We’re about five miles from the entrance to Yell Sound, the entry point into the Shetland Islands. We still have 30-odd miles to go to Lerwick from there, but by that point we’ll have made it to the Shetlands and this leg of the voyage will be complete. And it’s been an interesting leg. Following the diversion to Husavik, it’s mostly been a motoring or motorsailing journey (surprise, surprise). But in the last 36 hours or so, we’ve been sailing,…
So while my earlier remark was true — I won’t have a lot of time to explore Husavik, Iceland, on this visit — I have spent a bit of time wandering. And since I know you’re dying to ask, here are some impressions of this seaside burg. * The whale museum is excellent. This former (and still, to a certain extent) whaling community has been transformed into a whale-watching community. The museum that commemorates the former and celebrates the latter…
The good news is: we finally got some sailing in. The bad news is: it was en route to Husavik, a port on the north coast of Iceland, after a severe gale was forecast for the northeast corner of the island. So we’re sitting here in port for about 12 hours or so, waiting on the force 8 to 10 weather to blow past. We’d seen this storminess — the remnants of Hurricane Irene, I believe — on the forecasts…