Look Who's Back at Sea!

 

After ten days in Nuuk, Ella Hibbert and the Yeva are finally back at sea once again.

They pulled into Nuuk on July 9 with a broken cabin heater and a dysfunctional AIS.  After five days, all the parts had arrived and Hibbert replaced the heater and completed the not-uncomplicated task of replacing the AIS. But after leaving Nuuk on July 15, she discovered that although the AIS was working, she was getting static interference on her VHF system, inhibiting navigation and rendering her voyage unsafe. So she made the gut-wrenching decision to turn back around and then spent five more days in Nuuk troubleshooting and replacing the VHF antenna high up on the Yeva's mast (it had been sharing the antenna with the AIS, the likely reason for the static interference). Yesterday, she took a little trial run up and down the Nuuk fjord to check out the equipment and make sure everything was functional.

All systems are apparently now working and as of this morning, they're back out at sea, pressing on in their goal of a single-season, solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean.   

Bon voyage, Yeva! We're cheering you on!