The Beagle Channel

Hello all,POS: 55*05,5 S 066*32,4 WCOG: 300SOG: 4.1WND: NW 5 bftThe Beagle Channel. We could smell it before we could see it. With a NW wind the smell off the trees came to us over the sea. That sea that calmed down quite a lot during the morning and afternoon. Till mid day we sailed with everything set. Then as predicted, quite sudden the wind changed to the NNW and decreased. The sailing party was over. We dropped all and furled everything. With the two underwatersails the last bit of our Drake crossing started. This all was nice in time before the NW 40 knots predicted hit the Horn. But it was a beautiful stretch of sailing that we did this crossing.Now we're on our way to the pilot station. The VC mostly has gone to bed. A few enjoy the first dark night in a while together with all the lights of the Beagle and the other ships that are around. We'll drop anchor at the pilot station to receive the pilot at 11 in the morning.All of a sudden life on board has gotten easy again. In the galley everything stayed at its place, the evening cleaning went super smooth, cups are staying on the table, showering doesn't require acrobatic skills anymore and all the features to fold you bunk into "taco shape" to not fall out can be taken away. Slowly back to a stable land life.But first still a couple of days to spend in the Beagle, a nice last treat to look forward to.Groetjes, Janke