Ocean Cruising Club Webinar: Patagonia

Judith Jacobsen describes the voyage of S/V Touché along the challenging coastline of Patagonia. Judith and Håkon sailed from North to South in Patagonia on S/Y Touché, their Island Packet 380. They sailed from Puerto Montt to Puerto Williams, and around Cape Horn. An amazing sail: 3 months in the most remote waters in the world. Followed by dolphins and sometimes penguins. Fabulous views of glaciers and the Southern Icefield. Every night we anchored in small Caletas. Immersed in the stories about Slocum and Tillman, as their stories sometimes determined where we anchored up. We had lots of wind, but also days of no wind and sunshine, as well as days where we holed up in a well-protected anchorage, while it was blowing 70-80 knots through the Canals. Once, feasting on Centollas (King Crab) that nice fishermen gifted to us, while telling us that we had two more days to wait, then we could sail on. A detour of 160 nm to Puerto Natales, provided the opportunity for a visit in the National Park: Torres del Paine, which was absolutely worth it. They finished up rounding the Horn, on the longest day of the year, and even managed to get ashore on the Horn and meet the Lighthouse family.