Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Position: 64 ° 29'S 61 ° 56'W
Hello!
We left the lovely anchorage Cuverville yesterday morning after a lovely stop, because the wind gave way to a beautiful sun, and this charming little island has a beautiful colony of Gentoo penguins, what delight photographers and other designers ! It's the ice that we finally drove the anchorage in the morning upon waking, icebergs having accumulated on our line ashore and threatening to break the ...
Finally, this impromptu departure is dropped, since we were able to sail under cover of a breeze and this time with great visibility, which was far from being the case the day before ... Afternoon, the wind has disappeared again, and we finally joined the surprising wetting Enterprise engine.
I say surprising because this anchorage is in fact a former shelter once used by whalers and where we come dock-side of the wreck a collector of oil. A nice dip in the past, because above the wreck which gives the place a totally surreal side, we discover at the discretion of the islands many remnants of the heyday of whaling: anchors on the rocks, pieces chains, and mostly very nice whale, extraordinarily well preserved despite the years spent on site to be covered by snow!
It was therefore well feasted on this show, which was further spiced up a little surprise, that a meeting with a fur seal, the only species that we did not cross far. In short, we went to bed blessed yesterday after a great day. And as here, the day is a little permanent, well this morning, the captain woke us up very early, around 4:30 in the morning to enjoy the beautiful day that pointed the tip of his nose. His departure surprised at dawn did not seem to taste some, but my goodness, that's life, group life, it's not always easy ... and the position of head either!
We sail on time so it is very nicely in the Strait of Gerlashe ... not very fast as the breeze dies down, but under a blazing sun! We are heading on Deception, where we will await the perfect weather window to cross back.
In the meantime, I wish you a great day and see you soon! Greetings from
Gerlashe,
Juliet for the crew of Paradise
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