54 47.785 S, 069 37.770 W, Caleta Beaulieu, Seno Pia, Glacier Romanche
Cruisers are a creative bunch. At the last anchorage, Caleton Silva, someone had made a sailor scarecrow wearing foulies on shore. Nearby was a tree with all sorts of wooden plaques with names of boat on them. There is supposed to be one at our current anchorage too.
We left Caleton Silva and headed up Canal O'brien and into Brazo Noroeste of Canal Beagle. The winds started light but then we had rachas or williwas or chubascos, pick a name, they are strong winds that suddenly come across the water. They are fast, 0-30 knots in less than 3 seconds. When it is light winds you are tempted to use your sails only to be tossed onto your ears at any moment. The strongest winds we saw got up to 44 knots, on the side. We headed to the northern shore to reduce our exposure, with a bit of success. As we went farther east, they seems to lessen. Behind us in the distance we could see dark clouds heading our way so we were anxious to get into the anchorage and get settled.
We could see glaciers all along as we continued. After turning into the Seno we watched for ice and saw bits floating by and we gave them a wide berth. Now we are tucked into the anchorage with 4 shore lines and directly ahead of us is a view of the glacier. Wow! Big wow! This is one of the sights we have been looking forward to for a while. It is amazing. Sorry we can't share some photos right now but we have been taking plenty.
We might be staying here for a bit.
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