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 we were not going to be able to communicate for two weeks. Rosie was able track the boats progress via the Garmin in-Reach, but it was still hard on her sat at home while was doing exciting things.
We had an on-deck briefing in the morning and topped up the water tanks. With no water maker on board, we needed all the fresh water we could fit in the tanks. We did have an emergency supply of bottled water for drinking.
We then had to wait until customs and immigration had been. They turned up in a vehicle with a window at the side like an ice cream van and we all queued up to be cleared out of Iceland.
We left about 11:30 into fog and no wind so we worked our way down the west coast of Iceland motoring. AIS was essential as there are a lot of fishing vessels operating down this coast.
A weather system had passed though the day before leaving a swell, so the boat was rolling quite heavily, many of the us include me were seasick. I was fortunate to recover after 24 hours, but it was still a real effort to get up for a couple of watches.
Gallows humour started with someone enjoying lunch and saying I hope I don’t see it again!