In 2023, forsaking the comforts of large vessels and powered assistance, Nigel competed with his two brothers, nephews and favorite racing buddy Dave, in the infamous madcap dash from Port Townsend through Victoria to Kethikan Alaska. SV Hessian (C&C35 MkII) aka “Team Ship of Fools” accomplished the Victoria-Ketchikan leg in just over 8 days to place 7th, with minimal use of oars and pedal-drive, after which the engine was re-installed for the mostly windless return.
Ice Navigation
Nigel Greenwood2025-02-22T13:21:00-08:00
Served as ice-navigator for a 90m super-yacht through the Northwest Passage from Cambridge Bay NVT to Dutch Harbour AK in September 2015. Joined RRS Ernest Shackleton as assistant ice navigator for icebreaker-escort and expedition logistic support of MV Crystal Serenity eastwards through the NWP in Aug-Sep 2016, the first transit of such a large vessel. Served as assistant ice navigator in the transit of MSV Nordica from Vancouver to Nuuk in July 2017, the earliest seasonal transit of any ship through the NWP. Ice navigator for the NWP transit of RV Xue Long from Nuuk to Nome, as she completed a circumpolar voyage in September 2017. Ice navigator for MV Golden Strength for two round-trips Europe-Baffin Island with iron ore from Milne Inlet July-October 2018; MVs Patricia V and Arkadia in 2019, and MVs Vitus Bering and Sea Neptune in 2020, all to Milne Inlet and back to Europe; MV Ultramarine, Greenland – Resolute, 2024.