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Sat 29/10-2011 Day 61

Pos: here Loc: Club Nautico Comodoro Rivadavia and Rada Tilly Acc: hostel in Rada Tilly Dist: 0 km   When I took my earplugs out at 6 am in the morning, the sound of the dumper told me nothing had really changed…it was again highest tide, and it looked even more scary now… I took a few […]
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Fri 28/10-2011 Day 60

Pos: here Loc: river mouth 6,5 km south of Caleta Visser Acc: tent Dist: 37,3 km Start: 12:15 End: 19:20 The night brought a strong sw wind as forecasted, and I had to get up at 3.30 am to secure my tent better with some more rocks on the pegs- the gusts were probably about 30 knots […]
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Thu 27/10-2011 Day 59

Pos: here Loc: at a river mouth bay Acc: tent Dist: 52,2 km Start: 7:00 End: 16:20 I decided to not stop in Bahia Bustamente after a couple of thoughts back and forth: I had only 9 liters of water left, and was not sure if I could reach Commodore Rivadavia with that. But I need only 2-2,5 […]
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Wed 26/10-2011 Day 58

Pos: here Loc: Punta Tafor Acc: tent Dist: 49,7 km Start: 7:05 End: 17:45 I had camped at the right beach last night, steep cobbles, and on low tide still steep cobbles…easy to exit at any time. I realized this becomes more and more important now, going further down south. I picked my night’s campsite […]
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Tue 25/10-2011 Day 57

Pos: here Loc: Peninsula Perna Acc: tent Dist: 36,7 km Start: 7:05 End: 16:45 This mornings’ start was one hour earlier than yesterday, plus about an hour tide shift meant I didn’t have to drag my kayak out again on very low tide over sharp rocks and sticky wet sand. Just sliding it downhill a […]
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Sat 24/10-2011 Day 56

Pos: here Loc: coast across Isla Sola Acc: tent Dist: 3,5 km Start: 8:00 End: 9:00 Today it took 20 tries to start my computer, yesterday it came on at once…like women are sometimes… I took one false start only today to paddle out – how the hell could I think I could paddle in […]
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Sun 23/10-2011 Day 55

Pos: here Loc: coast across Isla Sola Acc: tent Dist: 39,5 km Start: 7:10 End: 17:00 Forecasted was a dead calm, sunny, and so it was.I agreed with the Prefectura to start loading my gear at 6.30 am, and they were up and there, ready to go. Thanks very much! I fell asleep very late […]
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Sat 22/10-2011 Day 54

Pos: here Loc: Camarones Acc: Prefectura Camarones building Dist: 51,2 km Start: 7:30 End: 18:30 The day started a bit disappointing, as the forecast was first easy following winds, and then it started with 15 kn headwinds…well, at least until lunchtime. Then it changed again to NE, and even became quite strong, 15-20 kn. I should have paddled […]
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Fri 21/10-2011 Day 53

Pos: here Loc: Punta Acertado Acc: tent Dist: 0 km A calm day off. Not if you’re looking at the weather – it was blowing 20-25 knots south west. Whitecaps all over, even reaching into my quiet bay. Not a real pleasure to be paddling against such stuff. Especially as the remaining km to Camarones […]
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Thu 20/10-2011 Day 52

Pos: here Loc: Punta Acertada Acc: tent Dist: 29,8m Start: 11:15 End: 17:35 As the wind was changing over night to a strong 20 kn south westerly, and I was not keen to paddle against such wind *and* against the tide, especially not around a headland with again plenty of “tide rips” signs on my […]
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