[password] rachel25
[position] 45 09.525s 073 31.182w
[status] Anchored in Caleta La Poza, Puerto Aguirre. Another great day's sailing. Left Caleta Canal at 0930, a flat calm, sun lit dawn, imperial cormorants breaking the silence as they struggle to reach take-off speed, a pair of colourful ducks slipping silently along the rocky shore. We recovered the shore lines, hauled in 90m of chain, set main and yankee and drifted out of the caleta. Soon picked up a northerly . Would it last? A cup of tea later it was still on. Up went the spinnaker, and up it stayed for the next 4 hours. We arrived at Puerto Aguirre mid afternoon, anchored of the rocks in quiet Caleta La Poza and reversed in setting the stern lines to trees on the shore. A walk ashore hoping for a small hostelry to quench our thirst. Many hostelries......, all closed. We finally found one with an explanatory sign which, roughly translated, said, "closed today because of the local elections". Elections are held on Sundays here and the sale of alcohol is banned on election days. We found an open mini supermarket and, because we had a backpack which would hide our illicit purchase, the owner agreed to sell us a six pack of Escudos. We returned to the boat, and together with Aleko from Beduin, toasted another wonderful day in the Chilean channels.
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