edwards, crew, writing from the Chukchi Sea Hello. So, the news of the moment is we’ve completed the North East Passage. It’s taken us forty days lots of ice, five thousand two hundred miles, a polar bear, three unsuccessful…
N71 00W 167 57 pressure 2008 water6 air6 inside boat temp14 10.00 UTC 27 Aug A long slog in the Chukchi Sea. Its renown for its wild weather and seas. With rising winds now in the 25/30 knots, we have had a bumpy ride,…
