Frustrating Winds
The last 36 hours have been particularly frustrating with the predicted 25kt north easterlies replaced with a whole range of wind speeds....
Rattle your bones...
The storm force winds and big bouncy seas have taken their toll on the boat. Novara has withstood the pounding incredibly well but some...
Arctic Circle
Novara re-crossed the Arctic Circle at 66:33N 167:52W as she headed south towards Nome. Since we crossed as we headed north in the Davis...
Fast downwind sailing
The predicted 25kt winds appeared as we rounded Cape Dyer in the early hours of the morning and we have since been sailing dead downwind...
Chuckchi Sea
Once we rounded Point Barrow we left the Beaufort Sea and entered the Chuckchi Sea and have been sailing slowly south in light winds...
More headwinds!
The lighter winds did not materialise and we had to motorsail for 2 days into more strong headwinds that followed us as we rounded Cape...
Progress Update
After mooring up last night and getting a good night's sleep, we set off this morning at 8am towards Cape Bathurst, 350nm away, and hope...
Fingers crossed for accurate weather forecast
We took shelter from the strong northerlies in the lee of Camping Island some 20 miles up Dolphin and Union Strait and had a good night's...
Hurray for the autopilot!
With sleet and snow blowing all day we were particularly grateful to have fixed the steering so we could use the autopilot and without...
Heading West
We awoke to snow overnight and ice on the decks, for some days now we have been watching Geese flying south as winter approaches the...
