[password] rachel25
[position] 52 00.182s 073 43.440w
[status] Anchored in Caleta Desaparecidos, WNW of Angostura Kirke

Today we woke to silence and sunshine! After 5 fronts passing over the last 4 weeks, we were beginning to forget what sunshine looked like! The cloud level had also risen, exposing imposing,snow capped mountains in the near distance. Picture postcard stuff. We had the wind behind us for most of the day. Again spotted otters, this time sleeping on their backs, not the least disturbed by our presence. This is (finally) the life!

Now anchored in this caleta, named after the 30,000 people who "disappeared" in the Chilean military ruling between 1976-82. Apparently a whole generation of students were exterminated in the university town of La Plata. The caleta is in a tiny bay, surrounded by woodland, and at the entrance we can observe occasionally little fishing boats going by in the Angostura (narrows) which links Puerto Natales with the sea. It's an appropriate memorial to those people.

Aiming to be in Puerto Natales tomorrow. The big smoke.
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