We are hoping that after 9 or 10 days weather watching and waiting in Nuuk we might get away early next week. It looks like the weather will be much quieter next week but we know that the Davis Strait has a habit of unleashing some nasty surprises and forecasts are fickle.
In the week we have been here our delightful German neighbours (from the Lake of Constance Sailing Club) have been waiting for a spare turbo charger to arrive from Denmark. The Swiss have taken apart their keel box, Northabout have sailed for Ireland and a stunning Andre Hoek super yacht, Atalante, has come and gone on it’s way to Ilulisaat to meet it’s owner. Wisely the German owner sent his delivery crew across the raging North Atlantic and did that bit himself by AirBus.
Most boats are on tight schedules and are forced to sail at times when they really shouldn’t. We have been getting increasingly stressed about our schedule which we thought was generous. However time slips away so much so that I emailed my practice to keep them in the loop about our currrnt delays. What we don’t want to do is get a lashing caused by sailing to an artificial deadline. My wonderful partners have rallied around and made contingency plans which I sincerely hope they will not have to use. If we can get off on Tuesday with a fine forecast then we should have enough time to make Lewisporte on schedule and our homeward flights on 28th. If not then we can wait it out.