Drina's North West Passage attempt: Almost Ready...

Here we are the 9th June 2104, almost ready to take off on QF107 bound for JFK to catch up with the good ship Drina again.  Michael and Drina are presently waiting patiently in Newport Rhode Island for myself and our two other crew members (Matt Jensen Young, ex pat Aussie presently in the US and Rossco Booker a young ex pat Pommie, who has been living in upstate NY for the past 12 years and recently qualified from Stonybrook University, Long Is.) to join.  

After a couple of days restocking and laying in an adequate supply of the Jamesons we four plan to cruise the Maine coast for the next couple of weeks then via Halifax and St Johns depart for Greenland later this month planning to be there about the first week in July.  

There we will sit and await the melting of the ice and the opening of the Passage.  We've been planning this for about three years and while there was talk of making the attempt last year, birthday celebrations got in the way.  So 2014 it is!

Now, after a long flight to New York and car drive to Providence, Rhode Is., here I am sitting in Matt's kitchen waiting for him to return with Michael and Rossco for breakfast and the first of what will undoubtedly a long series of morning briefings over the next 3 to 4 months.  Despite all the effort on our collective and individual parts lots still needs to be decided and executed before our departure.

Still, this morning the fun part really begins.

Rohde Is. June 10 2014.