Progress

 Getting there. Main mast is capped. The new bowsprit is nearly done - pickup tomorrow.



 Kranze iron type tip, to receive four stays: forestay, the whisker stays, bobstay. The traveller ring sits behind it - this hauls the jib out and back in. I won't be walking out on this bowsprit. 




 
                                             Skuli making the traveller ring







 
With the bowsprit on we will measure the bobstay, a 28 mm diameter solid stainless rod Skuli will cut to fit. Parts are coming in from Reykjavik: turnbuckles to tighten the forestay and whisker stays; thimbles; bulldog clamps; shackles; and Dyneema to strengthen the jib's luff. Then I can finish up the rigging, which won't take long.

This work makes Teddy's rigging - the main mast & bowsprit - a lot stronger than the original. I could actually go straight to Greenland from here. I invited friends & family, but the notice is too short, and I'm not willing to mess around with strangers. So, homewards it is. 

Been here a month!! 

With time to kill in the last week, I did some walking.



                                      Angelica. The Eskimos love this - the stem boiled.




                                Lupine grows everywhere. Phalarope. 

















Two edibles. Left - sea rocket. Mild, crunchy & delicious as a salad. In Ireland this crucifer is too hot to eat. Right - orache, Atriplex spp - related to spinach. Steamed & buttered. Wonderful sauce for pasta.







  
                                                           Driftwood in volcanic sands






                            Sponge. The mussel shell is to keep it from drifting off in the breeze.






Scurvy grass, Cochlearia spp. Famed as antiscorbutic. Mild, makes an excellent salad. A crucifer, in Ireland it, like sea rocket, is too hot to eat.  Sea pink or thrift below it. 







Arctic roseroot, Rhodiola spp. Succulent & mild. As an herb it is very good for stress and exhaustion, much like ginseng. . 















                                                        Wild thyme and bedstraw







                                     Sweet cicely. The seed pods are delicious. Just starting. 






                                      L to R: hawkweed, twayblade, bistort, butterwort






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  1. Bruce JohnsonJuly 16, 2024 at 10:28 AM

    Nick, thank you for sharing. I find jobs usually take twice as long as you expect before you start. In the other hand, often in the process you complete other tasks that you hadn't forseen in a blink. See you when you get back. B.

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