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Rounding Iceland's northwest point in 12-to-15-foot steep rollers with no wind — generated by 30-to-40-knot conditions offshore — left Steph seasick and unable to film.1:00 Katabatic gusts spiking to 40 knots in an open bay on the north coast produced a sleepless, listing night at anchor, with the anchor alarm running.1:38 A shallow shelf mid-passage caused seas to stack suddenly from 70 feet to 75 feet of depth, doubling wave height to an estimated 12-to-15 feet; Travis warns that contour lines demand close attention in heavy sea states on this coast.10:08 Weather windows narrow noticeably by September.8:54 Norðfjörður, a near-empty anchorage, rewarded the rough passage with a one-hour walk to geothermal pools, including Krasnaya Slava, an infinity pool at the ocean's edge at roughly 34°C.6:09 Siglufjörður, a fjord town of 1,200 and Iceland's former herring capital, offered a calm overnight stop.11:12 Húsavík provided easy dock-side fueling at roughly $2.10 CAD per litre — well below the $3.50 seen elsewhere in Iceland.13:42 An alternator underperforming on charge output, combined with persistent cloud cover in September, created ongoing battery management problems despite adequate solar performance in Greenland.17:29

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