Go Where No Sailing Channel Has Gone Before: 13 Epic Patagonia Anchorages [Ep. 145]
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- We take you along for the ride to the most amazing places in Patagonia as we catch you up to our real time location! Hot springs, volcanoes, mountain lakes, glaciers, & rarely explored national parks only accessible by boat!
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Contents:
0:00 - Intro: Where are we now? Where have we come from on our sail around the world via Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego & the canals of Patagonia.
1:46 - (1) Sailing from Puerto Montt to Hornopirén & Isla Pelada
3:23 - (2) Sailing to the hot springs of Cahuelmo in Pumalin National Park. We don our bathing suits and enjoy the thermal pools, go on an epic hike to a mountain lake, and find our dinghy left high and dry so we must white water raft our way back down a glacial river to our boat. Fiordo Cahuelmo Termas y Parque Pumalin
7:14 - (3) Accessible only by boat, we visit Termas de Porcelana and grab a mooring ball to bath in these amazing volcanic thermal pools.
9:05 - (4) Isla Pelada’s secret anchorage. We meet some local fisherman who we share this quiet anchorage with and have a wonderful time trading beer & wine for Centolla and fish.
11:16 - (5) Sailing to Bahia Edward’s on Isla Talcon, we stay here for the night on our transit south to take shelter from a storm moving in from the north and take the dog for a walk on the beach.
12:24 - (6) Anchoring in Puerto Santo Domingo on our treck south.
13:29 - (7) We enter the small lagoon of Pozo De Oro (Gold Well) and dodge rocks to shore tie our sailboat securely in the mountainous are. We don’t find any gold, but we explore the small town of Melimoyu, and Roxy the sailing dog makes a few new friends during our hike.
15:26 - (8) We sail to the Chilean 5 star resort of Puyuhuapi Lodge where we indulge in a little bit of luxury and swim in the amazing thermal hot spring pools.
16:56 - (9) Visiting the town of Puyuhaupi & Caraterra Australia. We drop our anchor in 90 feet of water and shore tie our J Boat in front of this great little tourist town in Patagonia and grab an amazing desert as a special treat.
18:23 - (10) Sailing Seno Morras on Isla Magdalena. We meet the most amazing woman who lives off the grid alone on this island. We spend several days with our new friend Blanca, who cooks us an amazing meal, tells us about the history of the area, and shows us a rarely visited ecotourism area filled with rare & beautiful trees. Roxy makes some new dog friends as well.
20:58 - Puerto Aguirre. We meet up with some old friends in this familiar place we visited as we sailed north through the fjords of Patagonia. This time we are here to stage for our expedition sailing adventure to the glacier of Laguna San Rafael.
21:06 - (11) Caleta Ubaldo: We take refuge here for the night as we navigate the fjords to make our way south. New friends visit us on the Ketch rigged sailing vessel Candine.
22:57 - (12) We enter Bahia Sisquelan where we find an abandoned sawmill with antique steam engines, belt driven saws, and abandoned railways. We also take a look around an abandoned fishing outpost in this natural harbor. We wait here to time the tides correctly for the entrance to Laguna San Rafael.
25:00 - (13) Our expedition climaxes at the world’s northernmost tidewater glacier, Laguna San Rafael. We navigate between enormous icebergs and growlers as we work our way precariously in our fiberglass sloop to the head of the glacier, witnessing it calving in front of us.
29:25 - Patron Thank You! We list the names of all of our supporters who make these videos possible.
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Wow, beautiful places that most people will never get to.
I did a very similar route when I was in the Navy. we also stopped in Puerto Montt and continued up the coast to the panama cannel. the trip was amazing! I am retiring in 1-2 years and will be doing this same trip I'm glad to see at least one other boat doing this route. The people are amazing in this area of the world! And if you can try to leave the boat and see some of the interior the sights will take your breath away.
More on your stay with the lady in the forrest please. That looked really interesting.
OMG 😱 WOW, you guys ‼️ 🎉 Talk about experiences of a lifetime ⚓️🙌🏻🙌🏻 Looks like Roxy was in K9 heaven, for sure. The Glacier view was tremendous.See you next time. ✨ 🌊 💨 ⛵️ 🗻👙🌞✨
I would love to know more about Blanca if you get the time to do an episode about her. The scenery is absolutely spectacular. Thank you for sharing your adventures, go well 🌷
One of my favorites, absolutely amazing!!! I was in awe during the whole video sooo Beautiful😊 so glad you can share your sailing adventures with us🎉🩵 Thanks 😘
Glad you liked it!!
You should absolutely go back and make a different story line for just Patagonia an all of Chile. That area is so incredible and you've given us just bits and pieces but I know we all would love to see more.
your sailing channel is so much more interesting than most... and yet, every now and then, you do manage to check off one of the other sailing channels staples, like 'skinny dipping' in the most nonchalant way possible... love it!
Wow, thanks!
holy shit....this must have been beyond epic!
It was!
I will watch ANY and ALL vids that you create. Please do them. Thank you so much for these. Hi Roxy! Who's a good girl?
Thanks! Roxy says woof!🐶
Great story telling, loving the cameos with Roxy. We are still sailing in Brazil.
Hey!!! Bom dia!! 👋 Congratulations on the crossing to Brazil! How was the sail? How are you liking it there so far? 🇧🇷
Love this channel..(Love how you are sailing while narrating this episode... cool)(The boat looks good too)(I find it so charming that each of you compliment each other)
Thanks so much!
SO glad to hear from you 3! JJ&M was I ever worried! XO Darcee
We came really close to purchasing 4,000 acres down south. Bahia Aldunate.
It would have been a very big project and we decided to back off.
We were on a tour of the south on the Caratera Austral the same time you all were down that way. The tides down there are really profound. 10 feet or more.
Did you see the Ducks that Walk on water? They are nearly extinct but are cool to see!
When you decide to do a motorcycle tour let me know I have several friends who do the Moto tour thing.
Enjoyed hearing from Yall on Telegram. Thanks for the videos. Jim in Chile
Good day from Norfolk, UK. Great to see you back and particularly to see this historic footage. For me, not a sailor, great to see the skills you guys deploy to manage your journey. Sail safe with best regards, Roy.
Thanks Roy! Cheers!
Kate you're getting even better with the shot set ups and editing
WOW. Amazing summary. Breathtaking footage. So nice to see the friendly locals helping y’all in every and each anchorage. Awesome episode!
Amazing locals!
I do appreciate your unusual routing. I've always wondered what that part of the world is like and I love sailboats, so this is right in my wheelhouse.. You guys rounding Cape Horn and the journey north are some of the best videos I've seen, thanks!
Cool, thanks!
Fun episode. Chile must have been breath taking. Well summarized, good videography, and nice storytelling. I look forward to more.
Glad you enjoyed it! Chile 🇨🇱 is amazing! Much more to come!
beautifull summary, Sergio (Boyero)
Great filming and great story telling. Can't get enough of the Sailing Sweet Ruca channel. Thanks for taking us along.
Wow! Great comment! Thanks so much for the support!
Just amazing. Thank you for sharing your amazing adventure.
P&J
Glad you enjoyed it
What an amazing video!!!!!! So so so beautiful!!!!!! Thnx for charing your amazing journey!!!!!
My pleasure!!
WOW!! .... patogonia seems very cool, great you had the "brasss ones" to venture there unlike other YT sailors!!.....
Right?! 😃
That's: "glad you had the bras balls" to venture there?
Stunning part of the world.
We definitely agree!
Great video. Enjoying your Voyage almost as much as You!!! Thanks and Fair Winds ...😊
Merci pour ces belles images. C’est toujours un régal et un plaisir.
Bon voyage.
Voilier Girighiz 5 🇫🇷
Merci!
That part of the world looks amazing!
Fantastic summary episode.
Thank you @SailingwithScott!
My previous perception of Patagonia was a desolate, devoid of civilisation, area as portrayed in various "documentary" presentations and maybe that is correct for further inland, but what you show along the shores it is alive and well and full of life. I always wonder how people live so far from the "civilised" world with its million plus inhabitants and then the thought occurs that they may be happier and more content where they are. Your videos certainly give me that impression. It's a strange world and you are so lucky to experience it first hand ---- of course we are lucky that you include us in your adventure. THANK YOU!
Those images are from the Chilean side of Patagonia
Wow, just wow! Breathtaking photography and commentary.
Wow, thank you!
Nice overview and footage of these wonderful sites...Keep up the good work...
Epic video. I don't know what I love the most. The drone footage is completely awesome. The mountains are breathtaking. Going right up to the waterfalls had to be scary. It was breathtaking
welcome back guys. We missed your content
I WATCH THEM ALL,love it all.
I agree, more on any of those places and people.
Yayy!!! Cheers & happy Sunday!!
I was overwhelmed by the majestic nature! Thank you for the wonderful video! I'm rooting for you two! From Japan
＊Please forgive me if there is any rudeness because it is a translation (lol)
It's great,great video, I m in Patagonia about five months traveling ,so many islands , and it takes years of years to explore and discover .I m really happy in Patagonia about 150 friends on my Facebook page and 3,000 sailors from 57 countries, I 'm from the garden island Kauai, living many years .My favorite place in Patagonia, Tortel.and Puerto Aden and small town ,extremely friendly people , amazing beauty of Patagonia Chileana Patagonia .My dream was to live in Hawaiian islands and Patagonia, my favorite places on the planet ,dream come true. When I lived in Europe only from the books, I knew Hawaiian islands and Patagonia Chileana now in real life, traveling .Thank you for the video .Don't forget to discover island Juan Fernandez isla. It's paradise, so beautiful. Fear winds and following seas 🌊 ⛵️
Wow, looks like you have just crossed the Pacific!!! Gambier Islands in French Polynesia!!! Congratulations guys!!!
Thanks Jorge!
@SailingSweetRuca Amazing trip, guys! We are so happy to follow you through your adventures. Please edit more episodes of your Chilean trip - and if possible please put the date next to the coordinates of your anchorages. Maybe some of us will follow in your "wave-steps" soon. Thank you.
Will do!
Thank you for this review! i really enjoyed seeing you guys adventures in the sunshine and up into the interior. The freshwater lake and surrounding mountains were beautiful. I had really been worried about what had happened to your two. Nice to see you are on your way to Easter Island and well into the Pacific. Fair Winds and Following Seas to You.
Greetings from BC Canada where we transition from winter to spring sailing. Missed you guys! Fantastic update and summary . Your cinematography is top drawer and seems to improve with every episode.
Thanks for the awesome feedback! Enjoy thawing out! 🙂
One of the best sailing channels! Congrats! ❤
Wow! Thanks! Hope we can continue to make videos for you all
i'm new, but yes please more on Blanca and her island wow she's cool
Wow super cool video guys. If I was there i would have done that too . Filled a freezer with glacier ice and given it away for drinks in the south pacific. Cool.
Great job! What a cool adventure! Hot springs are definitely a motivator for us to head up to Alaska at some point... and maybe down to South America now too...
Just Amazing!! Thank you for sharing!
What a beautiful video, very pleasant to wacht. Amazing adyenture and you both did it great telling the stories. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the nice comment!
Wow, Those were some very pretty and interesting places you found and or stumbled upon…!!! 😎👏🥳
YES!! Break all of those stops down into more vids!
We hope to someday!
hope my wife would understand a 10% of the beauty you are brilliantly sharing... I'll try to convince her doing a similar trip :)
We hope to see you out at an anchorage some day! It can be difficult at times to travel so far on a boat, but the experience is worth it!
Great video! Love to see an episode on Blanca.
Great to get caught up, and with such stunning footage too!
Hi Kevin! We are so happy to finally be able to catch you up with everything we have filmed! There is so much more footage, we are just running out of time to edit it all :-)
Ripper Ep. guys.
Beautiful
GREAT VIDEO. THANKS FOR SHARING. REMEMBER TO VOTE. 💙🗽💚👍😇
Just absolutely wonderful.
Awesome.
What a beautiful place to sail! Keep up the great work guys!
Thank you! Will do!
Beautiful video, thanks 😊
Kate you seem a little different somehow. Humm.
But, seriously, what a beautiful southern land.
I'm so jealous.
More merry good times to You, Curtis and Roxy and....
Carry on.⛵🥞🍳🥓🥥🍍
Very beautiful episode. I loved it.
Amazeballs Guys.... 😁 Keep Safe... 🙏
epic journey
Top locations great boat and crew. And one of the few with good sail trim. Love the short sheet and barber on the genua. Grts from Zeebrugge Belgium Filip
Glad you enjoyed it
What a lovely video!
Another great summary! You did a great job catching us all up! Yes, I would like to hear about Planca's (sp?) story!
Ok noted! Thanks for the feedback. She is an amazing woman with one heck of a story!
Cool story.
🙏
I would like to know more about Blanca and her Book. Would also like to know more about the town your visited in the interior where there were a lot of motorcycles and RVs. Thank You.
Great video guys and amazing places! Thanks
Amazing place, beautiful footage. Thank you, CZcams algorithm for randomly recommending me this video! Did you use any special cruising guides for this region?
Love your videos, thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Wonderful!!!!
You are very brave congrats!
You are best.
🙏 😊
Amazing!
Thanks!
Congratulations on a spectacular voyage. If you've got the footage, how about a mini series in parallel with your usual episodes? It all looks extraordinary and educational at the same time. Out of interest, perhaps apart from warming and the effects on the glaciers, has climate change had any effect on the severity or any other adverse impact on the weather down there?
God rapport!
Great Videos!, Yes, More about Senora Blanca would be Interesting, Best Regards⛵🇩🇴🌴
Thanks for the feedback!
You guys are great 👍👍👍❤
Thanks!
Loved the whole Patagonia/Chilean fjords series. Your doing the type of adventure sailing i hope to replicate soon. Do you have any plans to hit any of the high latitude islands in the South Pacific or Indian Oceans?
white water rafting? that's a trout stream! get fishing! really beautiful country!
You are right!!!! We should have went back with a fishing pole!
Hi Guys, fantastic video, what an amazing “holiday “. Next October 25 I am sailing from Auckland NZ across the southern ocean around Cape Horn to Argentina, with Ocean Sailing Expeditions on a a boat called Silver Fern. Your wonderful videos of the Patagonian fiords has whet my appetite, being so close I hope I can find a way to some sailing in the fiords. I am in Tasmania, the southern most state of Australia. We have some of the best cruising grounds in Australia, don’t leave Tassie out of your plans. I sail a Farrier 31 foot trimaran and would love to be your Tassie guide. Hope you have a great passage across the Pacific.
Kind Regards
Alistair McRae
New sub. Nice video. Ian.
Welcome Aboard Ian!
Thanks
Thank you!
couldn't help but notice what seems to be only one main sheet attachment point on the boom...vulnerability?
Looks like you're flying a code D sail at 13:59...I'm curious about the trim rigging and thin line chafing
Would be cool if you oculd do a longer restropsective of this last summer in Patagonia , maybe next time you have a gap in footage during a haul out or whatever!
Yes! We hope so!
Been enjoying your channel for a long time. I do have a questions, how do you manage watches at night, being just the two of you? Being in the wide open ocean, I'd guess you go on autopilot, but, do you wake up regularly to check on radar and stuff?
Keep it up!
It really depends on the conditions and situation, and we adjust accordingly. Sometimes we can get lots of sleep, sometimes very little. We approach it often as solo racers do.
How many days did the little loop take you? Also, did you do all the proper red-tape getting Roxy into the south pacific?
👏👏👏
Hey just want to know what drone do you use,seems to get very high. Cheers.
🤙🤙🤙
😁 Arrr!
you could afford Puyuhuapi Lodge after those nice New Sails ??? ....must be nice.
Ha! It is a great deal to stay on your boat at the mooring and use the outdoor pools! It was a really nice place!
@@SailingSweetRuca yeah it sounds like a vacation, from a vacation...sails are a need in such the case, just saying I would have been stretching my pennies after that.
The people you meet are my favorite thing about the sail life. So good to see you enjoying a bit warmer weather, too!
Right on!!!!👍
Hi! Was missing you both! Thought you might've had some issue and went back to the USA. GLAD to see you were just enjoying Patagonia more and more! And, of course, are back!!
I'd like to see what you've done to Sweet Ruca, the preparation for the next challenges and let you show us what you enjoyed most of this exploration times. Tha lady who lives in the woods seems quite interesting.
Well, loved to see you again, fine, sailing to Isla de Pascoa and moving to Polynesia. Two brazilian brothers dis the same journey a few years ago, just before the pandemics, and had registered many great stories, inclueding being hit by a whale,losing the rudder under a days long storm and how they managed to survive it. Should Noe they;re on Thailand. Should you be interested, theur channel is www.youtube.com/@VeleiroKatoosh. The videos are in portuguese but you can put closed caption in english and I believe Kate will get a lot of it.
Welcome back! See you on the next video! Fair winds!
Ive been sailing throughout the Bahamas and the Caribbean engineless on my Tayana 37 for 4 years now.
Im curious what your guys thought would be on making my way through the Strait without an engine? Its obviously feasible and has been done, but is clearly pretty stupid haha... but I have a huge goal to circumnavigate engineless. Dont ask me why... I dont even know why completely 😅🤣...
My main question would be how the anchorages would be throughout. I havent gone to the extent of looking over charts yet and making the call for myself. What would you guys figure the success rate of navigating through the Straits engineless would be?
You can tell me im crazy. It usually helps feed the fire! Lol
Crazy, no. It has been done, it’s how it used to be. Why not?
It is way different than the Bahamas and Caribbean though. All upwind. Tight anchorages. Inconsistent wind speed/direction. Lots of current and tide. Cold. Rain. No solar.
Anything is possible! The success rate I think is determined by the person, not the boat.
@@SailingSweetRuca precisely what I was thinking. Good to have it confirmed. It's definitely pretty easy up here in the Caribbean. But the scenery and nature down there looks incredible! And the sailing seems way more rewarding.
Thank you for documenting your travels and for getting back to me! Have a fantastic day you guys 😁🤙
How do you think Magellan got there 505 years ago?
32 seconds on the clock, first time in this channel, and I already stopped the video and decided to watch your journey from the start. Great editing, usually I'm very picky and won't get hooked that fast.
Welcome aboard!
You could call your channel, Roxy The Sea Dog, her parents and their boat.
Haha we get this a lot. Maybe its time!
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Guys, I love your channel and the videos are usually really great, but the narration on this was unlistenable and I had to turn it off. What's with the shouting? You both have great voices, no need to shout.
Noted!
You guys are so cool. Great stuff.
Thanks so much!