We are still at Puerto Williams, still waiting for a weather window.
Our friends on Karma Waters left a few days ago. They are from Australia and have a house in Yeppoon, which was damaged in the cyclone that hit there recently. They had some anxious moments waiting to hear from the caretaker. Apparently part of the roof is gone but otherwise, everything seems okay. They are pressing on to Valdivia to leave the boat before returning to Australia. We wish them good speed and safe travels.
Meanwhile Joyant and Storm Bay have arrived. We last saw Joyant in Puerto Montt and they have been carrying our Chilean chart book, which arrive after we left in December. We parted company with Storm Bay just after Puerto Aguirre. We are enjoying reconnecting, going out to dinner and showing them Puerto Williams, chuckle. Tonight we are having a progressive dinner, appetizers on Joyant, dinner on Storm Bay and dessert on Windarra.
We have been continually looking for weather windows for the Horn. Any possible ones we have seen are only for a few hours, not enough to go there and return safely. So we have decided to go somewhere else instead. Antarctica!
What you say? Can't go to the Horn but you can cross the Drake Passage and go to Antarctica on Windarra. Are you crazy? What are you thinking?
Well, we were able to book passage on the Quark Expeditions ship, the Sea Spirit for a 12 day trip. We leave Ushuaia on March 5 and return March 15. It will be fun having someone else worry about weather, standing watches, cooking, anchoring, etc. You can look it up on the web at www.freestyleadventuretravel.com. We may not be able to provide daily position updates but we will see what we can do. Windarra will remain at Puerto Williams at Club Naval de Micalvi. On Saturday, Feb. 28, we will stamp out of Chile, ride a van to Navarino, 35 km west of here and board a rigged inflatable boat for the trip across the Beagle Channel to Ushuaia where we will stay in a hostel and check out the sights before we board the ship on the afternoon of March 5.
oh boy!
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