ready to launch

By the end of February 2017, our voyage planning was finally complete. Paperwork and permits for the Falklands were in order, all systems - rigging, sails, electronics, engine, charging systems, fuel, provisioning, water, safety - were checked.  Our bottom was cleaned, route was planned and we had been obsessively watching the weather. 

The plan was to sail non-stop from Ushuaia to Punta del Este for our first shake-down outside of the protection of the channels. Anasazi Girl & our crew were ready.

Anasazi Girl side-tied to SV Pelagic Austrlis - ready for departure.
Port of Ushuaia, Provincia de Tierra del Fuego - ARGENTINA. (marzo de 2017)

Port of Ushuaia, Provincia de Tierra del Fuego - ARGENTINA. (marzo de 2017)

micalvi yacht club before our first departure in nearly 3 years

Cape Horn & Antarctic expedition boats side-tide at the Micalvi. Anasazi Girl is in the middle of three rows of boats, five boats in front, four boats behind, and two boats on either side. The inlet is narrow, so a bit of logistics and organizing needed to move her out of the our berth for our first trip since our mast was broken.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (diciembre de 2016)

cold crisp winter days

Pearl runs home on snow covered roads.
Isla Navarino, CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (julio de 2015)

Hot embers warming cold hands.
Club Naval de Yates Micalvi, Isla Navarino, CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (julio de 2015)

Family warm-up by the wood fire in the clubhouse of the Club Naval de Yates Micalvi.
Isla Navarino, CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (julio de 2015)

hold on tight to the ones you love

Tormentina heads "home" from school. This means crossing a flotilla of expedition vessels that are rafted together at the Club Naval de Yates Micalvi.

Club Naval de Yates Micalvi
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (junio de 2015)

anasazi girl igloo

A. Girl at the Club Naval de Yates Micalvi
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (junio de 2015)

Snow covered Anasazi Girl and the raft of expedition vessels.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (junio de 2015)

the peak of navarino winter

Anasazi Girl tranformed into an igloo as the peak of winter arrived this season.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (junio de 2015)

James clearing the foredeck.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (junio de 2015)

Ice forms in the Seno Lauta Harbour as the fjord (a mix of salt & fresh water) freezes over.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (junio de 2015)

Expedition boats rafted together waiting for the next sailing season.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (junio de 2015)

the beagle

SY Drumbeat, Canal Beagle
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (febrero de 2015)

Expedition Charter Boat, Canal Beagle
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (febrero de2015)

glassy winter days on the beagle

Beagle Beachcombers
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE (July 2014)

Sea Urchin
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE (July 2014)

Fisherman's Pier at Low Tide
Puerto Williams, Isla Navrino - CHILE (July 2014)

Optis, Expeditions Boats, and Snowy Mountains
Puerto Williams, Isla Navrino - CHILE (July 2014)

canal beagle

Beagle Channel
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE (April 2014)

Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE (April 2014)