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Rounding Cape Horn by Sailing Yacht
12 days - Apr-May - From US $ 6,895
Please keep in mind that the itinerary outlined below is dependant upon weather and suitable anchorage. Best efforts will be made to follow this plan, but any given voyage may vary substantially as judgement and concern for the safety and comfort of the people aboard indicate. Also, note that on some dates, this itinerary may operate in reverse, that is from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams.
Day 1: Guests will fly into Puerto Williams from Punta Arenas and come immediately on board. The afternoon and evening will be spent stowing gear, familiarizing the team with the vessel and having a safety briefing. The yacht will be tied alongside the "Micalvi", a ruined Chilean naval vessel cum yacht club with a rustic bar.
Days 2 - 4: You will sail directly for Cape Horn and weather permitting attempt to round the Horn from west to east and then shelter for the night at Caleta Martial on Isla Herschel in the Cape Horn archipelago. Possibly, bad weather will preclude a rounding for a day or two and you would wait at various anchorages in the Wollaston archipelago for safe conditions. In any event, no more than three days will be devoted to an attempt to round with hopefully a landing on Horn Island itself. After Cape Horn you will sail directly back up into the Beagle Channel and begin the channel passage.
Day 5: An all day sail through the Beagle Channel will bring you to Caleta Peron on Isla Hoste and a visit to Estancia Canasaka if the family Martinez is in residence. This is one of the last of the remote estancias still operating as a family enterprise. Here you will enjoy an asado (BBQ) the next day and also put out the fish net for mullet.
Day 6: After mid-day asado (BBQ) you will continue down channel arriving in Caleta Olla late that evening. This is the real beginning of the mountainous section of the channels with the Darwin Icecap to the north and the steep sided Isla Gordon to the south. Tied with stern to the trees, this is one of the most scenic of anchorages.
Day 7: All day will be spent at Caleta Olla. A five hour round trip hike up to a glacier lake underneath the towering Mt. Francais is an option for the very fit, while those less inclined can hike on the lowlands around the bay and channel. This is a wooded area with large patches of mossy bogland and is a botanist's paradise. For those willing to "go high" eye to eye encounters with Andean Condors guaranteed. Calafate and several other types of berries are in season!
Day 8: With an early morning start (often less wind in the channels) and a short run you will be abreast of several deep fjords that strike into the heart of the Darwin Range. You will steam to the snout of the glacier in one of them (through the brash ice) and stop for lunch if the weather is fair and watch the seracs calving off into the sea. The night will be spent at a secure anchorage inside the fjord.
Day 9: After a long run overnight to the west through Canals Ballenero and Brecknock you will anchor at Caleta Brecknock at the western end of the Darwin Range. This is a beautiful cirque-like anchorage surrounded by bare granite mountains.
Day 10: A day will be spent at Caleta Brecknock trekking in the hills above the anchorage and taking on fresh water from a waterfall that empties into the cove.
Day 11: After turning the corner and doubling back to the east through Canal Cockburn you will anchor in Bahia Queta at the base of Mt. Sarmiento. This is often a cracking downwind sail along the northside of the Peninsula Brecknock and is the natural sea route into the Straits of Magellan.
Day 12: An early start through Canal Magdalena and into the Straits of Magellan will have you anchored off Punta Arenas by nightfall. You and other guests will depart the day after.
Day 1: Guests will fly into Puerto Williams from Punta Arenas and come immediately on board. The afternoon and evening will be spent stowing gear, familiarizing the team with the vessel and having a safety briefing. The yacht will be tied alongside the "Micalvi", a ruined Chilean naval vessel cum yacht club with a rustic bar.
Days 2 - 4: You will sail directly for Cape Horn and weather permitting attempt to round the Horn from west to east and then shelter for the night at Caleta Martial on Isla Herschel in the Cape Horn archipelago. Possibly, bad weather will preclude a rounding for a day or two and you would wait at various anchorages in the Wollaston archipelago for safe conditions. In any event, no more than three days will be devoted to an attempt to round with hopefully a landing on Horn Island itself. After Cape Horn you will sail directly back up into the Beagle Channel and begin the channel passage.
Day 5: An all day sail through the Beagle Channel will bring you to Caleta Peron on Isla Hoste and a visit to Estancia Canasaka if the family Martinez is in residence. This is one of the last of the remote estancias still operating as a family enterprise. Here you will enjoy an asado (BBQ) the next day and also put out the fish net for mullet.
Day 6: After mid-day asado (BBQ) you will continue down channel arriving in Caleta Olla late that evening. This is the real beginning of the mountainous section of the channels with the Darwin Icecap to the north and the steep sided Isla Gordon to the south. Tied with stern to the trees, this is one of the most scenic of anchorages.
Day 7: All day will be spent at Caleta Olla. A five hour round trip hike up to a glacier lake underneath the towering Mt. Francais is an option for the very fit, while those less inclined can hike on the lowlands around the bay and channel. This is a wooded area with large patches of mossy bogland and is a botanist's paradise. For those willing to "go high" eye to eye encounters with Andean Condors guaranteed. Calafate and several other types of berries are in season!
Day 8: With an early morning start (often less wind in the channels) and a short run you will be abreast of several deep fjords that strike into the heart of the Darwin Range. You will steam to the snout of the glacier in one of them (through the brash ice) and stop for lunch if the weather is fair and watch the seracs calving off into the sea. The night will be spent at a secure anchorage inside the fjord.
Day 9: After a long run overnight to the west through Canals Ballenero and Brecknock you will anchor at Caleta Brecknock at the western end of the Darwin Range. This is a beautiful cirque-like anchorage surrounded by bare granite mountains.
Day 10: A day will be spent at Caleta Brecknock trekking in the hills above the anchorage and taking on fresh water from a waterfall that empties into the cove.
Day 11: After turning the corner and doubling back to the east through Canal Cockburn you will anchor in Bahia Queta at the base of Mt. Sarmiento. This is often a cracking downwind sail along the northside of the Peninsula Brecknock and is the natural sea route into the Straits of Magellan.
Day 12: An early start through Canal Magdalena and into the Straits of Magellan will have you anchored off Punta Arenas by nightfall. You and other guests will depart the day after.
