Here we are, sitting around the teak table on the sailing yacht, sharing stories of our day over appetizers and libations. There is a lot of laughing and chatter coming from over my shoulder in accents indicative of at least four different countries. This is the end of our first paddling day after crossing the infamous Drake Passage. I …
Four more days have passed… plenty of adventure and even more wild life. It’s a bit much to capture so I will just cover today. But know that the other days of paddling were full of more amazing nature bursting at the seams with whales, penguins and seals. Today was our biggest day yet. It pushed many of …
Spirit Of Sydney3:53 PM Here we are, sitting around the teak table on the sailing yacht, sharing stories of our day over appetizers and libations. There is a lot of laughing and chatter coming from over my shoulder in accents indicative of at least four different countries. This is the end of our first paddling day after crossing …
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Got an email Last night from Captain Calypso on Spirit of Sydney. She dropped anchor in the active Volcano last night after a good Drake Passage Hi Darrel,We anchored at 21h30 in Deception, Whalers bay.the snow stopped falling just entering Neptune’s bellows…Everyone is already in bed…Justine made a plan for tomorrow, paddle to Baily Head if …
Justine Curgenven and JF have set of today on the month long Antarctic Kayaking trip.Keep an eye out for there updates
Just put Spirit of Sydney is back in Ushuaia after a fast return crossing of the Drake passage.
We passed 15 Miles east of Cape horn at 2 am, and round isla Nueva at 8.30am and now we are rocking in the white beagle! 30 knots in the head wind! Welcome back! almost north of Picton island …Plan to anchor this afternoon in Haberton, and sail tomorrow to Ushuaia.bye byeCalypso
January 19th., 2019. We are headed for the Drake now and are on 3 hour watches with 6 hours off. Not much wind so we are motoring. Everyone one feeling fine. We cooked up lots of meals today in anticipation of it being difficult to cook while underway. We went spent a noisy and restless night in our anchorage …
Day 14 For breakfast, we enjoyed a mixed fruit salad with pastries from theL’Austral ship. Clemens flew the drone from the zodiac over the glacier.We then left Skontorp Cove and headed for the Lemaire Channel. It was an overcast day. There were low-hanging clouds as we went throughthe Lemaire Channel. There was a lot of …
Day 11 Lori made banana pancakes for breakfast. Susan made grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. We motored through Gerlache Straight to Paradise Bay. We arrived about 3:30 pm and anchored near the Chilean base, Gabriel Gonzalez Videla. We went on a tour of the fully staffed base. There are 14 men and 1 woman there for the summer. Part …
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