Weather:

Clear skies and gentle waves.

Report:

It was a real mix of emotions as we left Halifax having arrived to strangers, the people who made us feel so welcome. We left the flotilla of boats swarming with good wishes and new friends, our excitement to be underway heightened and we all had goose bumps as we waved goodbye. We pointed our nose north east and began to settle down into the routine of living onboard. Very early on we spotted the Wallenius Wilhelmsen UK container ship that had so carefully brought the boat over only a matter of weeks ago, now leaving to return once more to the UK. The weather was beautiful and the only dark clouds were in our hearts as we pondered over the sort of extreme conditions that we could experience on arrival to Greenland. We saw a few whales, lone seals and watched the most beautiful sunset later that day. At midnight we dropped our American journalist Carol at Glace Bay at the tip end of Nova Scotia.

Arriving in Glace Bay was fantastic with hundreds of little islands and rocks silhouetted by the moon and the phosphorus. Nige navigated us expertly through all of these with precision accuracy where trusting the Simrad electronics becomes so paramount. Glace Bay is a tiny little working fishing village where as soon as you enter the small harbour the powerful smell of working fishing boats makes it pretty clear where you are! Fisherman were still working on the dockside when we arrived and they stared with strange bemusement as the Arnold & Son Explorer slid between their boats looking like some strange unfamiliar vessel. We said farewell to Carol and at 1am we were heading back out into the deep waters that separates Nova Scotia and New Foundland.