After breakfast and picking up three of the crew who had slept on the beach, we headed off – under sail. Under main, staysail and mizzen we made a tight turn out of the anchorage and headed into the Beagle Channel. The border between Argentina and Chile runs through the …
The original plan had been to go and visit Cape Horn and the morning was spent waiting for the permit to do that. Once again, wheels needed to be turned and perhaps palms greased and that all takes time, so it was after midday before we were able to leave. …
We stayed a day at Waterboat Point, moving slightly further in and putting a second anchor down to weather the predicted storm. The long boat hook used for prodding the ice floes away was initially working overtime and even the Zodiac was used to do some ‘ice-nudging’ but very quickly …
