Category: Expeditions
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Received from Sat Phone…
I received this message from Alasdair on Friday 12th August at 14.15 GMT Position 60N x 11.23W Getting beaten up by the weather.3 m waves and force 6 wind on the nose. Waves crashing over the boat. Unable to make course for Scotland. Hoping for a wind shift soon out
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..and we are off – probably!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Days 59. 9th August 2022 Position: Raufarhofn, North Iceland Weather: Overcast and raining It is our strong intention to sail this evening. We hope to catch the slack water at Langanes at 04:00 on Wednesday morning just before a strong gale is forecast. I’ve had a very helpful phone chat with…
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Iceland’s most northerly port
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Days 57. 7th August 2022 Position: Raufarhofn, Iceland Weather: The sun is shining! We left Husavik at 00:22 in the morning which was the moment the strong winds died down and backed to NWbW just enough to give us a cut to clear the headland. Obviously after such prolonged bad weather…
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An Important Announcement
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Days 54. 3rd August 2022 Position: Still Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Overcast, heavy rain, strong winds. 5 degrees Ice: No Danish update but Norwegian Charts say the coast is now clear of ice The weather is now spooking us. The locals are telling us it is the worst weather they have…
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Final Preparations – but for what?
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Days 48, 49, 50. 30th July 2022 Position: Still Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Overcast and raining. Getting windy too. 6 degrees Ice: Improving. Hopefully the next chart will show the settlement virtually clear of ice We managed a good walk on Thursday to the top of Husavik Hill. Our attempt at…
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A Short Video from Husavik, North Iceland
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 48. 28th July 2022 Position: Still Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: It was a bit grim, windy and raining yesterday but the sun is out now, yippee! Ice: Improving. Hopefully the next chart will show the settlement virtually clear of ice Here is a short slightly out of focus video from…
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Life in Husavik, Iceland
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 44. 24th July 2022 Position: Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Not too bad at all Ice: Awaiting a new Ice Chart Sumara has the best position in the harbour being the only yacht on a pontoon. On the harbour wall lies Dagmar Aaen, the crew of which are all waiting news…
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All systems go but..
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 42. 22nd July 2022 Position: Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Not too bad at all Ice: Looking better. OK to make landfall a bit further south. Yesterday morning I went up to the Grimur engineering shop at 07:00 which was pretty stupid because they didn’t open until 08:00. So I went…
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A navigational faux pas, but arrived safely in Husavik!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 40. 20th July 2022 Position: Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Calm in the harbour at least Ice: Not looking so good – yet It was my first really good weather day in 40 days! Our departure from Vopnafjordur was a little later than the original plan due to us enjoying the…
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We have arrived in Iceland! Yippee
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 37. 17th July 2022 Position: Moored Vopnafjordur, Iceland Weather: Calm peaceful evening We have said goodbye to Torshavn and hello to Iceland! I must admit that I rather like Torshavn and I can see why some people like to linger for a while. Sony who lives on a really wonderful…