Upernavik: Preparing for the jump

I checked out the fuel dock the day before. It is just a little bit sketchy: it is quite small and the water rather shallow. Without wind and at high tide it should go smoothly. At noon we weigh anchor and motor over. We are about 3 times the length of the fuel dock. We tie the aft section of the stb hull to the dock and commence the fueling. Small boat arrive during the process and squeeze in creative ways to get gas. Waiting is not the culture, it seems. No problem for us.

We invite Tim and Jeri from Coro Coro for coffee and exchange insights regarding the forthcoming voyage. Jeri is a true veteran and shares his knowledge. I learn valuable details like favorable anchorages and that on the south shore of the Lancaster Sound the current is easterly. Good to know indeed!

After Tim and Jeri left, we chose to change anchorage for a change of wallpaper. We find a nice spot, albeit a tricky one with an entry littered with dangerous rocks.

Some fuel-burn statistics on sailing from Nuuk to Upernavik for the inlclined:

Total days: 15 d
Engine hours run (sum of port and stb engines): 131h
Total miles navigated: 880 NM
Fuel consumed: 635 L
Avg Fuel burn per engine per hour: 4.8 L/h
Avg fuel economy: 0.72 L/NM travelled

Any fuel used for heating can’t be separated, it is included above and likely contributed with 100L. We definitely motored the majority of the distance, thank you arctic high, but we did sail ~150 NM of the 880 NM.

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