51 45.082 S, 073 51.932 W, Caleta Bernard
The sun came out! It was a beautiful morning in the anchorage. A slight chill in the air but clear, blue skies and sunshine, yippee!
We bailed the dingy and put what we could into one of our water tanks. After untying and bringing in our shore lines, we putt-putted our way to the small waterfall. Rich anchored and we secured two shore lines, straddling the waterfall. We tried using our hose and a funnel, hoping for some hydrostatic pressure to move the water through the hose leading back to the boat but no joy. So we shuttled two buckets back and forth and Rich poured them into the water tanks. By the umpteenth time, I had figured out which branch to grab to put the end of the dingy close enough to the waterfall so I could fill the buckets. It took about two and a half hours to fill both tanks to full so now we have 150 gallons which should last a bit, until the next rain storm or waterfall which ever comes first (my bet is on the rain).
We only went 15 nautical miles today to Caleta Bernard. On the way, since we had clear skies, we saw the snow covered Andes and I think part of Torres de Paines. Gorgeous views.
Our anchorage is not very big and we are floating in calm water. With the sunshine we are able to dry our foulies so they do not smell foul and are no longer soaking wet as mine were from the waterfall.
Pasta is back on the menu.
Cheers,
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