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Month: February 2015

One Fine Day

By Tweed Posted on February 27, 2015 Posted in Coastal, PassageMaking 2 Comments Tagged with engine, fuel, lecky, maintenance, tillman, weather

A fine day in Estrecho Nelson The 23rd was passed swinging at anchor in Caleta Darde. It was quite comfortable, especially for peace of mind after the wind backed to the West and I was able to veer more chain. …

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Four days in a row

By Tweed Posted on February 22, 2015 Posted in Coastal, PassageMaking No Comments Tagged with anchoring, jellyfish, weather

The jellyfish of Mostyn Weather bound in Caleta Mussel was what we was; until the 18th when we got under way again. Because of the tidal current in Paso Tortuoso which we were in as soon as we left the …

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Tacking, tacking

By Tweed Posted on February 15, 2015 Posted in Coastal, PassageMaking No Comments Tagged with Magellan, tacking, tides, whales

"Morgane" in Caleton Silva Rain, rain, go away, come again another day – goes the rhyme. The only two problems with the rain here are that it never goes away and it always comes again another day. We went for …

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Into the Magellan Straight

By Tweed Posted on February 11, 2015 Posted in Coastal, PassageMaking No Comments Tagged with foulies, MaxSea, pilotage, rain, slocum

The bare naked mountains of Brecknock After a couple of days in Caleta Silva the shine had worn, or washed, off the place and it was time to get moving. The morning of the 7th dawned yet wet and still …

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Caleton Silva

By Tweed Posted on February 6, 2015 Posted in Coastal, PassageMaking No Comments Tagged with alcamar, Chile

Big grey sky On Tuesday we had a long day making about 30 miles of progress but actually covering more than 40 as I took Paula on a sightseeing trip into Seno Pia which is a spectacular set of Fjords. …

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Westward – along the Beagle Channel

By Tweed Posted on February 1, 2015 Posted in Coastal, PassageMaking No Comments Tagged with Beagle, beaver, Chile, condor, guanaco, krill, mink

Mount Darwin from the Beagle Channel We stayed in Puerto Williams for almost two weeks. In that time we made a few adjustments to the systems on the boat (this will no doubt be on-going), the Puerto Williams mechanic skimmed …

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