It was a very cold start to the day with temperatures at -3 when I set out for Mikes home. We arrived at Noss Marina on a cold and freezing morning with overcast sky. Still having not been out on the boat for several days and the monthly safety checks due a small thing like permafrost was not going to stop us.
The flotation suits, wooly hats and thermal gloves were essential equipment today. We slipped across the frozen gangways and pontoons and found Blue Marlin II covered in ice. So …