Lat S 40 48 /long W 59 17

Within 24 hours we have been able to peel off two layers:
long underwear, a thick Taiga jacket + a sweater. What a feeling when
the climate is more and more comfortable by the every. Open
the portholes, bring out pillows and blankets for an airing and best of all: our hands
are ready to fillet a fish.
Get the Cedar plug up + another lure purchased in Bora-Bora.
Dual fishing opportunities, fish-rich waters jaja, they'll bite soon enough.
The birds are närgågna, I just hope one of them does not swallow a lure.
Time passes, interest fades, do you get more fish if you constantly look
at the float? Puzzling: why do we so rarely get fish?
We miss the great fisherman from Polynesia, it was actually he who
took home the biggest catch. But the day is not over yet, we promise an extra
blog post if we catch something.

Lat S 43 18°/ long W 060 51°

Comments
Sometimes we get comments on the blog sent to us. Imagine our
surprise when a former sailor living in Borås argues that dolphins only are
chasing fish around the boat. All sailors know that dolphins are their best
friend, remember the many stories, particularly about white dolphins that have guided
boats and crews to safe harbor when they were in trouble.
Perhaps he does not even believe that the albatross is really the soul of a
drowned sailor who was not buried in consecrated ground.

Lat S 46 13 / long W 62 13

We have said that this year we are like the Silver Tern, moving between locations where
it is always summer. California in August, French Polynesia
September October November. Long sailing to South America, where they have
Summer ....
Yes, as you know we are a bit tired of the cold now. We must be very
grateful that the Gulf Stream keeps Swedish summer at a slightly better
temperature average.
Every day we check the outside thermometer, it is still at +8 and
Maybe sometimes + 10. We are currently having gale winds from the SW so we
make good speed, the sea is unpredictable and will sometimes pile up and
slap the side hard. Then you get wet if you did not have the luck
to be in the off-duty watch.

Lat S 49 19,3 / long W 064 06,9

Dolphin theme

The dolphins are back. Do you remember that on the whole trip Tahiti
-Puerto Montt we only had dolphin visits one day. In Patagonia, they have
usually been swimming in sounds and current edges.
They are back now. This is what I remember it from our previous
Atlantic Sailing in 1983. They will often swim in pairs, snort an alert
just aft of the boat for us to pay attention to them. Then
they'll swim along for hours, from one side to the other.
That is what I call Atlantic dolphins!

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.

Lat S 54 44 / long W 065 00

On our way to Mar del Plata.
It was not but the cove was a bit claustrophobic to lie waiting in.
So this morning when Th said, "Now I am tired of this cold, just want to get
away", I was glad that the weather report was right and we got away with the
tide just before lunch. Now we have 1100 nm ahead of us, and we are
motivated to sail in all weathers. From the armada guy on the radio, we were
charged with a greeting to his friend who has a boat lying where we
are going. Nice to have a greeting to bring along.

Low in Bahia Suceso

The forecast was a bit optimistic.
It has been "blowing hobnails" through the night and it is not much better now. But
the barometer has been rising so this is a sign that the wind will decrease.
Inside on the beach, there is an Argentine Armada Station, they
keeps track of boats passing outside. The workplace is quite
isolated, there is nothing else around it but more forest. We
have talked to them a couple times on the VHF and they provide us with
weather reports. They presumably are stationed here for two months at a time, so if we have to
stay for one more day, we should not complain.