Shortly after waking up on Wednesday morning, Philippe called me and said "you have to leave earlier, at 15h45 UTC if you want to avoid a high-pressure system with no wind two days into the Drake." Luis and Cristian went to the Prefectura to do the paperwork to leave, Tatiana and I went to the Carrefour to do our fresh…

I don't know about you, the year didn't start very well for me, but when you think about it, you can see the positive in everything. Speaking of positives, here is one I would have liked to avoid, the Covid of course. During our week off with Marleen in José Ignacio, near Punta Del Este in Uruguay, I caught the…

Saturday December 18 was a long and eventful day. As it turned out we had a beautiful 2-hour visit of the island of the States. Although we arrived in the middle of the night, the sky was strangely lit towards the South. We woke up at 5:30 am with a dense fog hanging on the steep cliffs. We explored first…

I have had one of the strangest navigation of my lifetime. We left Caleta Horno on Tuesday, December 14 to do the 600 nautical miles crossing to the Island of the States, at the Southern tip of South America. The marine weather forecast showed no storms various wind conditions. I never expected that we would be motoring so much in…

Quelques heures aprés avoir quitté la Caleta Horno, le vent tombait complètement. Nous avons donc continué au moteur et ce pendant 19h! C''est assez incroyable de se retrouver sans vent dans les "quarantièmes ruggissants!" On a décidé de passer devant Puerto Deseado pour capter du résau wifi afin de télécharcher la méteo et éventuellement d'attendre jusqu'à ce qu'il y ait…

We have arrived at Peninsula Valdes. It has two huge bays which have lots of marine life. In particular, the bays are breeding grounds for the southern whales. The day was absolutely beautiful with no wind and a strong sun. We saw at least half a dozen whales and one of them even swam under the boat! The crossing went…

We had good conditions until Mar Del Plata. The wind was mostly favorable and sustained, between 22 and 27 knots almost constantly. We covered 260 miles in just under 29 hours, an average of 9 knots. I am very well helped on board by a group of Argentinian sailors, all of whom are regatta sailors and own a boat: Thomas…

We worked non-stop to bring the boat to shape for ocean navigation. We have set the sails, secured the shackles and did the food provisioning of the boat. Everything was done to ensure the highest possible security. All the equipment was tested and approved. We had to discard 5 self-inflating life vests and bought vests approved by the Prefetura Maritima…

Dear Friends, An e-mail was sent last month by mistake. My website had expired and I had lost all the content and functionalities. My daughter Larissa rebuilt it from scratch. From the reactions of many of you, it seems that you are ready to follow the next adventures. We are now in full preparations of the second leg of the…

Thursday January 30th. We are about to leave on the last stretch of this first leg. There is 150 miles from Piriapolis to Buenos Aires. It should take us about 20 hours. We will arrive in the afternoon of Friday 31st. There is a diminishing South-easterly wind. Philippe forecasts that it will drop during the night. The good news is…