WRITTEN (almost) EVERY DAY Leg 2 NE, Leg 3 NW passage BY DAVID HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS (expedition leader) Leg 4 Greenland to Uk by Steve Edwards, crew, and then by Mike Stewart (skipper for Atlantic crossing)
Thankyou to everyone who turned out to wave hello to us as we came into Bristol on the final leg of our journey on Thursday (20th October) And to Estella Tincknell the deputy mayor who welcomed us back. Thankyou to the…
Its David Hempleman-Adams here. Back on my boat. See picture above is us in Portishead ‘up the road’ It’s lovely to see her! (thanks Tim H. for the photo). Thanks to the super crew of guys who brought her across…
Position: Alongside PORTISHEAD Dock, UK. 19 October Well, this is my final Captains Log. Tomorrow I hand over to David Hempleman-Adams the expedition leader to bring the boat home its final final leg into Bristol harbour. We are currently safely…
Position 51,12.6N 007,04.1W, Cse 091 T, Speed 7.6Kt, Air 14.1c, Water 14.7c Westerly Gale 25kt, seas: moderate. 17.00 UTC 17th October We departed DINGLE yesterday (Sunday), 24 hours ago (in good order, after picking up Steve, cleaning and re stowing…
Position 53,36.6N, 010,21.6W, Sea Temp 14.c Air Temp 11c, Baro 998 14 October UTC 21.00 CSE 185T, SOG 6.6KT Destination DINGLE, Ireland. We have departed the very hospitable and friendly crew in Westport, NORTHABOUT’S home port, and what a great two…
SHIPSLOG 12-13 October 2016 – Destination Westport, Ireland Position 53,49.4N 009 47.9W Barometer 1011, Sea Temp 14.5 Degrees, Air 14.5, Course 087 T Well we have arrived at our interim landfall after 10 days of challenges and frustrations crossing the…
Posn.52,42.7n, 15,16.7w, baro 1018, sea temp13.2d,air temp12.8d, use 085T, wind SE 35KT 10 October UTC 21.00 We continue to beat to windward, roughly our 5th day of headwinds, in the absolute direction of our interim destination. It can be tiring,…
Position 55,10.5N, 19,19.8W. wind SE,25 KT seas moderate, vis poor, sea temp 12.0c, air temp,12.8c Baro 1019 rising. 9 Oct 16.00 UTC Firstly an apology for missing daily logs, we have had our hands full keeping the boat moving SE…
Position: 57,28.2N 030,26.4W 6 October UTC 18.00 mid north Atlantic Baro 998 rising, wind East 15KT, sea moderate, around 2m. current west (against us) Air temp 9.7c, water temp 9.2c. We plod south east. Chug Chug Chug….As we have an almost perfect headwind…
Position, 58.10.1N 35,37.2W wind 25 kt, gusting 35 kt, sea moderate to rough, blue sky and birds. temp 17.7c, water 8.1c, SOG 8.5 kt, CSE 113T, DTW (Bantry Bay) 952 nm BARO 974 rising. 5 Oct 11.30 UTC We have…
