"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.
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