Crew Blog - The Polar Ocean Challenge

Will be posting a lot more over the next week or so; unreleased stories and footage so stay tuned in!

Crew (b)Log

My court martial was finally held in Northabout’s saloon Wednesday night…..

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Rob Hudson, crew 4th leg Greenland to Bristol It’s all over. We arrived back at the SSGB at noon to finish the expedition, and it was also the end of the last leg back from Nuuk in Greenland. What a…

Northabout had the bit between her teeth, and we surged along at 10/11kts – into Portishead!

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Rob Hudson, crew 4th leg. Docked in Portishead getting ready to go to Bristol tomorrow. Well, we arrived at Portishead last night after flying up the last bit of the Bristol Channel after the tide turned at Barry. Northabout had…

With the wind and swell behind us we were doing twelve knots at times with an average of about seven. Amazingly that continued and continues to continue as we continue to head east. Thence to Bristol, see you there!

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Ben Edwards, crew. Whole Expedition 18 October from near the entrance to the Bristol Channel So three days ago we pulled into Dingle. A charming little coastal town with an abnormal number of pubs. The reason for this is Dingle is the…

We are now well into the Celtic Sea, past Cork in the north, and enjoying the run home. We saw a dolphin last night, and four this morning so far. Skipper Mike is keeping us on our toes, with no relaxing – constant looking out for boats without AIS on the radar

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Rob Hudson Crew 4th and final leg; Atlantic crossing. 17th October Beautiful morning, sun shining, a decent breeze from behind, and rolling down the Atlantic swells under full foresail at a steady 6kts, with bursts to 9kts if the waves…

The last four weeks have for me been an unique experience; the five members of the Atlantic Team have been worked hard but have gelled well – for which many thanks to them all

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David Wynne-Davies WD Valedictory Blog – 17 Oct After 10,700nm Northabout is approaching Bristol. The last four weeks have for me been an unique experience: majestic scenery; whales, seals and dolphins; the northern lights; a challenging ten day transit across…

Tom Crean was also one of the crew that went with Shackleton to South George to raise the alarm about those stranded on Elephant Island. The pub was full of memorabilia and photographs from that period.

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David Wynne Davies, crew Atlantic crossing; 4th leg 16 October We have started our final stretch down to Bristol, and what a fantastic time we have enjoyed in Ireland. The hospitality of everyone we met and the dramatic coastline have made…

We were visited by Aidan and his charming daughter, Kate, who had been following the voyage on Twitter.

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Rob Hudson, crew, Atlantic crossing, 16 October 2016 from Dingle, Ireland Nearly ready for the last last leg! A great arrival in Dingle yesterday afternoon after a beautiful sail in between Dunmore Head and Great Blasket island. While getting ready…

Our last 3 days in Ireland have been a bit of a whirlwind sorry for delayed blog!

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Ben Edwards, crew whole expedition Saturday afternoon 15 October So we’re in Ireland! We arrived in the charmingly named Blacksod harbour. There to meet us were some of the men who built and sailed Northabout round the north pole the first…

What a wonderful experience Black Sod and Westport were!

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Rob Hudson, crew, Atlantic crossing; 4th leg 14 October from Westport, Ireland “What a wonderful experience Black Sod and Westport were! Thanks to Jarlath, Michael, Tom, Andrew and everyone else who made us so welcome and entertained us so lavishly. Unforgettable, and…

We arrived at Blacksod in darkness on Thursday evening to an unforgettable welcome from Jarlath, Mike, Tom and Mr Sweeney (the lighthouse keeper) Thankyou for your incredible help. Never to be forgotten.

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David Wynne-Davies, crew, Atlantic crossing. 14th October We arrived at Blacksod in darkness on Thursday evening to an unforgettable welcome from Jarlath, Mike, Tom and Mr Sweeney (the lighthouse keeper). Frances Gard was there too having hitched a lift after…