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Home Category: Ships log (Page 7)

After the scare of last night, the boys did a full service on the engine & had their last shot of Vodka… now engine sounds sweet.

NorthaboutShips log2 Comments21/08/2016

N72 20 E152 57 Pressure 1010 Water 4.6  Air 4 19.00 UTC 21 Aug Early blog from me, as it’s my day to wash up after Constance, and I will be at it to Midnight ! Well after the scare of last night, the boys…

My stomach is sometimes in my mouth…

NorthaboutShips log1 Comment20/08/2016

N72 51  E147 02 pressure 1008 air3 water 4.4 less than 5 knot winds 20 Aug 20.20UTC Well slowly making progress, and now into a new sea , East Siberian, Looks the same to be honest. Saw a ship,on the AIS , but couldn’t see…

Well the first full day in a long time with no wind and no ice.

NorthaboutShips logNo Comments19/08/2016

N73 16 E139 07 pressure1009 air 2 water2 1 31 days 20.30UTC 19 Aug Well the first full day in a long time with no wind and no ice. Rhythm of life has returned to the boat. We pass each other like ships in the night, but…

Well I came up on watch this morning at 0800. ice, ice and more b****t ice.

NorthaboutShips log4 Comments18/08/2016

N73 21 E130 50 pressure 110 air 0, water 5, 12 knot winds Genoa up 18 Aug 19.30 UTC 0400 local time 19th Aug Laptev Sea Well I came up on watch this morning at 0800.  ice, ice and more b****t ice. I finished my watch and…

Within 5 mins it goes to dog poo, fog comes down, ice increases, steer to port to avoid going into Russia.This Laptev Sea is giving us a run for our money.

NorthaboutShips log1 Comment17/08/2016

N74 11 E123 00, pressure 1004, water temp 0.22, air 0C Odd day, fog and small stretches of ice all day. Its amazing, the ladies come up on deck, “ooooh isn’t it wonderful, ooooh look at the sunset, look at the sunrise. Helming is…

Well what a 24 hours. We have done more mileage in this time than in two weeks.

NorthaboutShips logNo Comments16/08/2016

N74 12 E115 01 pressure 1010 water 0.1c  air 2c Well what a 24 hours. We have done more mileage in this time than in two weeks. We left our storm cove and headed off. Past the point we nearly grounded the other night,…

THE STORM Comrade Nikolai, was out in the storm helming towards the anchor, very slowly with the motor ticking over. It saved the anchor

NorthaboutShips log2 Comments15/08/2016

N 76 29.0 E 112 53.1 Pressure 1014 water temp -0.1 outside temp 0 Well as predicted, we had our storm. It doesn’t matter where you are in the World, in a tent, or a sail boat, it can be scary, as you are…

17 degrees C !! Anchored and bouncing round like a cork

NorthaboutShips logNo Comments14/08/2016

Staying at Anchor for another night behing Ostroc Severnyy Air 9C water 5C 76 53N 112 E 30 knot winds from SW 15.40 UTC  22.40 local time Well, as predicted from the Grib files, winds slowly increased throughout last night to 35 and…

We have still to get round Piotr-Severnyy but we all felt that Ostrov Andreya was the critical point

NorthaboutShips logNo Comments14/08/2016

Anchored at 76deg 32min N 112deg 01min E behind Severnyi Island to see out a storm 10:00 UTC 14 Aug This photo is the moment when we got through the ice yesterday approaching Ostrov Andreya. 76 deg 45min N 110deg 43min…

Running out of superlatives, collective excitement and running for shelter

NorthaboutShips log1 Comment13/08/2016

13 Aug 22.00 UTC (local time 14 Aug 0500) N76 33 E112 01 Anchored in an estuary, Outside temp 12 degrees and forecast 14 later – Honest !! Water temp 3.8 with 40 knot winds forecast with gusts of 50 Well running out…

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