Ilulisat Icefjord

Cruising Disko Bay, home of the Ilulisat Ice Fjord, was going to be one of the highlights of our Greenland visit. However, as the days ticked on, we realized that our original plan for a circular tour of the Bay wasn’t going to be possible. It would take us a few days to get all the way around...

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Aasiat, Greenland

We left Nuuk on Tuesday, July 22 after five days of much-needed recuperation. Every day we were there was sunny and warm and we enjoyed it very much. Nuuk had everything a cruising sailor could want including a Seaman’s Home. Seaman's Home, Aasiat This is a Danish institution and there is usually...

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Greenland pics

And a few pictures from our passage to Greenland.... We were leading the parade on a flat calm sea... One of the very few sunsets we saw while at sea. The 'aircraft carrier' The fog finally lifted near Nuuk, look at what was hiding! Nuuk, Greenland, Gjoa is moored bottom left Nuuk,...

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Ireland pics

While we still have internet access, here are a few pictures from Ireland.... Ashford Castle - now a lovely hotel Cliffs of Moher Fastnet Rock ...

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Nuuk, Greenland Arrival

Finally, at long last, we arrived last night at Nuuk, Greenland. We are tied up in the harbour enjoying brilliant sunshine and warm(er) temperatures. We sailed 2457 miles across the North Atlantic, in 25 days, to make 1800 good. The motor was on for 205 hours (8-1/2 days). Unlike the Perkins on our...

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Week 3

Our 21st day at sea. If you're thinking that we're being rather obsessive about counting the days, we are! We are plodding along at around 3 knots, just starting up the west coast of Greenland now, about 380 miles to go. The gribs for the next five days indicate that there will be no wind >10 knots...

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Day 18

Our 18th day at sea. It's just another drizzly, damp, grey, murky day here in the North Atlantic. Temperature about 8C. It's another no-wind day. However, the last two days have been great sailing which has lifted our spirits despite the dismal view outside the doghouse. We are finally in reach of a...

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Week 2

Our 14th day at sea. We'd hoped to be rounding Cape Farewell today. Despite sailing 669 miles in five days this week (two days were spent attached to the drogue) we've only been able to make 200 miles good towards our destination. We're now still about 450 miles east of Cape Farewell and not quite 1/2...

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Force 9

It was all going so well on Monday afternoon. We had a brisk F7 and were sailing towards our destination. There was plenty of weather 'action' both to the north and south of us, but, somehow we were managing to go right through the middle and avoid it. The latest weather update indicated our luck was...

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