Saturday, February 19, 2011
Hello!
Time flies for us aboard the Paradise, and I realize that it's been a while since I've not given our news. Do not worry, everything is very well and we just left Puerto Williams again, this time heading west to the spectacular Cordillera Darwin.
The sun is still in the appointment, as every day since we started, what my faith is pretty nice. As always the great unknown remains the weather, always a little temperamental at these latitudes, and never really like the forecasts received. For example, returning to Cape Horn, we waited all day Thursday at anchor as the wind was blowing at more than 35KN. To 18h, the soft breeze, we set sail, regaling us ahead of what promised to be a beautiful night navigation.
Well finally the wind died completely and we had to drive the motor until about 3am, when the wind suddenly rose to 20-30 kn, and justly, battery on our way! Alas, we stopped in a nice anchorage a few hours before returning any perky yesterday morning. After a great day to pull the edges, while we have only a few miles to rally Puerto Williams, the staysail was folded and put away as well, our friend the west wind has once again risen sharply recently joined forces with an opposing current brilliantly ... and reducing our speed a little ridiculous 2kN for a (too?) long time!
Finally, it is also the charm Patagonian ... One never knows very well what sauce it will be eaten, whether or not we will achieve the intended purpose. Navigate here is exciting, because we are constantly on alert. Moreover, while this morning there was no wind, it would seem that a slight breeze rises ... Will we have to tack? Reefing? Mystery. In any case, our goal is Yendegaya first Chilean fjord after the border, and the beautiful Ferrari caleta, we hope to achieve tonight and where we spend the day tomorrow we walk.
I leave you and come back to you with future news, as soon as possible!
Greetings Patagones,
Juliet for the crew of Paradise
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