We started down the cost of Iceland on Monday but saw very few vessels even close to Reykjavik. We eventually arrived in Reykjavik at 1am Tuesday. Being near the coast gave […]
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Saturday started with the midnight to 3am watch. This and the 3am to 6am watch are hard as you are tired and have to set your alarm for about 40
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We were up at 4am for a 5am departure, the sun had not risen yet but there was fair amount of light as we slipped the lines and headed out
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The freighter had left the town pier, so we moved alongside at 9.30am. Although this move was only a few hundred meters it was required so we could take on
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A slow start and we left Tillerilaaq at 9.45 and stopped in the natural channel just outside the town to fish. On this occasion we caught no fish. We left around
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We left early in the morning, Tillerilaaq is located on the edge of the very big Sermilik Fjord which is far wider and longer fjord than the others we had
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We left early in the morning for a fishing spot recommended to us just off Kuummiut, it was a spot favoured by the local fisherman who use small boats and
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Early start as we were moving the boat a few hundred metres to moor alongside a pier next to a fish processing factory. They allowed us to use their hose
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At about 3am the watch crew had decided the ice had broken up enough that we could get through and woke the skipper who then started the engine, and we
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We weighed anchor at 09.45 Saturday with the skipper and mate having been ashore to restock supplies from the shop. Roman, the mate had prepared bread dough on Friday night,
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