The motoring down the coast continues but land is on the bow, with 30 miles to go we are preparing the shore party.

Washing, showers, weather updated, ships stores to be replenished, loo’s to be repaired if we can only find the spare parts amongst the spare parts aboard!

 

We are getting excited about our next adventure through the Prins Christian Sound which is recognised by most as spectacular and by a few who meet it in bad weather as best avoided. The weather is settled at present and if anything not much wind for us to set sail for Ireland.

This has its advantages as the opposite is to force a delay in our departure, due to a low pressure and at this stage of the trip the silence when the engine is off unsettles the crew!

When I calculate the miles motored so far I see that we passed the 13,000 mile mark 9 miles ago! that is since our travels began in 2008, this trip sees 2,452 miles consume, most of it under engine.

We continue with our 24 hours watch and need a lookout on day and night as the icebergs are all about and the small bergs –Growlers are always lurking where you wouldn’t expect one, this leaves little time to do much else and can be tiring when the fog comes in, to keep concentrating in 500m of visibility.

These bergs are originating from the East coast and being carried around by the prevailing current, so we can expect to travel through them again once we emerge out of the Sound and head for home for at least a day.

 

The new recruits are settling in as you will see one has tried his hand at the blog, while I studied Latin in school I never mastered it well enough to understand what the Hell he is talking about, maybe some of our more learned readers of this blog will get it!

The meal prepared the other night by this same orderly was very well received except for the fact that a starter was produced ahead of the main course which caught the resting chef off guard as he prefers to feed the crew one substantial course rather than the noveaux cuisine el dante approach.

The Hod has acknowledged that will he deserves another chance later in the week. I’m not sure he has much else to contribute to the blog!