Thanks for good
advice, everyone.
Here is a slightly more detailed background: I am planning to cross the atlantic in one way or the other before I turn 40, and currently spend a lot of time considering different routes from
Scotland to America. I am limited to the summer months and do not plan to make extended visits. For me, the crossing of the Atlantic is the main objective and I will probably do it in one concentrated effort, only staing long enough to rest and make
repairs. Roughly; two main alternatives have emerged; either avoiding the waters affected by ice altogether, wich brings me down to a point well to the SE of
Newfoundland, before turning west to any port of choice in the Northeast US.
Or; deciding that ice bergs and
fog are dangers that can be coped with and instead laying out the route along the great circle from Scotland to Newfoundland, and back. This makes it a considerably shorter one, and I would have more generous time limits. This is why I want to know: is sailing through the ice zone
single handed in a 29 ft GRP-yacht possible? The people who do it, how do they keep a look out during the night?
Radar? How to avoid submerged ice blocks?
Thankfully
peter