Thursday evening 4th August, Nordenshel’da Archipelago just at the start of the Vilkitsky strait in the South Kara Sea Every night we stay here, the night seems to get longer. Partly because everyone is going to bed earlier. That is probably because the…
Same place, same time. one day on 3 Aug One of my heroes is Bill Tillman, A great climber and sailer. He wrote, one of the biggest dangers in base camp was ‘bed sores’. During the night the wind changed…
Waiting by the Vilkitsky strait in the South Kara Sea 2nd August. Last night was slightly more windy in our Cove. My anchor watch was pretty boring, and was well pleased to creep into my sleeping bag. At 4am Constance woke me, bits…
Same time, same place, a day later. 1st August. Actually a long day of cleaning, washing and relaxing yesterday. Its surprising how tired you get relaxing ! Had a great meal of Pizza, with every topping under the Sun, Vodka flowed…
1600 Sun 31st July, 2016 South Kara Sea, N 76 16 E096 56 Anchored in our blue lagoon Last night was the best nights watch for me. I have the late watch, so seeing the first sights of land in the distance,…
Sunday afternoon 31 July Ostrov Pilota Makhotkina, Nordenshel’da Archipelago Anchored! for rest repairs and to wait for favourable ice conditions in the NE passage and for the new ice charts. Proper shipslog update coming later with some photos (which take ages…
SAT 30TH July. 12 midday N76 19, E090 27 Pressure 999 water temp 5.4 outside temp 3 cloud 8/8 Drizzle. batt 13.2 Making steady progress East. We had the latest ice charts for the Vilkitskogo straight. Still blocked and the Laptev still blocked, but big changes…
Friday afternoon 29th July. N76 20 E083 28 Pressure 998 water temp 4 outside temp 5 cloud 6/8 sea sate 3 winds 15 knots. Making steady progress east. I always love it when we click over degree of longitude. Of course, they are pretty close together…
Thursday 28th jULY N76 44, E078 44 Pressure 1001 water temp 3 outside temp 2 cloud 8/8 sea state 3 winds 15 knots. full main and full stay sail.. tacking north east Last couple of days have been interesting. Great thing about modern weather charts, you can predict…
Late evening wednesday 27 July writing this log late. n 77 09 e073 22 beaufort force 6/7 main 3 reefs, stay sail furled 50% couple people off weather again, sailing thrilling, choppy seas, but dangerous to do anything on deck or…
