martes, 7 de noviembre de 2017
miércoles, 15 de febrero de 2017
Kawéskar Voyage II (February 15, 2017)
"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is not other ruler besides the sea"
Bernard Moitessier
Bernard Moitessier
0940, it is a very foggy morning, we have a very good breakfast, scrambled eggs, real coffee, jam Wilkin & Sons and butter Kerrygold from Ireland. The decision to came back before it was planning was a good decision, since today around 2100 the weather is going to start getting serious, with wind from the North with an intensity of 35 knots or even more.
But, even though the foggy day, the sea it was very calm, than I decided to visit the Chaullín Island in the Pehel. It is around 1,3 nm.
But first, I tried to scuba dive to fix some problems that I detected during the sailing, the log speed is not working, the bump of salt water from the sea either. I try to connect the regulator to the cylinder, but it didn't screw up, I made the mistake that I screwed up the regulator to the cylinder, but it rolled only twice, then I opened the air, and the regulator exited the cylinder like a bullet, then I remembered that you never can open the air if it is not fully screwed up. Then, I decided to put my mask and check under the boat, keeping the air in my lungs as long as possible.
I checked the propeller that it was with a tangled rope and some algae that I cut it off with my knife, and then I checked the log speed, I cleaned but it looked fine, it was easy to clean. But after, I verified that this was the problem, since started to work again. It was nice to know again the real speed of the boat.
It was a dark and foggy day, the sea very calm
I could write a completely book about Isla Chaullín or Helvecia as is well known too, it is also called the Isla del Amor, Love Island. Because, its history, its energy, its environment, the arrayanes, everything is interesting and magical.
The island used to belong to Emil Whilenhausen, a men from Zurich who at the beginning of the last century, escaped with his niece 25 years younger than him, to this place to the end of the world. They were deeply in love, and decided to scape because of this forbidden love. They named the island as Isla Helvecia. Now there is a legend of love and mystery since this couples disappeared without any track to or hint to follow them. Nobody know what really happened with this couples and created this so precious space.
Chaullín according to some people, means place of encounter, of where the people join people, there is the oldest forrest of arrayanes in the world, the colour of the trunk is red, and if you touch is cold. There are together in harmony with some Tepa, green and humid trunk.
Chaullín Island
I told Luchito that this is a magic forest, and actually there are a lot of magical in this forest. In February there some concerts of all kind, folk, electronic, classical. Here you have some examples of them:
Before this trip I was in the island in January 2017, and with my drone in a rainy day I filmed this video:
In the island is supposed that lived a dog that we named Canito. Luchito become a very good friend of Canito. But we met in the Island a young guy named Miguel, who told us many interesting things about the island, first that the name of the dog is Colo Colo not Canito, he explained to us the meaning -one of many- of Chaullín, the activities that they were made in the island, and he showed us the woman of the forrest that the first time that we were there, we didn't noticed, but we felt that someone was looking at us. We asked Miguel is the island still belong to the Aldunate`s family, and he said to us that nowadays belongs to many families. There is another attraction that I will visit in the future, the white beach. He was nice and kind, and told us that is someone asked us what were we doing there, we should said that we spoke with him. He explained us that he felt that this island for all what it mean, for its magic, much more than belong to someone, belong to the people. It was a good decision, when I saw Miguel watching the horizon, to approached him, say hello and started a conversation. There are so many people that could learn so many interesting thing among our life, and usually we never stopped to talk to them, missing precious moments.
Woman of the Forrest
The woman of the forest, it was a lighting that break the trunk of one Arrayan tree, and an artisan of the area, made this wood woman sculpture. In the picture you can see her long legs, the knees, her naked body and long arms. The picture it is not very good, but the sculpture it is.
We left the island back to the Kawéskar in the Pehel, but after a few meters of going back the engine stopped, I tried to turn on twice, but it didn't work, then I checked the gas, it was empty. Then I said thank that before I left the Kawéskar I put its seat in the Pehel, because, in this moment I had to row to come back to the Kawéskar. It was like a 45 to 60 minutes rowing, it was nice, the sea was very calm, and the sun appeared. I remembered that my partner in the boat and friend, Frito, told me about the chance to get run out of gas, because it happened to him too. The autonomy of our 2.5 HP Susuky overboard engine it is not very long.
Before cast off or set sail, it was getting into Estero Puluqui a beautiful sailboat around 50 feet we said hello and it was a french sailor, who was planning to leave to the open Pacific Ocean next day. He was concerned looking for a buoy to tied his boat, I showed him where he could stay and I also told him that I was preparing to leave mine. I regret that I didn't make the time to invite him a glass of wine and talk with him about sailor stories and his plans. Next time, I will take the take the time to talks with people.
I sailed with course of Huelmo Marina, with the genoa without the Kawéskar engine, it was nice, in the last part I turned on the engine. The day was sunny in the evening and the sea a little bit chop, the maneuverer to tied to the dock, was perfect, but before I arrived I must modified the height of the fenders, I put it to high then I was oblige to put it down a little bit.
In Huelmo, I fill up the tank of the Pehel with gas, and I went to Calbuco to buy 40 lts of diesel to the Kawéskar.
It was a beautiful sailing with new friends, new places, and more experience earned.
I made a list of the things that I have to check or repair:
- Bump that extract water from the sea is not working, break down the last day;
- The gas for the kitchen, still has some lost of gas, I tried to fixed with teflon but it didn't work out, I still can smell gas near the helm, when is open the valve;
- I believe the is a broken pump in the bathroom, that must be fixed;
- Pehel I got the idea that lose some air.
Data:
Water: Empty
Motor 12,7 v
Board 11,9 v
Diesel: Between ¾ and full.
martes, 14 de febrero de 2017
Kawéskar Voyage II (February 14, 2017).
"the earth is not inherited from the fathers, but borrowed from the children" Unknown Wise Words
It was around 0920 when I left the cabin to check the beautiful day outside, then I saw a sailboat in my direction, it was a beautiful german boat Bavaria, 50 feet, called Cucao.
The owner was a very good friend of mine, Rafael Vial, he was sailing with his wife Polin, a son Manuel and two granddaughters. He made me some signals and approached to say hello, he told me that he was leaving the Estero, before the low tide get at it is lowest around 11:00 am. He had just arrived the night before, but I didn't know, it was a nice surprise to met him. I told him that I checked that is going to be at 10:37. I mentioned him that the tide looks already too low, but I didn't insisted since he is a very old sea wolf. Then we said goodbye and I saw him aiming to the entrance of the Estero, then he was completely stopped, I saw the Cucao make a turn at full engine power at his own point in 180º, the poor Cucao touch the bottom of the sea. My friend tried to make a second intend through another place, but then he realised that it was much smarter to wait for the change of the tides from the low to the high. When I was watching all this manoeuvre I called him to tell them, that the tide was too low, I left the phone over the cover of the cockpit and then I listen a splash in the water, I looked for my phone, and that it is, the phone was at the bottom of the sea.
At 10:00 am we got into the Pehel and went to the shore, to catch some oysters and clams, my friend Rafael, went to fish something with his son. At 11:50 they called us to invite us to the Cucao to eat and drink something at 13:00 pm. We accepted and decided to bring with us our oysters that we were catching. The oysters you can pick it up in the South shore of Estero Hueihue, just few meters after you entrance to the Estero. According to the locals, you should only get the oysters which are bigger that the circle made it with your thumb and index finger, any size smaller than this, it should be return to the sea.
The Cucao is a boat that with his captain, my very good friend Rafael Vial, has sailed many Oceans, and crossed many seas, Rafael bought it new, and picked up in the coast of Spain, sailed from there to Panamá, where the boat was for some years, until in year 2016, he sailed from Panamá to Puerto Montt, living so many adventures, that he is the one that should tell or write. It is a Bavaria, 50 feet, very comfortable, one big room with its own big bathroom, and 2 others rooms with bathroom too. As I wrote Rafael is a very good friend and the best tips that I have from Chiloe, came from him.
Well, at 12 something we were in the Cucao, ready to eat some choritos (mussels), that he bought hours before to a fisherman in the Estero Hueihue. He told me that an old lady in Chiloe gave him the secret to cooked, put all the mussels in a big saucepan with white wine and put cook under slow fire, and add some onions. Actually, they were delicious, very soft, and you have to eat to the french style, you take the mussels with the own shell like you were using a clamp.
Rafael, Francisca, Polin, his granddaughters and me in the Cucao.
My friend offered me some pisco sour, at first I said no thanks, since I was nervous for all the manoeuvres and sailing that I must done, against the time, I was very tight to get my new destination with natural light and I didn't want to sail at night. But then I realised that I was a kind of scare, afraid of, then I said "please give some pisco sour, I am going to find in it, the courage that I am not finding natural into me". The 2 pisco sours and the glass of white wine that I drank with the mussels, help me to relax.
It was a wonderful meeting, with good friends. We said goodbye and wish each other a good navigation, they went to Quemchi to the South, and I decided to go back to the North, since the forecast was very strong winds the day after tomorrow (around 40 knots and a lot of rain).
At 2:47 I lift the anchor, and we left Estero Hueihue, leaving wonderful people and moments. We left the Estero just few meters back of Cucao, and once that we were in deepest water, we got parallels and say our last good bye.
It was a beautiful day to sail off, very calm sea, sunny, at the South you could sea very dark clouds, announcing the bad weather coming, and as we were approaching to Puluqui Estero, we started to see very foggy at the South.
We reached Puluqui at 20:47, my ETA was 21:00, we were able to mooring buoy, with light. This time it were not boat at the Estero Puluqui, we were alone, there were only fisherman who work there.
At night we ate the wonderful king crab that we bought in Bahía Linao with Rodrigo Bulnes. It was delicious. Then went to sleep to our last day of sail aiming to Marina Huelmo.
Data:
Board 12,6 v
Motor 13 v
Water ¼
Diesel ½ - ¾
lunes, 13 de febrero de 2017
Kawéskar Voyage II (February 13, 2017)
"Al mirar ya por la popa ese puñado de amigos de tan querida tierra,
lloro amargamente. Necesitaba ese llanto. Por mucho tiempo lo había contenido
en mi papel de hombre inconmovible. Ahora soy nada más que un niño".
Victor Dumas
Los Cuarentas Bramadores
Estero Hueihue in the morning
0430 I opened my eyes, because I felt a strange noise and movement of the Kawéskar, I said to myself "there is nothing to worry about, get back to sleep", but then I jumped from my sleeping back, thinking that something was wrong with my anchorage, that maybe I was touching the seabed, I took my lantern, then in seconds I was outside checking my position, for one moment I thought that the others sailboat were far away that few hours before, and the shoreline was closer, but of course the current change at that precisely moment, then the Kawéskar moved as it should had moved, I checked everything and when I was convinced that everything was fine, I was able to appreciate the intensity and immensity of the night, the bright yellow of the moon in the West, the stared skies, it was a peaceful moment, a moment to think in the loves ones that are far away.
In the morning I woke up early (for second time), then I got a chat from Rodrigo telling me that he and his family were picking up some oysters and clams in the beach, he invited us to join them, then to have lunch at his house, and in the evening a barbecue at his house with the Valdes´s family, all of them old friends of mine. I know many of them since I was a teenager, it was nice to meet them again so many year after, in these hidden place. I was glad to know that the chose a place like this to built their beautiful refugees. I felt so sad for them, because I accepted all the invitations ruining their day.
Luchito In the morning at Hueihue
We left Kawéskar in the Pehel (our dinghy) (Pehel, means in Kawéskar language aihiól that means son, the son of the Kawéskar. It was my partner idea at the Kawéskar, my good friend Juan Ignacio, better know as Frito) to meet Rodrigo`s family. We met Susan his wife, and Susana his daughter, and a very good friend of Luchito, Alberto. Also was Martin and Juan Diego. They were so kind with us, they made us feel part of their family. It was a wonderful surprise, they have an amazing family, a beautiful and kind family. They taught us how to catch clams, you have to keep focus your eyes in the shore sand and when you see a water jet coming from the sand, you have to dig until you get the clams, We catch-up many oysters, clams and sea snails.
Before continuing my diary, I must come back to the nickname of my partner Juan Ignacio, we called him Frito, because he got mad easily, and now I am remembering that in my last trip in January with him and my son Luchito, Luchito was complaining all the time that Frito was "muy enojón" grumpy. I asked Luchito why he think that Frito was enojón, but now I am realising that he was right, completely right, and I was blind until now.
Well, now I am returning the diary, I decided that Rodrigo and I, we are going to his house in the dinghy, the current was strong then it was not easy to leave Estero Hueihue with the Pehel's 2,5 HP, it was like we were in the same place at full engine. His house was between Punta Conimo and Punta Concura, around 0,8 nm. The sea was with some waves, then we got completely wet, when we started our approach to the beach (it was low tide), it was full of rocks, some of them still cover for the water and the others at sight, when we were in the last approaching, the Pehel was heavy, it was half of its with water, and I felt down to the water when I tried to leave the boat, and my cellular phone was wet. I was completely wet too. However, it survived but not for too long. Also, Rodrigo was very kind to received our garbages that we accumulates during the sailing days. When you are sailing, there are usually two problems the accumulation of garbage and the running out of water. Actually, there are much more problems.
Susan and Rodrigo house, was full of kindness, bright, it was a wonderful stop over. Part of the magic that we lived in Hueihue was to met them, to felt their kind and love. The view of the house to the ocean was overwhelming, the rooms has a small wooden cross in the wall. That said to much for its simplicity and austerity, and I guess it was local wood that they were made it. When I mentioned that I liked very much, I believe that Susan told me that they were made by Rodrigo.
At lunch, we ate this amazing oysters, the best oysters that I had ever tried, before these ones I ate a very good one in Isla Chidguapi, at Juanita's house, it is a local restaurant. But these ones were terrific, and I had to recognised that Chabella, who work in Susan and Rodrigo`s house made an excellent job opened and cleaning, it show us years of expertise, I am still trying to open one with not success. I tried the best potatoes of my life "papas chancheras", from the orchard of the Bulnes and Ibañez's garden. These potatoes people used to feed the pig -chanchos-, they are very small, full of colours and they were simply delicious. Finally, against my will I tried a sea snail, I have to confess that it was nice, taste like "locos", a kind of abalone. I would try again, I think.
It was a wonderful lunch, very interesting talks, excellent food, amazing view, sunny day, that we finished floating at the cold waters of Chiloe in front of the beach of the house.
Then, I decided to come back to the boat in the Pehel with Rodrigo`s son Martin. The voyage was fantastic, the sea was like a glass of milk, very calm, and before getting into the Estero Hueihue, many toninas (dolphins), started to swimming around us, they were so close that you could touch with your hands, Martin was very impressed, well me too.
After that, Rodrigo picked me up, at the Valdes` house and we went to Bahía Linao to buy some king crabs, then back to Susan and Rodrigo's house, to make some hamburgers with other friends in a barbecue, everything was delicious. They were Pini Valdes, la Titi Valdes (an artist), http://guadalupevaldes.com, a sister of Luchito teacher (la miss Feña Valdes), everybody with their families.
Then, it was the moment to say goodbye, after this amazing day, with so many wonderful people, we left Susan and Rodrigo`s house, Pini Valdes a very old friend of mine, took us to her house, where I left the Pehel at the beach, her nephews very kind helped us to put the Pehel back into the water, in order to get into the Kawéskar. The night was amazing, very starred. The moonlight was lighting our way to the Kawéskar, it was a cold breeze. When we reach the Kawéskar an alarm was sounding, I checked and it was the battery alarm, I am not sure what happened, I left only on the anchorage light and the refrigerator. The board was showing 11,7 v and the motor 13 v.
At night I was thinking that sail it is amazing by itself, just to watch the ocean, to listen the waves and the wind, to see the sky, to be embraced by the night, but the is another part of sailing which is so amazing too, which is related to meet people through the voyage, to share stories, and to know more deeply people that you know from the past and meet new people. Then, when the time to say goodbye comes, I usually have this melancholic feeling, a mix of happiness for this amazing moments and a bit of sadness, that something so good is getting over.
Then I realised that the best music to say goodbye to our friends of Estero Hueihue was this one, "leaving Lerwick Harbour" https://youtu.be/RH3ZUd7b0Zg It is a soft music, it is a mix of adventures waiting ahead, with the sadness of what you are leaving behind. Life in so many ways is like this, it is an adventure of the future that we have ahead, but also a feeling of missing people, places, memories, and emotions that we are leaving behind in the past. This apply specially to sailors.
Data:
Board 12,8 v
Motor 12,7 v
Water 1/2
Diesel between ½ and ¾
Forecast: Bad conditions to next Thursday and Friday, winds from the North of 30 knots and 40 knots, therefore, I had decided to come back to the North and not keeping sailing to the South as I was planned on demand of Quemchi.
Forecast for tomorrow: Wind SW between 5,9 and 6,9 knots, Temperature 20º C, waves 0,7 feet a 4,76 seconds.
domingo, 12 de febrero de 2017
Kawéskar Voyage II (February 12, 2017)
¨I lay on the bowsprit, facing astern, with the water foaming into spume under me, the mast with every sail white in the moonlight, towering high above me. I became drunk with the beauty and singing rhythm of it, and for a moment I lost myself - actually lost my life. I was set free!
I dissolved in the sea, became white sails and flying s`ray, became beauty and rhythm, became moonlight and the ship and the hight dim-starred sky!
I belonged, without past or future, within peace and unity and a wild joy, within something greater than my own life, or the life of Man, to Life itself!
To God, if you want to put in that way¨
Eugene O´Neil, Long Day´s Journey into Night
Sunset at Estero Puluqui
Second Day: I am leaving Estero Puluqui aiming to Estero Hueihue, approximately 24,5 nm.
Forecast: Winds from the South and South East, between 9.4 and 17 knots, Waves from 0.1 mts at 10 seconds to 0.3 mts at 2.4 seconds, Temperature between 12º and 18º Celsius.
The night before, I didn't slept very much, I was nervous -probably- At 11:00 am I left Estero Puluqui, just behind of another sailboat, I left the place next to the South Shore line just the opposite shoreline of Punta Lenque, with low tide. My course was SW to leaving Calbuco Island for my starboard side, I was sailing with the genoa only, I couldn't lift the main sail, the sailing was so good, calm seas, 15-17 knots, sailing between 4 and 5 knots speed, sunny skies. However the log was not working, then I couldn't how fast I was sailing since in Chiloé water there are very strong currents, and you can earn or lost a couples of knots if your are sailing when the tide are increasing or decreasing. Usually, if you want to earn some speed you should depart from the North to the South when the tide is starting to decrease and from South to North when the tides are starting to increase.
My idea was to sail to Isla Abtao and cross through Abtao Channel, where someone told me there is a very good beach, then as soon as I left Isla Quenu from my port side, I changed the course to the West aiming Abtao. In the middle of my navigation to Abtao, I decided to sail directly to Hueihue, then I changed my course to South West, since it was getting late, and I wanted to anchorage with light since this time it going to be the first time that I will do it without the help of expertise hands.
At some point, during my sailing, I was concerned, because in my chart appeared a very big island in front of the kawéskar, but I couldn't see it, although it was a very clear day, I thought that my chart has a problem, because showed me a big Island, but I couldn't see it. I removed the card, and put it again, but the island was still there, and I couldn't see it with my eyes, only in the chart, then I took a handheld GPS and showed me the same, I was in a kind of despair, I turned on my iPad, I checked the Navionic route that I planned the prior night, and it appeared that I was sailing in the middle of this big island. Voilá, it was not an Island, I was in the middle of shoal Lagartija Bank, I checked the deep and it was 5 meter, it was a big lesson: green in the chart does not necessarily mean land, in fact mean shoal or banks. Luckily I was crossing during the hight tide.
After I sailed the bank without careened the Kawéskar, I started to see in the horizon that the waves were with white crest, they were approaching to me, until I was in the middle of rough waters, medium waves pushed me from side to side, then to the front, I was fighting very much to keep my course, but the ocean was playing with me for an hour or so. I was a kind of scare, and concern, all of this happened crossing Gulf of Ancud. Francisca tried to leave the cabin of the Kawéskar but I said to her no way, she must be inside, Luchito thank God was sleeping in the bow cabin.
I was thinking is something happened Luchito should be wearing the water suit to keep him warm in the cold water of Chiloé, there were not any ship at sight, I was tired and start thinking like a tired person, like tempting to stop fighting and call for help, like just leave the boat, these kind of thoughts come to your mind for fraction of seconds, but you don't really considered, and as I said you have to keep dancing until the music stop playing or in other word the party continues until the light if off, the music was playing and it was very bright then I must kept fighting. And yes, at some point I came back like this rebel children and I prayed, I prayed and I prayed.
After an hour or so of sailing under there condition, the sea got a little be softer, I was approaching to Punta 3 Cruces, then the sea started to get rough again but not at it was before. I couldn't believe that I am going to start again fighting with the sea, It was rough but not at is was before, and some Toninas (big dolphin), where sailing next to me, and gave me the calm, that they were showing me the course to follow. It was beautiful.
Finally, we got into Estero Hueihue, Estero Cuervos y Estero Huaympuye with the tide increasing yet the lowest depth was 2,6 mts when we cross through the narrow entrance, we sailed Estero Hueihue and Estero Cuervos, looking for the best place to anchorage, the depth in Estero Cuervos was 6 mts, we were with full moon when the highest difference from low and high tide happened, then I decided to look for a place with at least 10 mts depth to release the anchor. I found it in front of a beach where at the top is a white house of a french. The manoeuvre was good.
After the manoeuvre, I realised how stressful I was, I was tense. But finally it was beautiful and well protected place to be.
Kawéskar anchorage at Estero Hueihue
We haven't finished to clean up everything, when we were surrounded for many children in stand up board and kayak, they asked if they could get into the Kawéskar, we said yes, I asked them at what school they were attending (Very Chilean question), they answered at Verbo Divino, my alma mater I said, I offered them some cookies Oreos, they ate all of them, then it was funny because Martin one of them, with Juan Diego, where the son of a very good guy that I knew very well, I used the dated his sister when I was 15 yo. Then Martin called his father, I spoke with Rodrigo, Martin´s father. He invited us to his house, but I declined the invitation since this night I preferred to be in the boat to be sure that I was correctly anchorage. Then I accepted an invitation to the following day.
The Cookies Monsters at Hueihue
My original plan was to stay one night at Hueihue and leave in the morning to Quemchi, but I was so tired that I decided that I need another day to recover from the adventure of this day.
My position of anchorage was 41º 53.768´ S; 73º 31.448' W, it was just in front of the Barbecue of the Pini and Mauro Valdes house.
The Estero Hueihue was a really nice and protected place to anchorage.
Tips that the Martin and Rodrigo gave me:
Oyster and Seafood: Justo García +569 83661470; Bread and empanadas and oyster not from oysters farms Marta Herrera +569 77387363.
Depth:
20:37 6,7 mts
22:30 6,0 mts
Data:
Water ¾
Diesel: between ½ and 3/4
Board 12,1 v
motor 12,8 v
Before swimming at Hueihue Estero
sábado, 11 de febrero de 2017
Kawéskar Voyage II (February 11, 2917)
¨The true voyage of discovery does not consist in looking for new lands, but in having new eyes"
Marcel Proust
El primer track de este viaje era desde la Marina de Huelmo al Estero de Puluqui, aproximadamente 8,3 millas náuticas. El pronóstico del tiempo era bueno para mis pasajeros, mi hijo de 4 años y mi señora que le tiene mucho miedo a navegar. Viento Weste de 4 nudos a 7 nudos, olas de 3 pies a 1,6 seg, el día nublado, 17º Celcius y probablemente una que otra gota pudiese caer durante la noche.
PUESTA DE SOL EN LA MARINA DE HUELMO
Zarpamos a las 17:00 hrs y llegamos al Estero de Puluqui a las 18:30 hrs, cuando llegábamos había 3 yates, primera vez que llegaba a este lugar y encontraba otros yates amarrados, ya que generalmente es muy desolado, ya que hay muchas boyas y bajos de arena para entrar navegando.
AMANECER MARINA DE HUELMO
North View Marina Huelmo
Novedades de la navegación, el dinghy se ahogó pero funcionó rápidamente.
Data:
Agua Dulce Full,
Petróleo un poco menos de ¾,
baterías board 12 v, motor 12,9 v.
lunes, 9 de enero de 2017
CHILOE Expedition Luchito First's Trip
TRAILER
DAY FIRST: 2017/01/06
On January 6th, I started a trip in the Kaweskar, it was special, because it was the first trip of Luchito, my 4 year old son. In this trip we were with my friend and partner Juan Ignacio. The idea was to travel only the three of us, to take him out of any over protective environment. He must learn that sail is beautiful but no always easy, then we decided to take a very early flight from Santiago to Puerto Montt. Friday at 7:35 am we left Santiago. He was exciting but a kind of afraid, because I was taking him out of the secure environment at where he was accustom and liked.
We arrived at Puerto Montt at 9:50, and Frito my very good friend was waiting for us at the airport. He arrived one day early to set up everything for a calm and secure sailing. Luchito behaved so well at the airplane that he earned an ice cream.
First day, we prepared the Kaweskar, but the forecast announced strong wind -gust of 40 kts- and heavy rain, then we decided to stay at the dock. Which was fine, because allow Luchito to get familiar with the Kaweskar. We didn't want him to get scary in the first day. However, this was not any impediment to do other things:
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