Going well
25 March 2012 | Caleta Alicia
Lucia
21 to 24/03/2012 After two nights waiting at Caleta Jaime (52' 10.95W: 073 17.15W) for the wind to die down we did some long runs. Our first stop was at Caleta Moonlight Shadow (51' 33.60S: 074 04.70W) where we had a great night and the following morning we filled the water tank again with the water from a waterfall. Nina was the funnel holder again and this time she got very wet. Just before we went to the waterfall we saw a sailing boat passing in front of the entry of the Caleta. It's not very often that we see any boats around here. It's rare to see any sailing boat. We left around 10:00am and we only could see the boat from the distance. That day we went until Caleta Damien (51' 18.47S: 074 08.74W) and when we got there we saw the other boat already anchored. Dawnbreaker is a Swedish boat and it caught our attention the first time we saw it in Port Williams because there is a Brazilian flag on the mast. The owner is sailing with friends and one of them, Tom, is a Brazilian. After we had our late lunch we went to have a chat with them. It's always nice to meet new people and exchange stories. The following day we went to Poza de las Nutrias (50' 37.99S: 074 95.75W). After getting the boat ready we went to explore, Werner went fishing and Nina, Lucas and I decided to go for a walk. Some walks here are more like walking on moss, up the trees, rocks... a bit challenging using gumboots but we had fun. After going quite high over some rocks I decided that was getting late and we should be back before dark, as we had needed to find our way back. After some slides and wrongs turns we arrived back to the dinghy before it got very dark. Werner didn't catch any fish. We've all stopped asking him if he got any, he goes fishing at every opportunity and nothing happens (at least no fish big enough that we can eat!). We hope he'll get some nice salmon before we get to Port Montt. The next morning we had an exciting wake up call. Around 6:00 am we started to hear some noise on the deck. It was not the boat moving but an animal. We woke up Nina and Lucas to see an otter that was under the dinghy on the deck. We tried first to see it from inside the boat but it was too dark so we put the deck lights on and we were able to see it. The otter first stay under the dinghy but soon came to the back of the boat, passing on the side of the cockpit and down the platform. They are pretty curious creatures. The same morning we saw another 3 otters when we were going out of the caleta. The next day was sunny and we had no wind!!! We had another long run doing 48 miles. We normally go around 20 miles a day but having no wind and no rain it was too good to be true. This was on Sunday (25/03) and we stopped at Caleta Alicia (50' 01.85S: 074' 38.07W). Before going inside the Caleta we saw fur seals and condors.