On wednesday 16 december we left Mar del Plata. Destination Puerto Madryn.
Quite difficult to clear out with all the burocracy of the Prefectura.
We had to fill many forms and answer so many questions.
After many hours we could leave.
The first day we had a good wind in the back and were surfing on the waves at a speed of sometimes 13 knots!!
The fishing line was out but we went probably to fast to catch anything.
the next day we had sailed 199 miles in 24 hours. So really fast.
In the night of thurday on friday there we met a big thunderstorm with scaring lightning and gust of wind at a speed of 40 knots. A lot of fighting with the sails to get them down as quick as possible.
After that the wind came on the nose and quieted down so we had to motor 24 hours to reach Puerto Madryn.
We did 507 miles in 74 hours.
All went well and we are enjoying the town now.
A very warm welcome by the commodore of the Club Nautico Madryn Sud, senor Malebo.
We offered him an old genever with ice which he seemed to dislike.
He made it clear that he disliked the english people because of the war about the Falkland Isles.
The argentinian people have strong antipathetic feelings about the outcome of this war.
It is beautifull summerweather here and we like it here in the first town of Patagonie.
This bay, Golfo Nuevo is famous for her wildlife: seals , whales, dolphins and pinquins.
We only saw some dolphins here.
Tomorrow we will rent a car and drive along the coast to look for more wildlife.
