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…
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…
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….
Moored in Tuktoyaktuk, Beaufort Sea Well, what a great day. Firstly, it was blowing 35 knots and we were snug as a bug on a pontoon. Halyards snapping on the mast and lovely to hear from a warm sleeping bag…
Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, Friday evening 2 September day 46 since Murmansk, N69.41 132.98 Today we slowly made our way to Tuk. Weather was kind to us everyone excited as we got closer. We had to get in before our fuel man went…
N70 21 W137 50 pressure 1023 water 7.9C Air 5C 0830 UTC 2 Sept boat time 23.30 1st Sept Well as Lou Reid sang, a perfect day. Started off in the states, dull and grey. But the chop had died down from the night before,…
N70 59.1 W143 58.7 Pressure 1026 water 4C air 2C 07.00 UTC 1st Sept Ground hog day. Wind smack on the nose, so we took the sails down and trying to motor in a choppy sea. Not great, but slowly getting there. The wind should…
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…
