Day 11 – Tuesday 31 January.

4.16 am: The wind calmed last night as we ate meat with the gauchos. We were up at 4 am once again, hoping to get a few miles in before the wind gets up.

12.10 pm: We have had lots of practice paddling against head winds and through kelp beds! We avoided the whitecaps in the Beagle Channel by hugging the north shore where the waves were smaller and we had occasional shelter. We covered 17 nautical miles in 6 hours – hard work but we are recovering with cheese and salami toasties. We are 50 miles away from Ushuaia but more head winds are due. We may paddle this evening if the wind drops. 

7.07 pm: Our position is 54.55.0 W66.57.4. The wind is much the same so we will stay here and get another early start tomorrow. We are camped in a pretty wood close to the shore and can see lots of islands.