Lat S 51 57 / longitude W 065 15

Kelp-Seaweed
We still pass "islands" of drifting kelp, although we are 100 NM
off the coast. The channels we have sailed in, and in all Caletas we have been in
we met with kelp. That is both good and bad. It is tough and hard to get
removed if it's stuck in the propeller, rudder and anchor. But it is also a
guidance on where it is shallow. There was always kelp on the shallow areas
that should be avoided, so it was a useful sign. The kelp that drifts
out here clumps together and can really be like an island. Yesterday we met an
island where ten small white birds sat resting.