It's a little past eight in the morning and the crew is almost finished packing up camp, in the beautiful bay. They're excited for todays sail, for once they can actually put up the sail!
Thus far there has primarily been headwind which has meant a lot of rowing, but today the crew woke up to the perfect weather- sunny and a mild breeze from south, excellent sailing conditions.
Skjoldungen is well and are docked just outside the bay, according to the skipper, Ole Sand, the boat looks very beautiful in the extraordinary landscape.
Today Skjoldungen will head towards 'Fiskenæsset', a village with 235 inhabitants. The village is located about midway between the capital Nuuk and Paamiut .
They will sail as far as they can get today and expects to get approximately halfway today. Fortunately, there should be a wind from saout again tomorrow, so hopefully it will be two days of smooth sailing.
What do you eat on a Viking Voyage?
The crew is living quite well and are very satisfied with the menu so far.
Yesterday the went fishing in the bay and caught a couple og Halibuts. They turned them in to a halibut casserole with herbs and nudles.
After dinner they enjoyed a cup og hot coco and coffee. Not too shabby.
Tricky tide
It is not always easy for the crew to drop anchor . There has been a tide difference of at least 3 meters, and it offers some challenges.
When anchoring the boat you must have 4 or 5 meters to the bottom, and with such a big difference in the water level you have to be very aware of where to drop the anchor .
The crew , however, is used to the difference by now and are experienced in taking the tide into account.