[password] rachel25
[position] 54 48.996s 070 57.258w
[status] Pozo Isla del Medio, Canal Ballenero
We have escaped from Caleta Brecknock. We woke this morning to rain but no noise of the wind. We cast off the 7 lines, lifted the two anchors and Ithaka and Beduin peeped out from the steep rock walls. Outside some williwaws punching down onto the sound but not too strong. Soon we had sails up and were slipping along at a respectable 5 knots. It was good to be under way again. We moved from Canal Brecknock into Canal Ballenero, surmising that this might mean"the Whalers' Channel". It rained on and off all day but nothing like the torrents we have survived in the last two days. With 45 miles under our belts we turned into this totally enclosed pool (Pozo means well) in the Middle island of a group called Islas del Medio. The access is via a 50 metre kelp lined channel 4 metres deep and perhaps 8 metres wide. We are now getting close to the glaciers. Exciting.
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