N68 24 w 111 54 Pressure 1009 water 7.8C, Air 0C 14:00 UTC 7th Sept Coronation Gulf No wind, took the main down and trying to get some help from a flapping genoa. Slowly making our way down Coronation Gulf. A few patches of blue sky,…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
