the Canadian Customs eventually came back to work from Canada Day and released our pallet of equipment which was sitting in Montreal.

 

With a tracking number now and the goods en route to arrive on Wednesday we can see the light again.

Due to this delay we have now been caught by the approaching Hurricane Arthur which is passing through on Sunday.

The good side is that the weather is great, maybe too hot even at 31 degrees while we provision the boat.

We decided yesterday to go for an overnight to Friday Bay to clear the cabin fever!

We cast off with 25-28 kn on the stern (Southerly) as we headed out of Lewisporte and had a great 5 hour sail through a sea of Icebergs.

Local chat around here is that there has never been so many icebergs around at this time of year.

They are easily avoided and must be passed upwind to avoid all the debris of ice which forms behind them and would do nasty damage to the boat if you came into contact with it.

The Cod Fishing Recreational 3 week window is not open for a few weeks so we can’t catch the great Cod we have had in previous years,

but Harry and I had a swim and both agreed that the icebergs had chilled the water slightly, down to about Irish Christmas swim temperatures but it is nice to get out into 31 degrees!

While our delay has been frustrating we have met some very interesting people all waiting for the Hurricane to pass through.

The crew of Artic Turn, Les and Alli are here who are on their second attempt at the North West Passage having failed to get through last year, and also sitting in Lewisporte waiting to head to Greenland for a look like ourselves is the designer of the Rochna Anchor Peter Smith on Kiwi Roa.