Yesterday afternoon was fabulous blue sky but it did not last long, midnight brought my watch and rain with fog again. On the plus side we have seen no ice today and we are now past the area on the ice chart forecasting patches of 2/10's ice. (That's 20% total cover, 30% is about all is advisable to get involved in with a small vessel like Destiny). Despite the gloom and cold it has been so far a very enjoyable passage, we have sailed about 50% of the 300nm in total now and with hardly a rock or swell to speak of, the wind has not been more than 20kts. We can all sit below in the warm saloon when not on watch writing, reading or talking.

We have now left Greenlandic waters and entered Canadian territory. So we have swapped curtesy flags on the starboard side of the mast, where it is customary for a visiting vessel to fly the host country's national maritime flag, technically this should have been about 23.00 last night, but we decided to do it in the warm sunshine yesterday afternoon instead - Captain's perogative. Dave raised the Greenlandic flag last August when we sailed to the East coast so he duly lowered it, whilst Claire raised the Canadian one. We did not have a toast of good health - that treat can wait until we drop anchor on Canadian soil hopefully on Sunday.

PICTURE: Dave and Claire with the flags.