Land ahoy!
It's always a thrill to sight land after a long voyage. All the more so when it's a jagged and icy mountain range embedded in the pink hues of the dawn sky. Our first glimpse was from a range of 72 miles.
An hour later more distant mountains had sprung out of the blue sea. By now bathed in the slanting sunlight of early morning. Heather was on deck to enjoy the moment and I let Sally sleep a while before coaxing her too on deck to share the experience.
We are arriving on an exotic and enthralling coastline in perfect conditions. A coastline so remote that few will ever glimpse it. We are, indeed, very lucky.
Sally and Simon left Scotland in 2015 on board Shimshal to begin a slow circumnavigation taking in various high latitude destinations. After 3 seasons in Greenland we sailed south to Lewisporte in northern Newfoundland. In 2019 we cruised the Canadian Maritimes. In 2022 & 23 we cruised via New England, Chesapeake, Florida, Cuba, Cayman, Providencia to Bocas del Toro. In late 2023 we transited the Panama Canal in readiness of a Pacific crossing in 2024.