The heaters on board are now earning their keep. The warmth and comfort of the heated pilot house are very nice as we near our first landfall in Nuuk Greenland.
The water temperature is about 5 c (convert). PFD's (Personal Flotation Devises) with harnesses are mandatory now any time you leave the safety of the Pilot House. We know and respect that falling into this cold water would be gravely bad. We know that falling overboard at night their would be about a zero percent chance of being recovered and surviving.
As we approach Nuuk Greenland the fog begins to lift and unveil the rocky snow caped mountainous landscape. It really is an amazing sight. A sight that only about three private yachts a year see. The outlying coast is dotted with rocks and precise navigation is critical. We line up on the outer marks and head in.
When we arrive in Nuuk we proceed to the main commercial fishing pier. We have a reservation arranged by our agent in Greenland - Blue water. I turn the boat in the tight basin and settle in behind the mammoth Russian fish killing machine. These large fishing vessels drag three ton shovels across the bottom of the ocean, essentially plowing the bottom, and picking up every thing in their paths. They are destroying the echo-system on the bottom of the ocean and contributing to the extinction of many species in this area. The same thing happened in St Johns Newfoundland and the result was shutting down the entire Cod industry in a desperate effort to reverse the damage.
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