Saturday night 20.30 hours 53.35 north 55.46 west.

Tonight Dai, Pete and I are sailing down the Labrador coast after leaving Cartwright this noon. We sheltered from a 50 knot gale that was playing out in the Davis Straits.

The wind is from the south at the moment at around 10 knots and the  high swells are rolling in  in from the south east. Its a very rolli polly situation at the moment and we hope it will calm down overnight.

We re -supplied with food in Cartwright and  in the evenings we sheltered in a cosy little pub next to the beach where we could keep one eye on Catryn. We listened to the wind blowing through the rafters, drink a few wee drams, and employed the other eye  to spy on all the local characters that paraded in and out of the pub. We were sufficiently entertained, nourished and taken care of.

Tonight for supper we had a seafood stew, Greenland Turbot, Atlantic Cod and canned salmon. The next meal will be at 06.00 hours and the boys love their porridge!

Tonight we shall pass South Wolf Island to port in the next hour or so and by  sunrise we should be passing Cape Saint Michaels off our starboard bow  and onward across the entrance to the Straits of Belle Isle towards our destination, Lewisport, Newfoundland!

The three of us are in great spirits and have spent the last few days bursting suddenly into song in Welsh and English. We are looking forward to completing our voyage and preparing Catryn for her overwinter in Lewisport, Newfoundland! To the twitchers who are listening in, when we were sailing in to Cartwright a dark phased Gyrfalcon spent thirty minutes trying to perch in our spreaders. Next to the boat yesterday in the mudflats I saw Semi Palmated Plovers and a single Solitary Sandpiper.

The moon will be rising in the east very soon and it will help us illuminate the waters tonight as we sail towards our destination.

Nos da and goodnight from the three of us on this heaving briny sea tonight,

God bless,

Hywel.