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Old 04-05-2012, 05:42   #46
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Re: Greenland - Baffin - Labrador

Best of luck hpeer- will you have a blog??
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Take lots of photos and post them here when you get back.

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I’m bumping an old thread I started to fill you in on what occurred and also to talk about some new ideas.

Back in 2012 I left WilmingtonDE and sailed straight through to Shelburne, NS. I found some fuel issues and attempted to polish my fuel. On the way further North I had more fuel problems and lost a considerable bit of time getting a fuel pump rebuilt and adding a day tank and additional filtration. I first saw icebergs (June 20) in the Bell Isle straits and stopped at Battle Harbor to rest. Going up the Lab coast was freaking COLD! There were a lot of grounded bergs shedding ice in big patches. It was real hard to see. What I then realized was I really needed a second watch stander to both allow you to warm up and to keep a more constant ice watch.

I had a great weather window tonSW Greenland, which was considerably warmer than Labrador, and the route was ice free, not a problem. But coming back along the Baffin and Lab coast could possibly be very difficult later in the season and it could potentially have much more ice than I had considered. I really needed a second watch stander. So I put discretion over valor and settled for a circumnavigation of Newfoundland.

So that was that.

Now this year a new opportunity arises. We have our 33’ steel cutter in Lewisporte, NL, less than 200 miles from Battle Harbor and 800 miles from SW Greenland. I can make the passage up pretty easily, IF ice and weather permit. My Wife flies up and we cruise the SW coast.

Then the wrinkle, we leave the boat in Greenland over the winter and next summer fly back, go North to Ilulissat, then head back South, cross to Baffin, and cruise the Lab coast. By breaking it up into 2 trips it makes it much more leisurely and we can take advantage of the best of the summer weather, less worry about the shoulder season, especially returning to Lewisporte. The Wife won’t do the long 600 mile “up” leg but is considering the “down” leg where the longest passage is about 250 miles.

It’s not yet a “plan” yet, it’s a dream or a scheme. It’s doable, provided the elements cooperate. And of course the boat needs to have survived the winter pretty well.

We shall see.
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Very interested in your trip, H! Please keep us posted. Best, Rognvald
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Thanks,

First I need to see if I can pull it off. Ambivalent. Going up ain’t so bad. Coming back will be coooold!
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First I need to see if I can pull it off. Ambivalent. Going up ain’t so bad. Coming back will be coooold!
Hi, H,
We were in Northern Quebec/Maritimes in middle September this last Summer and the temps were already in the 50's(F) and falling and the autumn gales were starting on a regular basis(30-60 knots). Fuel will also be a problem in late September/October since many of the marinas/fuel depots close for the Winter as you know with your base in Newfoundland. This would be a trip of a lifetime for some of us and I wish you all the best of luck. Dealing with the cold personally and in starting the engine will be the real issue and you'll have to get that one right. I would imagine Snowpetrel and El Pinguino could be great resources for cold weather sailing. Good luck in making your dream happen. Rognvald
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