Novara

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...

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...

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...

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...

Despite making fast progress we are unable to outrun the weather systems that are bringing gale force winds to our route north and we...

With no wind we have once again been motoring south, seeing more birds, whales and fishing boats as we approach the Alaskan Peninsula but...

The winds died just before dawn on the 21st and we motor sailed throughout the day and night in light easterlies. Conditions remained the...

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...

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...

The crew of Novara are in Nome after having successfully completed the North West Passage via the east coast of Baffin Island, Prince...