Tvoroyri, Faroe Islands

We arrived at Tvoroyri, Faroe Islands after our second try. Our first attempt was aborted 60 miles offshore when Leah presented with signs of appendicitis. We sailed back to Stromness where Zetty and Leah spent the night in the hospital for observation. While the doctors didn't find anything she did show signs of a UTI and antibiotics were prescribed. We kept a close eye on her over the next couple of days as the gale force winds prevented a comfortable sail up to the Faroe's. We finally did have a window, 15-25kts upwind on a port tack. We went for it and made it just in time as the wind picked up to 35-50kts just as we entered the fjord leading to the harbor. We first tried to anchor in a protected bay but we couldn't get the anchor to hold, kelp being the main problem. After two attempts, we aborted and went for the harbor. We contacted the harbor master and he gave us a wall to lie against. As luck would have it, we were a touch too deep drafted and the rudder just hit bottom. With 6" of tide left before low tide and it being neaps we didn't want to chance it, so we went for the next best option of a lee wall. That was not a good option but the only option as it turns out the "harbor" had been filled in for container storage. This was not on the charts or in the pilot/guide book. Arctic Monkey is now braving out gale force winds against the wall filled with giant Michelin tires. I think we'll have a little extra scrubbing to do in Torshavn as the boat's a mess. We're holed up here until Friday, June 12th as the gales are to continue until then. The local people here say the same thing, the worst spring in years, too much wind and rain. I've been in contact with our weather routing team at Commander's Weather and we may not have a good weather window to make it to Iceland until the 19th of June. We may be getting a little behind schedule but you can't fight Mother Nature, well you can but most of the time you loose...