Position 59,09.5N 39,18.9W at approx 11.30 UTC 4th October SHPSLOG about yesterday and today. Satelitte image is from yesterday Wind is currently 15KT s.e, baro 986 rising slowly, sea 4m, moderate swell from west, a little current (would be called a…
As we prepare this evening to depart Greenland I’d like to share with you that I am reminded of the well know poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken, where he describes two paths before him in a forest; I…
Prince Christian Sound, abeam SERMIT AKUNERAT no wind, no significant ice, water 4.2, air 5c, overcast. 2nd October Grease ice forming around the hull woke us all as it expanded and formed in the anchorage, early hours, and moved off,…
1 October Wind North west 15KT,996 hpa and falling, air temp is …c, water temp is 5.4c. Large grounded Iceberg on our track south. no other ice. Some coastal traders heading north laden and south unladen. position 59,58.7N,44,47.8W We departed our top…
Position 60,23N 45,43W under way eastwards CSE 084T. Wind west 10KT,1004 hpa and falling, air temp is 12.5c, water temp is 5.2 c. Large grounded Iceberg on our track east. no other ice. After departing QAQORTOQ around 8 am, we…
Wind North 1KT,1009 hpa and rising, air temp is 12.7c, water temp is 7c, EAGLES QUEST II is now alongside us. We have successfully disembarked Steve and continued our preparation of Northabout for crossing the Atlantic. We have also re-fueled…
Alongside commercial dock QAQORTOQ (formerly named Julianhaab) Wind North 2KT,1002 hpa and steady, air temp is 5.1c, water temp is 7.2 c, some small ice chunks nothing dangerous, and we are alongside EAGLES QUEST II We have arrived at our…
Position : 60,48.6N,047,19.7W Sept 27th At anchor, in a superb, totally protected anchorage, with stern anchor (kedge) in around 19m of water. wind N 5KT,1002 hpa and steady, air temp is 4.1c, water temp is 4.2 c, some growlers, some old…
Position : 62,03N, 50,07W, engine on @ 1300 RPM, full staysail on port tack, boom restrained by our new preventer (a block and tackle), wind N 15-20, CSE 161M, SOG 5.9 KT, 1007hpa and steady, air temp is 4.1c, water temp is 4.2c,…
25 -26 Sept UTC Anchored at lat 63.08 long50.68 anchored at Fiskanaesset, a fishing village of 230 inhabitants We have had a good day (25th Sept) running south under engine and have completed around sixty NM and find ourselves in a…
