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 fuel. We ordered 1,500l of fuel which was delivered via a road tanker, it took some time to pump that much fuel. There are two separate fuel tanks on GS and it takes some time for the fuel levels to equalise across the tanks. GS has a total fuel capacity of 2,100l. Pride of Mann III is 400l by comparison.
We stayed alongside after fuelling as no further vessels were due in. I headed to the Service House for a shower and then did some more exploring of the town visiting the museum and the one café in town for lunch. I then helped the Skipper Ales and the Mate Roman with the provisioning, we needed enough food for 9 people for 5 days for the trip to Iceland or 135 meal portions. We had to walk the half mile back from the supermarket carrying very heavy shopping bags. With no freezer on board provisioning required some planning.
In the museum I was amused by a sticker saying “Greenland – the coolest place on earth” it showed a good sense of humour. Everywhere I went people spoke good English.
Later in the afternoon we headed back to the café for an ice cream!
Supper on board that night was pot roast pork, pickled Czech cabbage & carrot, potatoes and red cabbage like all the food on the trip it was good.
All the sailing so far on the trip had been daytrips within the fjords and motoring but with a 5-day 450-mile leg to Reykjavik, Iceland about to start the skipper Ales held a crew briefing after supper. We were organised into watches of three people doing three hours on, six hours off. If your watch ended at noon, you were responsible for lunch and if your watch ended at 6pm you were responsible for supper. Breakfast was help yourself. I was appointed a watch leader and mine was to be the first watch in the morning. The plan was to leave Tasiilaq at 5am the following morning, this was to get us well offshore and beyond the ice during daylight. Ice is impossible to see in the dark and does not always show on Radar.