This Monday morning, to our surprise the wind showed no sign of abating. It was still blowing at 27 to 33 knots. The sky was still gray and the air was full of spray and rain. And we are still in the washing machine! We took a new weather report and I guess the only explanation I can find is…
3rd day at sea - 3ème jour en mer As Sunday began, it seemed that the weather was slightly better, there was a bit of blue sky to be seen at sunrise, the wind had diminished a knot or two, the waves were slightly bigger but more regular. I received an encouraging email from Philippe with the latest weather report.…
On Saturday 19, the morning went rather well but the sky is grey and there is slight drizzle. The wind increased earlier than planned, by noon we had close to 30 knots. In the beginning, it was coming from the Southeast but it backed 30 degrees. Which means that the wind is coming more from forward, that the boat heels…
We passed the cape of Dungeness which marks the entrance to the Strait of Magellan this Friday February 18 at 9 am. We are now in the South Atlantic ocean, heading North. The planned crossing should last five full days. This first day was calm, no wind and a flat sea, we were under engine. We saw again the black…
We arrived at Punta Arenas on Tuesday 15th of February at 4pm. I decided to take a shipping agent to help me with the entrance formalities. I'm happy that I did so because the paperwork especially in these Covid times can be quite daunting. Another problem is that Punta Arenas doesn't have any facilities for yachting, there is not any…
We left the Caleta Beaulieu on Friday morning, luckily the rain had stopped and we went up the Western arm of the Seno Pia to see three glaciers that drop into the sea at the head. The fjord turned out to be filled with ice and we had to proceed with caution at a very slow speed. After about an…
Finalement nous n'avons pas pu faire notre entrée à Puerto Williams. Pour rentrer au Chili il faut valider ses vaccins via le site MeVacuno, malheureusement pour Dirk et Joelle, cette validation n'était pas encore arrivée. Pour Bernard, Marleen et moi, c'était en ordre, nous pouvions donc faire notre entrée. Mais quand nous sommes allés au bureau de l'immigration, le responsable…
All is well on board. The wind has thus picked up to 20-25 knots from the South-Southwest. I must say that I couldn't have dreamt of better conditions, the wind and the sea were quite pleasant even if it does move a little inside. The only thing is, that it is still cold. The sea temperature rose to 7° but…
The text you will find below was written on Sunday, January 23rd in the afternoon, before the serious mishap described in the other text which unfortunately was sent after the 11 o'clock deadline Belgian time because of a poor satellite connection. Of course, I wanted to give you in priority news and explanation about the breaking of the stay and…
J'avais déjà commencer à préparer un mail de notre départ d'Antarctique, je l'enverrai demain, malheureusement, je dois vous annoncer qu'on a eu un très gros problème. Les marins parmis vous qui regardent régulièremet le tracking auront certainement compris. on a dû aller vent arrière pendant 2h, signe qu'il y a eu un problème à bord. En effet l'étai (câble qui…