We changed a squeeky, rattling engine belt this morning. It powered the alternator and refrigerator compressor. My job was to hold a wrench. There is not much room for more active helping in Fiona's little engine room. The belt changing job took just a little more than an hour.
This morning I recall drinking last night's rum, a special concoction Geraldine Danon gave us aboard Fleur Australe. That visit was quite noisy. So much for the silence of the arctic. Not with an attention craving three year old! But on Fiona some peace reigned on a cold, foggy morning. Overnight the freighter Sea Bird berthed just feet in front of our boat. He left and sailed into the brash filled harbor just as we did a few hours later at 10:00AM.
6:43PM: We are well underway. I wonder whether Fleur got away today. We are sailing, finally, in light wind. Today I worked my second celestial navigation problem.
-entry from Russ Roberts' journal
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Meeting Fleur Australe
Today we put on 300 liters of diesel (about 79 gallons). The tanks are now topped off.
While in the Pisifik grocery store today I met the captain and crew of Fleur Australe, a French boat which is also attempting the Northwest Passage this year. They are Phillippe Poupon and his wife and crewmate, Geraldine Danon. The had several of their kids in tow.
Tonight Phillippe motored his dingy over to Fiona, picked us up and took us to Fleur for drinks. There we met the rest of the family (the Poupons are sailing the Northwest Passage with a Jack Russell Terrier and four children, ages 1 to 13 years). Geraldine's old make-up artist, Georges, completes the crew. Make-up artist? Geraldine is an actor in France. On this trip she's Fleur documentary filmmaker. Cameras are mounted around the nine month old steel ketch. She is often seen with a camera on her shoulder. It makes my effort with a little Canon seems paltry.
Phillippe, also known as "Phillou," is a veteran sailor. While on board he showed us a book filled with his accomplishments, included winning two single handed transatlantic O-Star races more than twenty years ago.
Will we leave Upernavik tomorrow to begin crossing Baffin Bay.
-entry from Russ Roberts' journal
While in the Pisifik grocery store today I met the captain and crew of Fleur Australe, a French boat which is also attempting the Northwest Passage this year. They are Phillippe Poupon and his wife and crewmate, Geraldine Danon. The had several of their kids in tow.
Tonight Phillippe motored his dingy over to Fiona, picked us up and took us to Fleur for drinks. There we met the rest of the family (the Poupons are sailing the Northwest Passage with a Jack Russell Terrier and four children, ages 1 to 13 years). Geraldine's old make-up artist, Georges, completes the crew. Make-up artist? Geraldine is an actor in France. On this trip she's Fleur documentary filmmaker. Cameras are mounted around the nine month old steel ketch. She is often seen with a camera on her shoulder. It makes my effort with a little Canon seems paltry.
Phillippe, also known as "Phillou," is a veteran sailor. While on board he showed us a book filled with his accomplishments, included winning two single handed transatlantic O-Star races more than twenty years ago.
Will we leave Upernavik tomorrow to begin crossing Baffin Bay.
-entry from Russ Roberts' journal
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