[password] rachel25
[position] 54 56.435s 069 09.415w
[status] Anchored in Caleta Olla, Brazo Noroeste, Canal Beagle.
We woke to find ice brash in the main Seno Pia area, pushed south by the wind. The blocks of ice take on unusual shapes as they melt, such as rabbits, swans, and even a full size bath! As we were leaving the area, we spotted an enormous male sea lion with his four wives and their large family by a steep sea wall, and also a colony of Imperial Cormarants, sitting on their nests with their young. We sailed down the Beagle Canal with the westerly wind behind us. It slowly increased in intensity, causing us to reduce the mainsail to the second, and then 3rd reef. We gratefully tucked into the shelter of this caleta, while the wind continued to blow in the canal. With the sun out, the still water in the caleta was a wonderful shade of green. Gen went for a brief (!) swim around the boat, Colin got a haircut on the beach, and we later had a BBQ on the beach with Aleko. We finished off the last of the vacuum packed meat, now 10 weeks old, which was definitely past it's best. We collected the plastic rubbish of the beach, which we will take to Puerto Williams, but left the sausages hoping a zorro colorado (Fuegian Fox) might be enticed onto the beach by their smell.
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