Tuesday 19th
February 2013.
It’s hard to believe
that we are now half way through the cruise and have sailed some 7,500 miles
since leaving Fort Lauderdale 25 days ago.
I am afraid that I have
nothing to report on the Falkland Islands as the visit to the islands was
aborted yesterday because of strong winds and rough seas. It is disappointing
that we have to miss one of the highlights of the cruise, however, it’s a fact
of life that rough seas and high winds do not suit tender ports such as the
Falkland’s.
Since leaving Puerto
Madryn we have sailed into rough seas,
strong winds and rising and heavy swells. At the moment we are about 200 miles
off the southern coast of Argentina on our way to Cape Horn for scenic cruising
late tomorrow afternoon.
At the moment the wind
is blowing about 40 knots outside and the temperature is about 10 degrees,
however the sun is shining and we have partly cloudy skies. We also have
mounting swells and it is predicted to get substantially worse by the time we
reach Cape Horn at the bottom of South America. Up until now it has been smooth
sailing, and we now realise we are on a ship on the high seas.
Looking forward to
visiting Drake Passage and the bottom of the America’s tomorrow
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