54 56.901 S, 070 46.456 W, Caleton Silva
Finally we were able to get out of Caleta Brecknock and continue on our way.
We were up by 5:30 am and heading out behind SV Anna Caroline at 7:15 am. SV Karma Waters decided to stay an extra day. We had a reasonable passage. The winds were gusting 30-35 when we first entered Canal Brecknock but most of the day they were 10-20 knots pushing us along with the current and the staysail. We had a call from a Brazilian naval vessel as well as a Chilean navy boat. We also saw a sailboat west bound and tried to call them on the VHF but no answer and I think it had a Swedish flag.
We saw lots of seals and birds. As we were entering the anchorage a dolphin came along side and would jump in the air and do an axial spin before landing back in the water about 6 times. It was a great show but unfortunately no photos
The only troublesome part of the trip is that in some places both the Navionics and the CMap charts did not match the actual land masses and the GPS coordinates were off. It was weird but we had good visibility so we were able to navigate with no problem. I had built a course on the Ipad and then transferred it to the Furuno and according to the charter/plotter we were traveling overland. A good trick that!
Tomorrow we plan to enter Canal Beagle!
PS Thank you for the Super bowl highlights to everyone who sent them to us. We could not download on the HF Radio until Monday night so we were a day behind. Sounds like it was a good game even though the Seahawks did not win.
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