Day 38, Day 13 from Punta Areanas – Monday 27 February.
7.30am: The view out of our tent is gorgeous on the calm and chilly morning. We’ll soon be heading for Timbales.
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A tailwind at last
Day 37, Day 12 from Punta Arenas – Sunday 26 February.
S54.50 W70.30.4: A calm start then a light southerly side wind followed by the much awaited tail wind. We paddled 25 nautical miles into a narrow passage, Canal Pomar. We saw a humpback whale very close by and the usual penguins and albatros. It has been a good day.
Our camp is lovely, on a small pebble beach with a stunning view of snow capped mountains. We are hoping for a short 7 mile day tomorrow to the Armada station at Timbales. -
Through the gap and away
Day 36, Day 11 from Punta Arenas – Saturday 25 February.
5.56am: Up in the dark this morning so that we can hopefully kayak through the narrow gap and avoid carrying the boats. However . . .
4.21pm S54.49.5 W71.09.5: We had to portage 100 metres! It was a great day, crossing between lots of islands in the swell. We took the outside route as there was almost no wind, except for a slight easterly headwind in the afternoon. Where is the tailwind??After 25 nautical miles we found a bouldery beach on Isla Stuart to set up camp. We saw an otter, the sun is out and all is good.
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Hoping for less wind
Day 35, Day 10 from Punta Arenas – Friday 24 February.
6.48am: It’s rainy and cold this morning. We hope the wind is not as strong as it has been!
4.00pm S54.41 W71.44.3: Someone is having a laugh with us today. We started heading south east and along came a rare south, south easterly wind! It was only force 2 to 3 but we were denied the following sea that we dreamt of! We covered 18 nautical miles, headed into a narrow gap between two islands and found a 300 metre portage at the far end. We are camping here and will leave at high water early tomorrow morning.
Happy Birthday to Barry’s Mum and son, Adam.7.08pm: Stop press! The sun came out and it’s a beautiful evening. A humming bird and a kingfisher are here too!