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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pos: here Loc: Cabo Raso Acc: tent Dist: 49.2 km Start: 7:15 End: 18:30 When I was about to pack up my campsite in the early morning, I saw a bunch of black and white little guys waiting for me to clear the beach – they were hungry for their breakfast and wanted to go […]

Pos: here Loc: behind Punta Clara Acc: tent Dist: 42.1 km Start: 7:30 End: 16:50 I started to launch as usual through a sideways dumper by dragging my kayak on a lull into the water and quickly jump on it to paddle out of the narrow dumper zone…but this time I got two smaller ones […]