Greenland to Iceland

Rhys

This was the most challenging 800 miles out of my near 20k offshore miles. We battled extreme current at the start, followed by a day of ok sailing. A midnight squall and a jammed furler resulted in a line in our propeller, all in the space of 15 minutes. We sailed engineless until the next calm, the best of which still had 2.5 metres seas. Mark, the crew, jumped in to the arctic water and cut our propeller free, and we were able to motor ahead of a looking system that would have brought near survival conditions. Our arrival to Iceland was no less challenging as we beat hard into 25 knots, a wave crashed over and ripping half of our spray hood off, a lot of water coming in through our newly exposed hatch. Arrival to Vestmanaeyjar was a sweet victory

Boat & Crew

Zora

Custom

Niamh Walters

First Mate

Rhys

Owner