Patreksfjordur 65:35.9N 24:00W

Millybrown
Mark Hillmann
Sat 26 Jul 2008 19:09
We arrived here at 10 pm last night after good downwind sail. 
Sun and wind, I could get used to that, but does it prepare Helgur and Sigrit for Greenland? 
 
 
 We tied up on a pontoon among the little fishing boats as usual.  Another free harbour with a free power supply by our bow.
 
 The small icelandic fishing boats are very distinctive, 20 to 30 foot long fibreglass boats with either single lines on powered reels, or long line equipment with many hooks that are laid for a few hours close to the bottom.  That these fishing boats are glassfibre is reassuring, as there is ice around the fjords in the winter.
   
 There was a seal lying on the slip opposite, that we were told it was not a local one.  They have large and small ones here, but this was sick and from Greenland.  It swam away when we tried to approach. 
 
 
 
 Older fishing boats were rowed and are heavier with a flatter sheer than the Scandinavian type.
 Very few are  around, this was one, although with an engine and smaller than the pictures in the many museums.
 
 In the background is a near universal ex-RNLI lifeboat. 
 These all seem to be second hand boats and often we are told where they were in Britain.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patreksfjordur is greyer than the Isafjordur area.  The distant hills seem to go go down into the sea with neither the green valley area below nor the snow on top.
 
 The village itself is green and cheerful with art on the walls, as often found.
 

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