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Tue 08/11-2011 Day 71

Pos: here Loc: Puerto Deseado Acc: Prefectura Puerto Deseado Dist: 67,5 km Start: 6:30 End: 19:00 It would be a long day, 65+ km to Puerto Deseado, no inviting stops. The map shows only gravel beach, steep and inaccessible, no real bays or headlands. The forecast showed seas of 1-2 m after the strong south […]
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Mon 07/11-2011 Day 70

Pos: here Loc: Cabo Blanco Acc: tent Dist: 0 km Unbelievable – my computer started today on the first try! There are still signs and wonders on this earth… 🙂 – let’s hope for the best for the next weeks. No paddling today – it looked already last night like it, as it really started […]
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Sun 06/11-2011 Day 69

Pos: here Loc: Cabo Blanco Acc: tent Dist: 55,7 km Start: 7:20 End: 17:20 I had to sleep with earplugs all night, as the nights’  high tide was washing quite some dumpers against the steep gravel beach , just about 5 m below my camp site around midnight. Sliding down the kayak is always easy […]
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Sat 05/11-2011 Day 68

Pos: here Loc: Faro Loayza Acc: tent Dist: 51,8 km Start: 7:55 End: 18:35 Looking out of my tent at 5.45 am, I knew I could turn around for at least another hour…I couldn’t get out to sea! This mornings’  low tide was much lower than last nights’ low tide when I was thinking I […]
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Fri 04/11-2011 Day 67

Pos: here Loc: behind Punta Casamayor Acc: tent Dist: 37,7 km Start: 7:35 End: 15:20 I may be a bit trip-sick today…paddled only 37,7 km again. I felt when I saw that nice beach and only high cliffs in the distance, and the tide was still 2 hrs before lowest, and it was HOT in […]
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Thu 03/11-2011 Day 66

Pos: here Loc: Bahia Langara Acc: tent Dist: 38,6 km Start: 7:35 End: 14:35 Martin agreed I’d knock on the door when I’d like to go early, as the wind for today was still forecasted strong in the morning, about 20-25 kn, and then easing down to 15 kn in the afternoon. Around the house […]
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Wed 02/11-2011 Day 65

Pos: here Loc: Caleta Olivia Acc: Martin and Daniela’s house Dist: 0 km The last night’s upcoming storm was howling all night around the house and I was happy to be in a house, freshly showered and dry. The day was spent as usual for town days – writing updates, editing pictures, queuing up for […]
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Tue 01/11-2011 Day 64

Pos: here Loc: Caleta Olivia Acc: Martin & Daniela’s house Dist: 64 km Start: 7:05 End: 20:15 A friendly young paddler from the Club Nautico agreed last night to see me before his work starts to carry my boat with me down to the beach which was sitting besides my tent at the club area parking lot. […]
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Mon 31/10-2011 Day 63

Pos: here Loc: Club Nautico Rada Tilly Acc: tent Dist: 62,7 km Start: 7:00 End: 19:20 I woke to a dead calm, bright sunny morning and was eager to get into my kayak! I decided, as announced to do yesterday, to cover the missing 20 km in my way, as no one was able to drive me […]
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Sun 30/10-2011 Day 62

Pos: here Loc: Rocas Coloradas, somewhere at the end of the beach road Acc: tent Dist: 0 km I was busy working online all morning as well, and my hostel host probably thought I was still sitting out there on the patio since last night 11 pm…but where it was chilly last night, now the […]
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