Hopefully the sun burns through the fog during the day, so Skjoldungen can leave the harbour and sail further north. However, they may risk having to stay another day at Fiskenæsset if the fog does not lift.
So far they have done the dishes and are about to ready the ship so they are ready to leave as soon as there is a better visibility.
Besides the weather all is well with both crew and boat.
There were some small things that needed to be done yesterday. They were filled waterbottles, made some smaller repairs and charged their batteries, both for ipads and phones and ship navigation ; VHF , IAS and lanterns .
There are solar cells on the ship, so that the navigation equipment can be powered when they are at sea, but when on land they fill the batteries as a precaution .
Equipment on Skjoldungen
To find our way we have:
A magnetic compass, paper charts, two hand -held GPS's and a iPAD with G4 satellite and App iSail showing the ship's position.
To be visible we have:
Lanterns: the side and stern lights required by law plus red and green sailing ship lanterns at the top of the mast.
AIS (automatic identification system): Here we have keyed in Skjoldungens MMSI number (the ship’s international identification no.), the number of people on board, the ship’s length and breadth, speed and course over ground. Other ships that have this system can see this information on their navigation equipment, and we can see other ships’ information. It is their speed and course over ground that interests us most.
For communications we have:
VHF radio: for contacting other ships and harbour authorities. This radio has a range of 50 km. We have one stationary and one hand-held VHF radio on the ship.
Satellite telephone: for communicating with The Viking Ship Museum and an ordinary mobile phone.