IMAGES STAGE GALLEGOS - RIO GRANDE.
The landscape still remain the same, it is almost reaching Tierra del Fuego forests. The beaches are long and shallow waves generated when there are big swells and wind.
Road to Rio Grande.
moor edge lighthouse continues to operate, one of the few survivors.
A chubasquito that brought snow and rain for 30 minutes.
wig navigates a daily stage, passing storms.
A fox and his bad habits.
gas plant of the Total Austral, a small city across the strait.
Strait at a time of calm and an albatross by the escort.
The tree flag, witnessed long years of wind west.
A female is superimposed on the photo without problems. So add one more to the ornithological collection.
Coming out Virgin.
Punta Dungeness and narrow bottom. On the right the Chilean lighthouse.
Lighthouse Cabo Virgenes.
The Southern Cross navigating the strait.
Magellan Nestling.
Last repair prior to crossing the strait.
The intruder, a King Penguin.
Bandurrias.
Hi, Happy New Year to all, and in 2010 and for the first time in the distant Tierra del Fuego. It's been a few things from Gallegos to here. Let's start backwards. At this time we are staying at the Rio Grande Sailing Club Ioshlelk Oten, kayakers club. Many are on vacation but Willy opened the doors of the club and we'll be here a few days until the kayak Diego. The Gypsy's OK, we're going to make rowing the Rio Grande to be warming up. It is a very nice stage with some parts moved out San Diego as the Mitre Peninsula. 500 km will be different to what we are accustomed. Gallegos
's departure was rapid, we said goodbye and left Joseph and Facundo current for the estuary. Comments prior to our departure from many poorly understood were unfortunate, "here and below is impossible, the worst ..." etc etc. The weather behaved well and in 3 days we reached Cape Virgins with some big waves but fine. We stayed a couple of days in the detachment of the NAPs served first and waiting for good conditions to make the crossing. The day came and throw a normal crossing in Magallanes. We start with a rather complicated forecast waiting for calm in a couple of hours, at least so said the windguru. And so it was, the first 4 hours were tough with a lot of leeway but then the weather calmed down and came right to Milestone 1. The tug Southern Cross was given to ensuring support along the imaginary line that separates Chile and Argentina. The communications heard on the radio between the capital and the prefecture said things like: "There is much wind, I suppose it will abort the crossing ..." "The tide changed, now they are going to be uphill ... I do not know, I think are good ..." So I grabbed the radio and to reassure both sides I informed them that all was well, slowly but surely. In total there were almost 8 hours to complete the 38 km that separated us from side to side. Just finished moving immediately arose a terrible wind and it rained. Cross just past, is not as easy as we thought. The waves are quite large, if the wind exceeds 30 km h start to break and even more complicated. Calmly crossing is crucial because the drift is too strong and if the wind meets the West and quickly ended the tide going dodging offshore oil platforms. The strait is a world of ships, platforms, buoys and beacons in the night like a city with thousands of lights. And it came to finish the plant Total Austral hosted the Prefecture of Rio Cullen waiting for Christmas and putting up a wind storm that kept us 5 days. If you could imagine what we ate there, and never recovered kilos.
of the whole when the weather improved we left Rio Grande achieving arrive in 3 days. We spent the San Sebastian bay is big enough and we started to have all four seasons in a matter of hours. Suddenly it rains, snows, the sun rises and you burn everything constantly changing.
's departure was rapid, we said goodbye and left Joseph and Facundo current for the estuary. Comments prior to our departure from many poorly understood were unfortunate, "here and below is impossible, the worst ..." etc etc. The weather behaved well and in 3 days we reached Cape Virgins with some big waves but fine. We stayed a couple of days in the detachment of the NAPs served first and waiting for good conditions to make the crossing. The day came and throw a normal crossing in Magallanes. We start with a rather complicated forecast waiting for calm in a couple of hours, at least so said the windguru. And so it was, the first 4 hours were tough with a lot of leeway but then the weather calmed down and came right to Milestone 1. The tug Southern Cross was given to ensuring support along the imaginary line that separates Chile and Argentina. The communications heard on the radio between the capital and the prefecture said things like: "There is much wind, I suppose it will abort the crossing ..." "The tide changed, now they are going to be uphill ... I do not know, I think are good ..." So I grabbed the radio and to reassure both sides I informed them that all was well, slowly but surely. In total there were almost 8 hours to complete the 38 km that separated us from side to side. Just finished moving immediately arose a terrible wind and it rained. Cross just past, is not as easy as we thought. The waves are quite large, if the wind exceeds 30 km h start to break and even more complicated. Calmly crossing is crucial because the drift is too strong and if the wind meets the West and quickly ended the tide going dodging offshore oil platforms. The strait is a world of ships, platforms, buoys and beacons in the night like a city with thousands of lights. And it came to finish the plant Total Austral hosted the Prefecture of Rio Cullen waiting for Christmas and putting up a wind storm that kept us 5 days. If you could imagine what we ate there, and never recovered kilos.
of the whole when the weather improved we left Rio Grande achieving arrive in 3 days. We spent the San Sebastian bay is big enough and we started to have all four seasons in a matter of hours. Suddenly it rains, snows, the sun rises and you burn everything constantly changing.
The days of sailing to Rio Grande were monotonous, the beaches are long and need to wait for high tide. The only day we had to row 8 hours to about 50 km was the third day of arrival. There is a very long sandbar before the mouth of the river and is the only road entrance to the marina. Anyway, we go in and just turned the tide and started upstream. Continued ...
