Super exciting day; I left Greenland on the first leg of my voyage! I'm headed to the Azores, mostly because I just wanted to visit the islands again. It's about 1700 nautical miles, which is about 3200 kilometers. The weather over the north Atlantic looks pretty good for the passage, and I expect it to take a little more than a week. Maybe a week and a half, depending on weather and currents, and of course if nothing breaks. :-)
Here are some photos leaving Nuuk.
Ice probably wouldn't hurt the Argo II, but I stay safely away from it. Bergs can sometimes flip without warning, and some of them are big enough to damage or even capsize a vessel this size.
This vessel has been at the wharf for a few days. I don't really know much about it, but it's a nice-looking ship. It's a working ship of some sort, as you can see by the derrick on the back. Its lines are a little like the Deception's, although of course the Deception isn't painted red. Or white, for that matter.
Entering or leaving a harbor area is always the most dangerous and difficult piloting there is. There's often a lot of traffic, even in a place as out-of-the-way as Greenland. There have been rules for who has the right of way on the sea, and most captains know them and follow them, but there's always the chance that somebody doesn't know them, or interprets them differently, or even that their ship might be partially damaged and unable to steer. I didn't have any problems at all. Red hulls are pretty attractive, I think.
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