30 & 31 August The Beaufort Sea to Tuktoyaktuk, CA
From Point Barrow to Tuktoyaktuk. We lost our auto helm in big seas and have been manually helming for 3 days.
Tacking back and forth at this rate it’s going to take another four days to get to Tuk
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…
Very little progress. Still 330 NM to our waypoint outside Tuk. We also lost our Auto pilot, so all hand helming. Big seas
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…
Off to Tuktoyaktuk with a Viking and a Steve and minus a Denis and a Ros
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…
29th Aug Leaving Point barrow
Waving goodbye to Barrow and the USA. Taken as we headed North through the narrow entrance to the Barrow lagoon where we had moored for the crew change. Not a terrible day but cold, windy and with rain, not very nice.
To my incredible crew mates for the NE Passage who survived in each others company for 40 days. We did it!! And so many people to thank…
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…
Uncle Sam, Big Bear, No 1s and No 2s
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…
‘Wet and Wild’ – but not in good way :-(
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…
44 days of ice, 5200miles, 3 polar bears, 3 unsuccessful fishing trips, 3 birthdays, 2 reworkings of time
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…