Nuuk. Airport to yacht, how?

roa312 said:
I believe you need to contact Godthåb Bådeforening (the local marina - link to contacts here). The relevant email for you is: havnemester@ghb.gl. A 45ft boat might be too large for the marina, but if that’s the case, you should be able to moor alongside a larger fishing vessel or similar. Let me know if you can’t get hold of them via email - I'm happy to give them a call on your behalf.

I understand the information regarding the prohibition of sailboats was sourced from Noonsite.com, but I believe that likely only applies to Nuuk Harbour, which is an industrial-scale port for large container ships and the like. However, I couldn’t find anything on their official website (Sikuki Nuuk Harbour A/S) to confirm this. In a place like Greenland, rules like these are more like guidelines anyway. People probably understands that a boat arriving from far away can’t just be turned away, so if you present a friendly, can-do attitude to the people you meet, solutions should present themselves.

You should be able to get a taxi from Nuuk Airport. The main service is Nuuk Taxi, but there are usually a few other options, as well as helpful locals.

I'm sure you're already aware, but just to mention: Sailing in Greenland is no laid-back trip. You’ll need to be on constant lookout for black icebergs, and anything above a medium breeze can count as extreme weather. You’ll often have to figure things out on the fly. A Danish couple local to Greenland made a documentary sailing along the coast and then through the Northwest Passage. They weren’t amateurs - they had sailed around the world a few times and spent decades sailing locally in Scandinavia and Greenland. In the first episode, they come across a lone girl shipwrecked far out at sea, her boat having gone down with the rest of the crew tragically drowned. They hit hidden icebergs at sea, face rogue waves from collapsing icebergs, get caught in unexpected violent weather, and end up stuck in ice with little warning - just to name a few challenges.

Just a reminder that the 500-meter trip from the airport to the harbor shouldn’t be your biggest concern 😉!
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One of the emails i sent was to:

Harbourmaster@ghb.gl

Which i got from their website. I will try again using the email you have given.
 
To complete the thread.

I, after some time, received an email reply from the harbourmaster. It said:

"SV Yacht

Dear Ian

Thank you for your enquiry.

The port is not closed.

Best Regards."
 
Friends were there a month ago. No problems getting around, flying in or out or traveling to the port or with any problems in fact.
 
Having just got back from a fantastic trip up and down the west coast of Greenland i can confirm that Nuuk harbour master is totally hostile to yachts. He will refuse entry but you have to come alongside to clear in. Make an appointment with customs people for a specific time and then ignore harbour master and come in at that time.
Don't be suckered onto mooring buoy in harbour he will charge you a week and kick you off after a couple of days.
No problems provisioning in Nuuk or elsewhere. Supermarkets are better than Tesco aroynd here, West Yorkshire. . A shetlander we met said the range available in the supermarkets was better than anything in Lerwick for example. And they didn't mean Nuuk.

Best way to meet up is fuel pontoon. Harbour master will send a chap to try and direct you to a website to extract harbour dues, ignore.

Free wifi in airport so easy comms.

Can anchor to east of peninsular with fuel pontoon. Beware southerlies. Lots of weed. A french aluminium yacht was lost there last year. Hull repaired, cabin stripped out, no engine, two ikea mattresses and they are on the way home.
 
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