extended stay in Nuuk
In Travemunde until May 2020
Nick Pochin
Tue 15 Jul 2014 20:30
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We have been in Nuuk for two weeks and hope to
leave tomorrow heading North. We were only staying for two or three days, but a
rigging check revealled stranding on one of the V1 stays. we decided to have a
pair made up by Rousey at Ocean Rigging in Lymington and delivered by Fedex.
They finally arrived on Monday and we spent the day changing the stay and
retensioning the rig.
Repairing the Eberspacher heater turned into a
lengthy job only back working today.
There could be worse places to be stuck and for
sure we had plenty of North West Passage yachts coming and going with excellent
company.
Aventura with Nick Carter waiting for Jimmy Cornel
and crew to arrive. They left this morning heading for Aasiaat and Pond
Inlet.
Suilven with John and Linda Andrews and Max. They
are now in Aasiaat.
Arctic Tern with Grant and Pascal. They are I think
in Aasiaat where they also have problems with one of their spreaders and are
waiting for spares.
Catryn with Di Rice who sailed single handed from
Ireland and is waiting for crew to arrive at the weekend.
Young Larry with Andrew and Maire Wilkes Authors of
Arctic and Northern Waters (an excellent Pilot book).
Our extended stay gave Julie the opportunity to
rejoin Festina Lente and so we are now four Magnus and Laura and Nick and
Julie.She has only been here a week and already owns a couple of supermarkets!
I will have to buy another Freezer as ours is over
full.
There is a good Seamen's home (Somandshjemmet) in
Nuuk showers,toilets, wifi,television and good cheap food. All the Yachts are
rafted up sometimes seven deep on the Kutterkaj a long timber quay .(no water or
electricity) but free! Nuuk is the Capital of Greenland with a population of
16000.Greenland ( the largest island in the World) has a population of
56000 ! There is a good Museum,many restaurants, a cinema and swimming
pool. There are a number of well stocked supermarkets.
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