Our Crewmaster's adventure
From Icebergs to Islands
Our Crewmaster, Chris Wood, recently returned from an epic adventure which saw him sail 2,150 miles in 26 days.
Follow him on his journey – from Iceland to Greenland to the Azores – as we release two chapters from his diary each week.
From Icebergs to Islands – Days 34 and 35
I had arranged to return the hire car at the airport as I had an early flight to catch, and it saved trying to find a taxi or bus at 6am. The Azores are probably one of the most westerly points of Europe. Early flight Ponta Delgada, Azores to Lisbon,
From Icebergs to Islands – Day 33
I hired a car for the day and two of the other joined me for the day and two of the others joined me for a bit of touring about the Island it was a warm day 25°+ and we explored a tea planation. One of very few tea plantations in
From Icebergs to Islands – Days 20 to 32
We quickly settled into a steady routine with the watch system. On my watch I got delegated to do all the cooking, the upside was that I did not have to do the washing up. There was quite volume of washing up with twelve of us on board. Whilst we
From Icebergs to Islands – Day 20
Up at 6am to get a shower in the marina before we got ready to leave. I then made a last call home before we headed off, it was going to be strange as throughout our 30 years together, Rosie and I have been able to speak almost daily, now
From Icebergs to Islands – Day 19
We got up Sunday and I helped the skipper and mate who had now been joined by a third crew member Klara in organizing and cleaning the boat ready for the rest of the voyage crew to join that evening. Most of them stopped by during the day to drop
From Icebergs to Islands – Days 15 to 18
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 us some mobile phone connectivity. We had had no communications since leaving Tasilaq although the yacht did have a Garmin