Episode eight, More Reykjavik
We have made great time getting here. Being early in the summer there are other boats waiting for ice to melt between here and Greenland before departure. Many have rented cars and booked accommodations on shore. We are happy on the boat and heading out daily to either a museum or in search of a Geocache. In the meantime we service the boat and get odd jobs sorted.
Noel hiding.The lazerette on Kalinka 1 has small access due to the rudder post. Its large and houses some fairly important gear. In the beginning of this season Noel was not thin enough to try. Now there is no issue.
Maneuvering around the rudder post
Removing the cockpit bilge pump.This was a two person job and is one of the four bilge pumps on board. This needed servicing and so there being no time like the present we got too it. A stuck open flapper valve was the problem which wasn't discovered until the pump was disassembled! Another 5 minute job!%20Croped,%20Noel%20exiting%20TN.jpg)
The exit is often harder as by then your tired and stiff. Also I don't bend and curl as well as I used to!
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We had been saving the syrup and then asked ourselves why? So it was opened and is being enjoyed. Our pal Carl ski's with the family that produces this in Vermont and it often wins awards.
Noel trying to sort AIS antenna connection issues.The Icelandic Coast Guard had a frustrating time with our communications. We had to use only the mast head antenna so it was either AIS or VHF but could not be both. The antenna that we installed just prior to launch last summer was still not reliable. We ended up getting professional help and after two visits and lots of bending and twisting we have the issue sorted. The problem was in the cable from the antenna to the unit. The professional checked all the connection except one and made up a new cable that corrected the issue. So I pulled all the old cable out into the Black hole of Calcutta and when I started to pull the cable through the transom the connector fell off! The problem all along as it had corroded inside! Bahh. Anyhow strung the new heavier cable back through the boat and everything seems to be hunky dory.
City hall's model of the countr. made out of different layers of paper and took 7 men 4 years to complete.This can be rolled away if they need the floor space for another function. Very impressive. 
National Museum, image of St. Olav conquering evil. 
Oven door repair
Geo thermic bathing beach.
Kalinka 1, Harpa center and 5 cranes in the back ground. There is a massive construction boom presently in Iceland. 
HMCS Skeena wreck recorded.
She was not alone, it was a busy place. 
Germany beside us, Argentina, and Poland astern with Dutch and French boats in the harbour.
Late night reflections.
Canada Day, starting with French toast and Maple Syrup. 
It was a very wet day July 1st. 
Too wet to have enjoyed our picnic.
The board walk and monument.
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Hope you can read this. Glad we came and on Canada day it seemed right. 
Some perspective. Sally is almost as big as the propeller
Shore line information plaque.
Skeena's resting place.
The next day was so lovely we had tea in the cockpit.
American power boat towing Orkney rowers to Greenland. Their goal is to row the North West Passage so no one figured it would be cheating. 
The row boat Herminie sponsored by Expedition Gin.
Cruise ships galore. There is capacity to tie up alongside as many as six, we have seen four on some days. 
Coast Guard under way
Jet engine rib hoisted and soon to be stowed. 
Lots of wire to fiddle and stow.
Noel really dislikes this locker.
Rigged and ready.
Job done prize!
Nursery of Eider ducks. 
Chek boat on the left, French on the right and sixty knots of wind blew later in the day. 
Cold and blustery X marks the steeple (Cloud shape) and it was cold enough to snow!
Cranes galore, end of the line bus stop.
National Museum, image of St. Olav conquering evil. May days are single digit and windy so on this day I got up and prepared bread to rise, then went back to bed while it did. The handle on the oven door was loose so this was another thing fixed. (after the bread was baked) The one thing that we have found to be less expensive here is butter, surprisingly. Noel even cleaned the glass
Geo thermic bathing beach.We had a picnic lunch here, we did bring our swim suits but there were so many small children that Noel was not going into that water!
Retired harpoon boats
Retired harpoon boats
Kalinka 1, Harpa center and 5 cranes in the back ground. There is a massive construction boom presently in Iceland. 
HMCS Skeena wreck recorded.
She was not alone, it was a busy place. 
Germany beside us, Argentina, and Poland astern with Dutch and French boats in the harbour.
Late night reflections.
Canada Day, starting with French toast and Maple Syrup. 
It was a very wet day July 1st. On the ferry to Videy Island we learned that whaling had ceased in Iceland by a vote of the people. Not by Greenpeace or foreign governments insistence.
Too wet to have enjoyed our picnic.
The board walk and monument.
The damage was extensive, how hard they tried to help them selves is haunting. %20TN.jpg)
Hope you can read this. Glad we came and on Canada day it seemed right. 
Some perspective. Sally is almost as big as the propeller
Shore line information plaque.
Skeena's resting place.
The next day was so lovely we had tea in the cockpit.
American power boat towing Orkney rowers to Greenland. Their goal is to row the North West Passage so no one figured it would be cheating. 
Cruise ships galore. There is capacity to tie up alongside as many as six, we have seen four on some days. 
Coast Guard under way
Jet engine rib hoisted and soon to be stowed. 
Lots of wire to fiddle and stow.
Noel really dislikes this locker.
Rigged and ready.
Job done prize!The beer was a gift from the harbour master as a welcome to Brokey YC!
Nursery of Eider ducks. 
Chek boat on the left, French on the right and sixty knots of wind blew later in the day. 
Cold and blustery X marks the steeple (Cloud shape) and it was cold enough to snow!
Cranes galore, end of the line bus stop.There seems to be a economic boom the likes I've not seen before, in excess of the Irish Tiger. There is almost no unemployment and all the new building is mostly luxury housing is what we are told.
Grave yard near the university. A lot of the resident's are now trees.
Whooper swan at city hall. 
Marcus heading to the Shetlands. He sailed non stop from the Caribbean to Iceland.
Whooper swan at city hall. 
Where do we head from here...The larger fast boats have headed to Greenland. Labrador is still iced up. We can not get a firearm to warn off polar bears which means a straight run to Newfoundland. That's about 15-18 days of cold blustery sailing.
Join us to find out what we decide...we are still trying to decide as we write.
So lets end this blog here and hope you join us for the next.
