Yeva, Begun

Elle Hibbert and the Yeva have made it to the Arctic Circle and have officially begun the 10,000-mile solo trip around the Arctic Ocean. Her current position at latitude 66°34’N will mark the start and the end of her circumnavigation.  From this starting point, roughly halfway between Norway and Iceland, she will sail eastward, passing north of Iceland before dipping south to pass around Greenland.

Sluggish winds slowed her 850-mile sail from Portsmouth, and she reluctantly had to start the Yeva's engine to get up north. The reluctance was that any fuel used just to teach the starting point would be fuel she wouldn't have if needed on the Arctic, but days lost just getting to the Arctic Circle cut into the short summer season in which the seas may be passable. 

There's no wind today and she's gliding along very slowly, but at least the voyage has finally started.