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    We made slow progress going east, with fickle winds.      Then ran into a storm at 61N x 30W, about 300 NM SW of Iceland.       Teddy got  two full knockdowns. The first broke the main mast 3/4 way up. The next put us on the ceiling. A part knockdown, one of many, took out the entire bowsprit structure. Other damage included: a broken main boom; most stays overstretched the majority severely; 2 foresails that were tied to the bowsprit were lost; a cabintop handrail was partly pulled out.     No one hurt. I got a nice collection of bruises, nothing big. The damage to Teddy, though impressive, is not severe, and is most certainly repairable.   The hull was rock solid. But my preparations for the storm and the anticipated knockdown were incomplete, and the fore hatch, skylight and companionway hatch were designed for moderate conditions, not for conditions of water under extreme pressure water blasting in, The interi...

                                                                                         Plenty of glaciers on the east coast                                                         One berg, 2 heads                                                                          Brooding                                              Anchored ...

                                                          Bergs at sea, on way to PKS                                                                                                          Glacier ice                                               Entering PKS from the head, from Aappiattoq village                                                 ...