We motored from St. Anthony, Newfoundland to Fox's Harbour in Labrador yestersay. There was barely a breeze out and the water was glassy. We were felt like we were drifting along like one of the icebergs heading south, other than our rumbling motors... and we were going north. It was a 10 hour run but a smooth one. We met another boat here at the fishing dock, Snow Dragon II, they will also be attempting the Northwest Passage this summer. It's finally good to meet up with another cruising boat. Peter is making cake and mousse and we are all going over to their boat for dinner tonight. Carl and I plan on discussing the weather a little more later on, we may be leaving out tomorrow for Nuuk, Greenland. If we leave out in the morning we'll encounter 3m waves and headwind's but if we wait a few hours for the seas to calm down we will probably meet up with bad weather on the last day of the trip. Low pressure fronts look to pass through the Labrador Sea every few days, no matter how we plan I think we will have a rough trip over. We can't really shorten the 6 day journey by arriving in the south west portion of Greenland because it's going to be encased with pack ice. If I'm not chucking up lunch over the side I'll be sure to update our log daily with our progress.
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