We sre still here based on what we see in the gribs. We will check tonight and see if we will be moving on or staying put another day.
Rich worked hard on the watermaker today. It is working again but not at full pressure so it is not 100% but at least it is making water. My rain catcher is still deployed but I have to say it is not catching a lot, probably enough to make tea but it also has not been raining much either.
Tonight for dessert we have carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Yum!
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Monday, January 5, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Water, water all around
We are still here at Caleta Maris Stella as the gribs are predicting uncomfortable weather south.
Rich spent most of the day working on the watermaker but unfortunately no joy. Seems like there is a problem with the motor. So tomorrow he will work some more on it. In the meantime, I have the rain catcher set up but not much rain. Go figure.
While Rich was working I baked some bread. It actually turned out pretty well if I do say so myself. Not sure what I will bake tomorrow.
In the meantime, we are here at a nice pleasant anchorage and secure with 2 shore lines. We can see the canal outside and it has been whitecaps most of the day. A seal came by to check us out, then took off.
Cheers
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Rich spent most of the day working on the watermaker but unfortunately no joy. Seems like there is a problem with the motor. So tomorrow he will work some more on it. In the meantime, I have the rain catcher set up but not much rain. Go figure.
While Rich was working I baked some bread. It actually turned out pretty well if I do say so myself. Not sure what I will bake tomorrow.
In the meantime, we are here at a nice pleasant anchorage and secure with 2 shore lines. We can see the canal outside and it has been whitecaps most of the day. A seal came by to check us out, then took off.
Cheers
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Saturday, January 3, 2015
Out of cell range
49 22.493 S, 074 25.035 W Caleta Maris Stella
We left Puerto Eden this morning without getting water as the tide was low and we did not want to attempt the dock/wharf. We are now 16 miles south at Caleta Maris Stella. It is a nice anchorage and we have 2 shore lines so we are secure and prepared if the weather gets stormy as it is predicted to do. During our passage we had winds from the N, NNW up to 27 knots and it started to rain just as we were entering the anchorage, of course. We were able to get shore lines and pull the boat around but it was a bit of a struggle as we were pulling against the wind. As soon at I put out the rain catcher, yes, you guesses it, the rains stopped. Maybe I will have to leave it out the rest of the trip...
While we were in Puerto Eden, we had cell coverage and internet. I managed to use up my 150 MB in 2 days instead of the 15 days, oops. We hope you enjoy the few pictures we posted. It is beautiful here, when it is not raining and the clouds lift, that is. Now we are back to just sailmail.
Cheers
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We left Puerto Eden this morning without getting water as the tide was low and we did not want to attempt the dock/wharf. We are now 16 miles south at Caleta Maris Stella. It is a nice anchorage and we have 2 shore lines so we are secure and prepared if the weather gets stormy as it is predicted to do. During our passage we had winds from the N, NNW up to 27 knots and it started to rain just as we were entering the anchorage, of course. We were able to get shore lines and pull the boat around but it was a bit of a struggle as we were pulling against the wind. As soon at I put out the rain catcher, yes, you guesses it, the rains stopped. Maybe I will have to leave it out the rest of the trip...
While we were in Puerto Eden, we had cell coverage and internet. I managed to use up my 150 MB in 2 days instead of the 15 days, oops. We hope you enjoy the few pictures we posted. It is beautiful here, when it is not raining and the clouds lift, that is. Now we are back to just sailmail.
Cheers
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Friday, January 2, 2015
A busy day in Puerto Eden
49 07.659 S, 074 24.718 W
Today was a busy day for us in Puerto Eden, a very small settlement of 86 people on Canal Messier.
The first stop was with the Chilean Armada. A very nice fellow welcomed us and then looked at our passports and tourist visas to make sure we still had time left, which for us is until April 20, 2015. Then he reviewed the zarpe, asked a few questions, reminded us about the red tide areas and told us to change one of the email addresses for our QTH or daily report. Our zarpe indicates that we plan to be in Puerto Williams by February 15 and that still looks good. So we are good to go. We just need to call on the radio to let them know when we are leaving. No problem.
We raised anchor and picked a spot in front of the village and went for a look see. Juan, one of the nice Carabinaras or police man, pointed out where the two grocery stores were and when to find the home of Don Jose and Nelda, where we would purchase some fuel. First stop was fuel. Don Jose is an older gentleman who explained that we should come back in an hour. Ok, so time to check out the stores. The stores were closed so we peeked in the windows to see some of what was available and then walked down to the yellow house beyond the last store. We found out from Frannie B that we could purchase some fresh lettuce here and indeed we did, so salad is back on the menu boys! She also showed us some hand woven baskets and we bought one for a souvenir. Walking back on the boardwalk we rang the bell at the first store and we were able to buy some eggs, potatoes and carrots.
Back to the boat with our loot and the next task is getting fuel. We collected our empty jerry cans, put them in the dingy and rowed over to Don Jose's dock. He invited us in for coffee and fruitcake while we practiced our Spanish. Not the most sophisticated conversation but okay, while we waited for Don Jose's son to be ready. The son brought out a car battery and connected it to a fuel pump with a hose into a large plastic 200 liter drum of fuel and started filling up our jerry cans. We would fill up 7 20 liter jerry cans at a time, row them back to the boat, move the fuel to our larger jerry cans on deck and do it again. We did this complete exercise 3 times and now we have 400 liters of diesel at 1100 pesos per liter or about $1.80 a liter, added on board. This took up most of the afternoon.
After getting the dingy back on the davits we shifted our anchor position as it was getting a little shallow at low tide but we wanted to be close to reduce the distance we needed to row. After a shower we are relaxing from our busy day.
Tomorrow if the weather, wind and tide cooperate we will go to the small wharf and get some water otherwise we will continue our journey south to a safe anchorage before the weather front comes through.
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Today was a busy day for us in Puerto Eden, a very small settlement of 86 people on Canal Messier.
The first stop was with the Chilean Armada. A very nice fellow welcomed us and then looked at our passports and tourist visas to make sure we still had time left, which for us is until April 20, 2015. Then he reviewed the zarpe, asked a few questions, reminded us about the red tide areas and told us to change one of the email addresses for our QTH or daily report. Our zarpe indicates that we plan to be in Puerto Williams by February 15 and that still looks good. So we are good to go. We just need to call on the radio to let them know when we are leaving. No problem.
We raised anchor and picked a spot in front of the village and went for a look see. Juan, one of the nice Carabinaras or police man, pointed out where the two grocery stores were and when to find the home of Don Jose and Nelda, where we would purchase some fuel. First stop was fuel. Don Jose is an older gentleman who explained that we should come back in an hour. Ok, so time to check out the stores. The stores were closed so we peeked in the windows to see some of what was available and then walked down to the yellow house beyond the last store. We found out from Frannie B that we could purchase some fresh lettuce here and indeed we did, so salad is back on the menu boys! She also showed us some hand woven baskets and we bought one for a souvenir. Walking back on the boardwalk we rang the bell at the first store and we were able to buy some eggs, potatoes and carrots.
Back to the boat with our loot and the next task is getting fuel. We collected our empty jerry cans, put them in the dingy and rowed over to Don Jose's dock. He invited us in for coffee and fruitcake while we practiced our Spanish. Not the most sophisticated conversation but okay, while we waited for Don Jose's son to be ready. The son brought out a car battery and connected it to a fuel pump with a hose into a large plastic 200 liter drum of fuel and started filling up our jerry cans. We would fill up 7 20 liter jerry cans at a time, row them back to the boat, move the fuel to our larger jerry cans on deck and do it again. We did this complete exercise 3 times and now we have 400 liters of diesel at 1100 pesos per liter or about $1.80 a liter, added on board. This took up most of the afternoon.
After getting the dingy back on the davits we shifted our anchor position as it was getting a little shallow at low tide but we wanted to be close to reduce the distance we needed to row. After a shower we are relaxing from our busy day.
Tomorrow if the weather, wind and tide cooperate we will go to the small wharf and get some water otherwise we will continue our journey south to a safe anchorage before the weather front comes through.
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Puerto Eden
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Arrived at Puerto Eden
49 07.706 S, 074 25.649 W, Puerto Eden
We started late to catch the tide going through Agostura Inglesa, the narrows before Puerto Eden which was 31 miles south of Caleta Yvonne. Rich got a chance to change the oil and the oil filter on the engine and look at the watermaker which has decided to stop working. Geez! The trip through the narrows was relatively uneventful but at one point Rich was not sure of my waypoints and almost took over control from the autopilot but my waypoint came through. We were anchor down at 8:00 pm in front of the Armada station.
Tomorrow we will check in, then get fuel and provision a little. The main village is across in a small bay and everything is connected via boardwalks as there are no vehicles here. Should be interesting.
Cheers.
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We started late to catch the tide going through Agostura Inglesa, the narrows before Puerto Eden which was 31 miles south of Caleta Yvonne. Rich got a chance to change the oil and the oil filter on the engine and look at the watermaker which has decided to stop working. Geez! The trip through the narrows was relatively uneventful but at one point Rich was not sure of my waypoints and almost took over control from the autopilot but my waypoint came through. We were anchor down at 8:00 pm in front of the Armada station.
Tomorrow we will check in, then get fuel and provision a little. The main village is across in a small bay and everything is connected via boardwalks as there are no vehicles here. Should be interesting.
Cheers.
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