We have news of sailors! This was
Last Thursday, just be covered and the Internet, when they sent us details of the journey.
Day January 7:
"Good humor home.
Many procedures at headquarters of Ushuaia Argentina, prevent us from the tide and cause the first major delay than by the desire to leave, with the boat aground, causing a problem that subsequently suffer. The water filter is completely clogged, resulting in a warming that endangers the motor.
Road to Port Williams, on Navarino Island, adapting to the landscape of the Beagle Channel and Captain .
Port Williams To enter by a low pass with the centerboard raised half 6 tons, so with some concern, which was overcome by enfilar Williams.
A mess of boats waiting for us, difficult to maneuver in the side alongside unnecessarily increased by an Armenian ship run by an Italian (we think), looks more like a "Miliko" a sailor. A good dinner
restorative, and as the first day, good impression, exciting. "
January 8th Day:
" We left Port Williams, once it resolves the cumbersome border procedures between Argentina and Chile, which gives us entry, all augur well, pleasant, but cold as expected, but no rain announced, through the passage Mackinlay, leaving Gable Island port, allowing some turisteo to see a large penguin colony taking advantage of time brooding on the friendly bugs.
Picton Passing arrive at Puerto Toro, the southernmost town in the world with a difficult mooring maneuver, which led us to beach. The heaving solve the keel, fortunately maneuverable in the Wizard of the South.
Beautiful views and short walk ...
... salute no more than 3 villagers, who held a small party making a roast.
Good Night. "
Day January 9:
" Leaving Puerto Toro sea lions greet us with his harem, frolicking on a rock along with alboranes.
Everything looks good until it started Pass Goree the wind increases and becomes backpack forcing us to take refuge in the Lennox Island Passage in the middle of Richmond, which represents a major diversion route that begins to threaten the expectations, we started a tenure without much difficulty, alone, sighting in a small corner a couple of penguins nesting on the shore. "
Day January 10:
" We left the Lennox Creek North, too early to retrace gone wrong with the intention of rounding Cape Horn. We sailed with a strong wind of about 40 knots from the tail of a storm announced once the step of Goree crossed between the islands of Navarino and Lennox and the Bay Nassau wind was rising up to force 11, the water seethed and we could see the white sea, the speed exceeded 70 knots, the heeling terrible, of 50-70 degrees. The fireplace in the South Wizard of 2.5 meters above the water level was flooded, half boat was a submarine port, ...
... the engine as a precaution, supporting the mainsail with two reefs was too open but nothing could be done already, the propeller lost water in the gusts and well dressed drivers lines of life, clung to a vertical position seemed lost at times. This picture
desist from passing the Cape, where we consider waves of 10 meters and we were forced to take refuge in the Caleta Martial, on Herschel Island, one of the Wollaston Arquistade clicking the Bay, along with three other ships, a French one (Michele) announces on radio that he had gotten a wonderful photos of our voyage that promises to send email once again towards Antarctica, within two months, where they intended to address.
anchored with a quiet, confident of being in the depression peak winds at 980 hectopascals williwise, were not roaring, no strings, no screaming or howling, were more, always more, which is also getting significant heeling anchoring, to the extent that managed to claw and compel us to help the engine funding, but not before pass many difficulties to regain a place of greater shelter.
We set the anchor with great difficulty by the hundreds of kilos of giant algae that populate the bottom of the creek and we swept the anchor might move. As we move forward and once recovered a most convenient position, engine guards did to help keep us in it.
With enough loss gave resignation the opportunity to pass out at the very last hope that we open a clear morning to try, though we understood very difficult. "
Day 11 January (the big day):
" dawns calm thing, do not know if Eolo at home or waiting for call to the door, but it seems that we will allow the new and final attempt. In this illusion we left after eliminating clean machete hundreds of kilos of anchor that made invisible, yes raining for help.
Hermite Island Road to allow us to see the status of the Sea in Cape area, with acceptable and stable weather conditions ...
... had risen 20 mmb, we saw flying around Cape Horn Jon Anderson, assisted by Mary, Merche, Eduardo and Angel, this line of life, but a little to the picture and in memory of yesterday.
At about 11 am on day 11 of month 1 of year 11, we crossed the Cape Horn and named by Captain Caps Horniers, stating that Jon Anderson in his capacity pilot also becomes a "Yamana".
RCNL
The pendant of the first to cross it was occupying its place of honor and respect in port.
With the satisfaction of mission accomplished, we return to Puerto Toro, but fatigue and convenience we recommend spending the night in Caleta Martial again, sad memory yesterday, but this time we get to look your best allowing us to visit some biologists lonely way to Diego Ramirez, are doing some studies here. Diego Ramirez is the world's southernmost point, although the prominence it gives to Cape Horn. "
And of course, Jon Anderson starred in the most anticipated picture, that of the epic moment.
Day January 12:
"We start from Caleta Martial, no wind, the jib of iron as the only aid, is rising little bag, yes a sovereign friendly dolphins, which and called the area that have special characteristics with us on the way out. can not believe that this picture almost meditterraneo at his best yesterday was hell. The intrepid Mary will ride it, while his beloved Eduardo injured hell's knee which requires some work to Angel, who was not prepared for it, but as always true. "
Day January 13:
" Again the cumbersome procedures burrocráticos, get the diploma Port Captain and we do with letters from the memory area, we expect to Ushuaia and travel, to see if we can find a shower conditions.
will have to plan a couple of months in Antarctica that has known little. "
We wait with open arms. And by the way ZORIONAK! The great feat.
Text: Angel Larrauri
Photos : crew Mago del Sur
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