Leaving shortly for Greenland

Good visit to Vestmannaeyjar. 

   We walked to the south end, and up some volcanoes. Connor went up this one late in the evening & had the sheep all to himself. 


   Two electrical problems came up on Teddy - both eventually and reasonably sorted. Here is Bob on one of his many trips up to the masthead. 

                                        Bob, nearer to heaven than to earth, as viewed from the forestay. 


   A new crew joins us tonight - Andre (Ondfej Mesiereur), 33 yrs old, from Prague, the Czech Republic. We met him at a local pub, the Brothers, discussed things, he visited us, and the decision was made 2 days ago. He does not sail, but claims to be a good rower & to have a stout stomach. 

   A last sauna later today, then clear with the police, and probably leave early in the morning. The course for Cape Farewell is SSW, which takes us along the chain of volcanic islands SW of Vestmanaeyjar. The last island in this chain is Surtsey, which rose out of the seas in the 1960s. No one is allowed to land, so that the biologists can observe the process of how life resettles on a barren environment.

   Cape Farewell is 700 NM distant - same as from Ireland to here. The forecast is good - 2 or 3 days of favourable wind, a couple days calm, a few days contrary, all mild.

From today's walk on the way to the sauna.