Majestic mountains dipped in snow...
Crystalline waterways...
Whales, seals, Soaring Andes condors...
Ice-blue Glaciers that shimmer like jewels..
BOULARD SAILS CAPE HORN & ANTARCTICA
Boulard at Romanche Glacier, Beagle Channel
Boulard rounding Cape Horn
Cape Horn Lighthouse
A glacier along the Beagle Channel
The Boulard Crew
Beagle Channel
The crew sailing
Puerto Toro
Buying King Crab
Typical Itinerary for Cape Horn from Ushuaia or Puerto Williams (25 miles East of Ushuaia)
PUERTO WILLIAMS (54°56'S / 67°36'W)
We set sail from the yacht club at 'Seno Lauro', the best natural
harbour of this region. (The wreck of the 'Micalvi' is our jetty
and provides at the same time all harbour facilities: pub and
shower) There are a handful of boats tied off here getting ready
for Antarctica or just coming down from the Chilean Channels -
Yamana Indians - Martin Gusinde Museum - last shower at Micalvi.
DAY 2 PUERTO TORO (55°05'S / 67°06'W)
Laid back Puerto Williams - 1200 inhabitants - high military presence
but totally out of date - no private telephone lines - sailing the
Beagle Channel - Puerto Toro: most southern settlement of the
world - 50 inhabitants - dealing one bottle of whisky for a couple
of buckets full of King Crabs - detailed weather analysis for the
right moment to go to the Horn.
DAY 3 BAHIA SCOURFIELD (55°45'S / 67°20'W)
Early in the morning we can watch the beavers - passing 'Isla Lennox'
and 'Isla Nueva' - at 'Isla Evout' we might sight some Albatross,
since this island is an important breeding place for them - we
anchor at Bahia Scourfield, Wollaston Group, and do some trekking
to an inland lake.
DAY 4 CAPE HORN (55°50'S / 67°18'W)
"The classic aspect of Cape Horn is the cliff face to the southern
headland. Well below its summit, the old lighthouse I saw burning
back in 1977, still stands, but shines no more below the clouds.
On exposed rocks, a mile offshore, the sea breaks heavily even on
a calm day, as the rollers coming in from the Southern Ocean pile
up on shelf water, 75 miles away to the south-west." (Skip Novak:
'Cape Horn cloaked in mystery')
Cape of the ultimate challenge - many destinies and catastrophes have
taken place here - symbol for the end of the world. - visit to the
island: Chilean navy control post - passport stamps and post -
chapel - monument - wildlife - deep tussock grass.
DAY 6 ROUNDING CAPE HORN
This will most probably be a tough day, the sea is very rough, we get
short waves, we get changing local winds, its cold and wet - we
have to fight - last radio contact with navy patrol station at
'Cabo de Hornos', they will contact Puerto Williams and have our
names registered: we have rounded Cape Horn - the sea is full of
life: Commerson- & Dusky Dolphins, Seals, Whales (Fin-, Sei-,
Orca- ) - the air is full of life: Wandering Albatross, Condor,
Giant Petrels, Wild Goose, Skuas.
DAY 7 CALETA MARTIAL (55°40'S / 67°25'W)
We get a bit of rest - we can make a beautiful long trekking along the
coast - Yamana Indians have lived here with their open canoes:
they had no clothing, rowed in open canoes with an open fire in
the middle, the women dived for king Crab, the coast was full of
mussel heaps, they ate the 'Pan dos Indios' - we head up north
again towards Puerto Williams.
You may visit the Puerto Williams Yagan Indian museum to see Indian
artifacts and visit other points of interest. You will have an
early farewell lunch and then make your final disembarkation from
the "Victory" in order to be transported to the airport for your
return to Punta Arenas and an optional tour of Torres Del Paine.
If time and weather permit, we will see even more out of the way
coves, lakes, forests and streams that are not on the itinerary.
A certificate of "Rounding The Horn" available for a small fee from
the Navy in Puerto Williams.
Cape Horn is the steep headland on Horn Island, part of TIERRA DEL
FUEGO, in southern Chile.
It is the last point of South America extending into the DRAKE
PASSAGE, gateway to Antarctica which lies 600 miles farther South.
The itinererary depends on weather condions and the captains discretion.
