We’ve Arrived We’re back in Stanley. We’ve arrived in the Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas. Our time in South Georgia is behind us. Four weeks together and 2,280 nautical miles in our wake. Early in the morning on October 25, we weighed anchor in Right Whale Bay in South Georgia; this morning, after eight days …
What a morning! I’m on my first watch from four to eight. Shortly after five, the sun rises astern from the leaden-gray-blue, rolling sea. The sea is rough and beautiful, the wave crests and troughs high, and the swell—coming from a slightly different direction—creates a choppy sea. A pair of Sooty Albatrosses circles the Selma …
We’ve been at sea for six days now. Course approximately 100 degrees. South Georgia lies to our northeast, still about 80 nautical miles away. We’ve been sailing since the evening of the third day. The wind forced us to take a slightly more southerly course. Since the day before yesterday, we’ve been sailing within the …
We’re out at sea! Finally. Yesterday between 10 and 11 a.m., we cast off from Stanley and, after leaving Cape Pembroke astern, set a course for South Georgia. Unfortunately, we’re running on the engine for now. The stormy wind of the last few days had completely died down just in time for our departure. What …