On the Beach

We ended up on the beach in Arctic Bay. Not a pretty picture, but, relax, it was intentional!

As we've mentioned we've been having performance problems under motor and the general consensus amongst those we'd talked to was it must be the prop, or, a dirty bottom. We then met Les, Ali and Randall on Arctic Tern. They had a waterproof video camera and offered to have a look. The prop seemed ok, but, to make sure we needed to have a proper look. We were desperate to improve our situation, so, decided to 'careen' the boat. We wouldn't have been able to do it without Les' direction and assistance. All three went way beyond the call of duty to help us, even getting up at 4 a.m. We had to do it over two consecutive tides which meant twenty-four hours living with the boat upside-down literally, very difficult. The local kids were a bit of a problem trying to swing off our rails and throwing rocks at us, but, it went very smoothly.

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Arctic Bay 17/8/2014 12:00 73°02.0'N 085°08.8'W