{"id":3134,"date":"2025-06-13T18:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/ella-and-yeva-start-circumnavigating-the-arctic\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T21:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:46:42","slug":"ella-and-yeva-start-circumnavigating-the-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/ella-and-yeva-start-circumnavigating-the-arctic\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella and Yeva Start Circumnavigating the Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I mentioned the start of Ella Hibbert<\/a>\u2018s long voyage in her yacht Yeva over on this year\u2019s Northwest Passage thread<\/a>. Ella and Yeva have now crossed north of the Arctic Circle near Iceland and have begun their attempt to circumnavigate the Arctic in a single summer by sailing past the north of Iceland in a westerly direction:<\/p>\n

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According to yesterday evening\u2019s update<\/a> from Ella\u2019s shore team:<\/p>\n

Ella\u2019s had a tough time of it today, which is why she hasn\u2019t posted her daily vlog. After days of drifting, she has wind and lots of it.<\/p>\n

\u201c35-40 knots, but the wind\u2019s not the issue, it\u2019s the sea state. Massive waves, breaking crests and spray.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s having to run north to take the waves on Yeva\u2019s stern as it was getting too dangerous to sail with them coming over the beam (side-on).<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the weight of the Norwegian Sea dumped on me in the cockpit was pretty miserable. The cockpit literally filled like a bathtub with me in it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tracking map above suggests that conditions have moderated and Yeva is back on course for Cape Farewell<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch this space!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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