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…
We arrived in Ushuaia on Friday 28th. Luckily the weather was great with generous sunshine and no wind. The first thing we did was to lower the genoa. We unfurled the damaged furler by hand, but some parts of the sail were stuck because the profiles were bent or damaged. So I went up along the forestay with the harness…
On the morning of Wednesday 26, the wind started to increase. At 2 am it was already 20/25 knots coming from West Southwest and we continued on our course. By 8 am, it was 30 knots coming more from the North West instead of West, forcing us to bear away to a course of 015 which was safely above the…
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…
It is high time to give you some news about our stay here. We thus arrived Sunday morning in the peninsula and went directly to Charlotte Bay, a bay known for whale watching. We arrived in the bay at 9 am. The scenery was truly magnificent. First of all the sky was entirely blue and there was no wind at…
La nuit de jeudi à vendredi était relativement calme. Le matin j'ai reçu un mail de Philippe avec le dernier routing. Le vent devrait diminuer dans la journée a 15 noeuds, de l'Ouest pour refuser petit à petit vers le Sud le lendemain donc directement dans le nez tout en diminuant encore. A 8h ce matin du vendredi, le ciel…
We arrived in front of cape Horn around 9;30am. The wind was moderate from the Northwest 20 to 25 knots. We sailed closer to take some pictures, but after 15 minutes some rain squalls arrived, so we bore away and set a course directly for the Antarctic peninsula. Once we were well in the Drake, the wind rose to 33…