Novara in Sam Ford Fiord
Ben Ditto, one of the Wild Bunch, big wall climbing team sent me this photo of Novara leaving the Citadel anchorage where we met up with...
Hibernating in Kodiak
Novara is now safely tucked up in the care of Peter a young pilot friend. Ding, Terje and I left ahead of Phil and he used the time to...
Journey's End - Kodiak, Alaska
Where boats are concerned plans are subject to change at a moments notice and so they were as we headed north from Sand Point into gale...
Sand Point
The fishing town of Sand Point was the last real port of refuge as we headed north and although we could have gone on another day before...
Stormy weather
Despite making fast progress we are unable to outrun the weather systems that are bringing gale force winds to our route north and we...
My first Orcas
With no wind we have once again been motoring south, seeing more birds, whales and fishing boats as we approach the Alaskan Peninsula but...
A calm Bering Sea
The winds died just before dawn on the 21st and we motor sailed throughout the day and night in light easterlies. Conditions remained the...
Leaving Nome
Having left Nome at 5.00pm on the 19th we covered 175nm in the following 24 hours in 25kt westerlies but once again the very shallow seas...
And stop the clock!!
The crew of Novara are in Nome after having successfully completed the North West Passage via the east coast of Baffin Island, Prince...
Nome
We arrived in Nome at 1am and anchored off to wait for first light before entering the harbor. The people here are very friendly and we...
