Patagonia
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Muddy32
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Fantastic scenery and last few mins of statistics make it even more attractive; it is just getting there!
Wansworth
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Yes my only idea of the area was from Slocums book
veshengro
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A fair bit further South than shown in that video, but in the local Spring of 1963 my ship took a deck cargo of steel pipes to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Bloody freezing, howling place. When it wasn't blowing old boots it was thick mist, couldn't wait for next stop and some Aussie sunshine. 
RunAgroundHard
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By coincidence this popped up in me YouTube feed as well. I have been following them for a while, but they don't often post. I would love to sail Patagonia.
Bouba
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Patagonia is probably too far for your first voyage in the Dufour 24
Wansworth
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Probably across the ria to Vigo…..and back
Tamar
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Plus they speak Welsh
Bouba
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If they speak Spanish on the other side of the Ria.....you can pretend to be in Patagonia
Wansworth
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The problem as I see it the extension from the marina won’t reach so it’s cold sandwiches and a thermos on the trip ……it will feel like Patagonia
….they are socialists we have been told
Blueboatman
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You have read this I take it in your yoof?
Oh the perils of crossing the bay in fog can lead to .. Patagonia and more!
It’s free , it’s a Gutenberg ed and a cracking good read.
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London
Wansworth
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No….BUT THE Galician coast reading its description in the pilot all those years ago seemed pretty close to Patagonia
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Poignard
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I read this a couple of times and enjoyed it. A bit expensive but you can probably get it from your library.
Cerebus
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We live, we miss a lot, we experience other things; lucky is the person to do more than average.
WoodyP
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Dw i'n gallu siarad ychydig bach o Gymraeg.
Wansworth
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I will drive round in the car and find out
Frank Holden
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Dunno why not, this bloke had a Brasilian girlfriend with him when I took this shot at Isla Chair in Brazo Noroeste in April '18. She ran away a few days later, something to do with the cold and not quite what it looked like in the brochure. Caught up with him next in Mechuque - a few days south of Pto Montt in September . Between times - in the channels - we had seen one other yacht. Last I heard of him he was in eNZed.
That team's youtube vids are simply the very best out there, no bullshit, no 'look at me look at me', just pure quality.
The rock at the start and again at 0:50 is between Estero Cono and Cabo Raper, I call it 'the elephant', it even has an eye.
This bit of coast, Golfo de Penas and thereabouts, is hopefully my 'last big outing'. I've crossed Penas 8 times but have never really taken the time to go around the inside - following Captain Cheap's route and calling in at the anchorage used by Von Spee on his way from Coronel to the Falklands.
Re the pic, did I mention the kelp problem?
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Tamar
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Da iawn
johnalison
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There is a strange book titled Patagonia by the late Bruce Chatwin. You won’t learn much about the place from reading it though.
bikedaft
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Chapter 2 of that book is one of the best chapters I have ever read!
Read the book, it is good
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