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Pos: here Loc: Samborombon Bay Acc: paddling on the water Dist: 35 km Start: 16:45 End: 00:00 I woke as usually at 6 am to find a bush, just to crash back into my warm sleeping bag…I decided to give it a rest day. A full night resting and paddling on the water the previous […]

Pos: here Loc: before Channel 15 Acc: tent Dist: 30 km Start: 00:00 End: 14:00 Th “first rays of the sun” I was hoping to see at 6.45 am – but instead Sunday morning was starting with a heavy thunderstorm! I saw the lightning already at night, without thunder – now both came along…luckily “only” […]

Pos: here Loc: on the water, before Salado River Acc: in my boat, stuck in the mud from 8 pm to 1 am…and paddling the rest of the night Dist: 60 km + 5 km back to find an exit off the water Start: 7:15 End: 24:00 Actually a good paddling day, making great progress […]

Pos: here Loc: Punta Indio Acc: tent Dist: 10km Start: 8:45 End: 12:30 This day was as stupis as it can be…woke in the morning not feeling well rested again after the tough headwind paddle yesterday, and told myself I’ll paddle only 30 km to Punta Piedras, and then call it a day already before […]

Pos: here Loc: Estancia San Gilberto Acc: tent Dist: 55 km Start: 7:15 End: 17:45 What a day! Started after a quiet night with looooong sleep from 8.30 pm to 5.30 am well rested. No motorbikes with crazy kids coming down the dirt road, no noisy cars with secret lovers seeking a calm place for […]

Pos: here Loc: before Punta Blanca Acc: tent Dist: 50km Start: 7:45 End: 17:30 Had a good long nights sleep, and woke already much better than I felt last night. There is no better medicine than sleep… I forgot to mention that my bad state last night was probably not only due to sleep deprivation, […]

Pos: here Loc: Quilmes Yachtclub Acc: tent Dist: 20km Start: 13:30 End: 16:30 Great launchparty! Plenty of press people and VIP’s around a nice catering buffet in the Puerto Madreo yachtclub. I could greet the representative of the City of Buenos Aires, the German embassy, the Prefectura Naval Argentina, from my sponsor THULE and lot’s […]