Caleta Horno, 26 december 2009. Position S 45*22'52 / W 65*40'45
On the day before christmas we arrived in this beautifull fjord.
After a sail of only 40 miles from Puerto Santa Elena.
During the sail we had trouble with the autopilot. Probably because of our grounding on the rocks of the day before.
We plan to stay a few days in this Caleta for inspection of the damage and repairs.
The entrance is very difficult to find but thanks to the wonderfull C80 Raymarine plotter we could not miss it.
Right after the entrance we saw a boat tied with three lines to the rocks.
We could not enter the fjord, he was blocking the way in with his lines.
After many blows on our horn there was still no reaction, so I rowed over in the dinghy and knocked repeatedly on the steel hull.
There appeared a friendly face and he introduced himself as Greg, a canadian solosailor with his littke cat. He lowered one of his lines so we motored in till we were stuck with the keel in the mud. At last we put out our anchor and with the help of Greg we fastened four 100 meter lines with chains to the rocks on both, sides of the boat.
Yesterday , on the first day of christmas we made several walks on the rocks and cliffs with are surrounding the boat. Alas on the second walk the soles of my mountain shoes came off!
(See photo)
Today the wind is howling and we are glad to be in this protected spot.
As a guide to all the harbours and anchorages we use this big detailed Nautical Guide:
“Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego” written by Mariolina Rolfo & Giorgio Ardrizzi.
