life on the dock / grenada

Washed up conch shell. Corinth, St. David - GRENADA / West Indies (June 2017)

Corinth, St. David - GRENADA / West Indies (June 2017)

Raivo & Tormentina race each other home. Corinth, St. David - GRENADA / West Indies (June 2017)

caio isla navarino, hello freedom! passage / puerto williams to ushuaia

With our Chilean lives & voyage list in order for departure, we woke early aboard Anasazi Girl on  the morning of January 18, 2017. We untied our lines from the mooring in Seno Lauta Harbour and bid a final farewell to our shipwrecked lives on the tiny island of Navarino. We took in the sunrise view of the island landscape, fairly certain that it would be the last time we would see it's skyline again. Sad to leave this special place that held so much nature and magic for my family, but so elated to finally be free again.

Dientes de Navarino above Puerto Williams town.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (enero de 2017)

Sunrise above the Martial range of Argentina.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (enero de 2017)

Puerto Williams skyline at sunrise.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (enero de 2017)

Cordillera Darwin over the Beagle Channel.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (enero de 2017)

Raivo sunrise smile at the helm of Anasazi Girl.
Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Pearl. Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Action Suit on. Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

Passage / Puerto Williams to Ushuaia (enero de 2017)

anasazi girl re-rigged

"After waiting 2 years and 9 months... and with the help of more than 48 industry professionals from 12 countries, we finally made this happen. I am one lucky sailor boy. Losing your rig in the southern ocean and then installing one here is NOT recommended behavior unless you have a lot of real friends who step up to the plate. Thank all of you from the bottom of my heart." James Burwick (December 5, 2016)

We had a 12 hour weather window to step the rig... the Armada de Chile scheduled us to tie up at the Puerto Williams Navy dock during a quiet period, in between their vessels moving in & out of port. They had a crane & navy personnel ready to help us step the rig. This was a first for them, as well as for us. With Anasazi's 3.25 meter draft, we had to time our arrival and departure with the tide, and hoped with breaths held tight that afer such a long wait for a new mast, nothing would go wrong this point in the game.

We had perfect weather, a rib & help from CEDENA (Club Escuela Deportes Náutica). The kids and I watched from the hillside, just outside the Port Captain's office. So amazing to finally see Anasazi Girl get re-rigged and to feel the promise of sailing freedom once again within reach for our family. The shipwreck era of our lives was just about to end.

Canal Beagle, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (diciembre de 2016)

Muelle Prat, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (diciembre de 2016)

Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (diciembre de 2016)