Route Map   Weather Map   Daily Journal         Q & A   Special Reports   Education Section           The Game Click here to send the Viking adventurers your questions Greenland Tourism's Project Leif 2000		Fair wind give Snorri 60 miles more Log date: September 10, 1998 Author: Erik Larsen Lat/Lon: 055.10 N, 059 W Location: Dunn's Island Course: Speed: Anchored Weather: Rain, NE Wind 25 knots Sightings: Icebergs Click on the images below to view enlargements From Erik: Rain, hard wind, cold air, and wet clothes. Does that sound like a nice cocktail to you? We like it.   Weather "cocktail" is bracing, to say the least   We have gone 60 miles today and that keeps us happy. We smell the sweet smell of homecoming in the distance - thus every mile counts. We need the wind, and as it is now (and as it was in Greenland) whenever the wind blows our way, it's followed by rain and cold. And, hey! thanks all you guys who thought of us yesterday and crossed your fingers for a good wind. We certainly had a lot of it today. It was beautiful sailing in a high, rolling sea, quite impossible to depict in photography. That slow and yet powerful motion of the boat as she meets a wave, climbs it, exposes her bow to the white froth beneath and the trust forward as the sail fills to the rim, the bow plunges into the wave and onto the next one. We like it and it brings us another mile closer to our goal. I do not have the same longing for home as the other guys. When I left Denmark three months ago, I knew I was going to be away for some time. I look forward to meeting a good friend of mine in L'Anse aux Meadows, and we'll go traveling along the east coast of the U.S. So in a way this is just a beginning, but I must add, what a jump-start to adventure!     All hands on deck - cold, wet, chapped and chafed Snorri is anchored again for the night as we are going to cross a body of water filled with shoals and breakers, and we can't do it in the dark. We were all wet when we came in and our hands bear the signs of a wet day, handling wet rope, reefing sail, pulling up the anchors, etc. We hope that tomorrow will bring more northerly winds. Cross your fingers out there. Top of page