Frances, Crew for one week between Upernavik and Nuuk 16.00 UTC 18.00 our time (Greenland time) 19th September
I’ve only joined the boat for week to bring it down the coast of Greenland where there will be a proper crew change before it does its Atlantic crossing. 4 of the crew on board have been doing this expedition for a while and have a way that a day goes, probably quite similar to any 24 hour sailing. But for those of you who are unfamiliar with such…
It’s 6pm our time.
Alison and Steve are on watch. Ben was asleep but has just risen, in time to get dressed for his watch that starts in 20 mins. Colin has just come inside. His watch finished an hour ago but he stayed outside with Alison and Steve, because despite being cold outside it is a rather nice soft light afternoon and we are heading into a big soft sun. Ros is asleep, getting some energy for her watch which starts at 8pm in 2 hours time. Nikolai the captain is also asleep, with his door open to the saloon so he can get up quick when he feels that something has changed in the rhythmic movements of the boat and he may be needed. Which he seems to be very good at. My watch starts in 4 hours time at 10pm and lasts until 2am. I’m looking forward to it because it should be a clear night by midnight and I think the Aurora is predicted to be strong tonight so I hope it makes an appearance. The buzzer just went off which means that someone must check the water level in the water filter, and in 10 mins I’ll fill the log book in again as that must be filled in every hour. It feels like dinner should be soon, there is no rota’s at the moment so we’re all working out what needs to be done at any given time and getting on with it. So after I’ve finished typing this I’m going to ask the people who are awake whether they are hungry for dinner.
Oops! Alison’s tea is sitting over there that I have just made her so I’d best go take it out to her on deck before it goes cold!
Frances