Sailing

The forecasts downloaded last night confirmed a good weather window to face the Drake, so this morning at 06:30h we set sail. Rounded Harmony Point on Nelson Island and gained the open sea we set course to 004° enjoying a broad reach 5 knots which...

Paradise Harbor, Caughtrey Peninsula Lat 64 ° 54.12; Long 062 ° 51.90'W Back at sea, for a day full of adventures. We set sail at 07:30h, calling the Ukrainian station by radio and still thanking the whole crew not only for their hospitality, but...

Vernadsky Research Station, Galindez Island This morning I woke up with the question of what to do with the beam in the port side hull. It is only one plank out of the 20 sitting in each hull and with these temperatures and humidity, working with...

Port Lockeroy, Wincke Island Yesterday night passed without surprises, the wind as expected fell completely, letting us enjoy a well-deserved, short rest. In fact, we wake up at 4:00h for frugal breakfast and after which we were ready to sail.. 94...

This morning we woke up at 7:00h, we had breakfast and immediately after hoisted our sails. More than 70 miles of navigation awaited us to reach our next anchorage, Mikkelsen Harbor on Trinity Island. We want to reach as soon as possible, Vernadsky...

Port Foster, Deception, South Shetland Island Despite the 4 degrees C° in the cabin, today's awakening has been greeted by a clear sky and a distant sun that peeks out from the snowy crown of Deception Island. Fuel consumption is certainly one of our...

Whalers Bay, Deception, South Shetland Island Anchored in position: Lat 62 ° 58.77'S; Long 060 ° 33.76'W At 18:30h today (10 of February 2016) we we anchored in Whaler Bay at Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands after 4 days, 4 hours and...

Position Lat 57°48.10’S; Long 066°38.90'W Course: 161°; Wind 25 kn N; Speed: 10 kn In the end we succeeded. At 06:00 we were ready to take our "train" to the south. But more than a "direct" in reality it was a "local" and instead of the 25 real knots...

Puerto Toro, Chile We arrived in Puerto Toro on February 5th at 1:15 am, after having surrendered to the Drake with whom we fought for over 48 hours with winds against us and always above 35 knots with gusts of 55 kn. Unfortunately we were too slow...

Puerto William In the early days of January, Francisco, the Master of the Nautical Club Micalvi in ​​Puerto Williams presented to an envelope with the letterhead of the Armada de Chile, the Chilean Navy. The sender was the First Class Lieutenant,...