welcome to Greenland!
In Travemunde until May 2020
Nick Pochin
Tue 1 Jul 2014 14:24
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position 64:10N 051:44W
we arrived in Nuuk, Greenland about midnight
yesterday. It is 1215 n miles from Reyjkavik to Nuuk and we had a good sail
completing the journey in seven days. We had to miss out on going through Prince
Christian Sund as it was still ice blocked and instead had to round Cap Farvel
and skirt round the ice limit. We saw our first iceberg near 63 N about thirty
miles off the coast and from then on had to keep a close watch.. We also saw a
pod of Whales- about six who swam all around the bow of the boat rather like
dolphins do. They came as close as 1 metre from us! a tad scarey! We arrived
just as the weather was turning nasty with the barometer down to 999 bar and the
wind up to 30 knots. this is expected to continue for the next three days. So we
have a holiday in Nuuk before moving on. We have cleared into Customs and with
the Harbourmaster and will go across to the fuel station later today. Only one
major job to do to try and repair the diesel heater which has broken! Yes
it is COLD.
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