TABLE OF CONTENTS

The significance of this guide

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Disclaimer

Abbreviations and Data

Other Abbreviations and Symbols used in this guide

Class of Lights and Radio Signals (Direction Finding Station)

GENERAL INFORMATION

CHAPTER 1          Preparation of the voyage

The vessel

Sails and Rigging

A good engine

Cockpit covers

Wind vane and Autopilot

Radar and GPS

VHF radio

Dinghy

Heating

Moisture and humidity

Clothing

Mooring techniques

Williwaws

Kelp

Fuel

Provisions

Marea Roja (Red Tide) warning

Salmon and Oyster farms

Entry papers

Charts and Pilots

Navigation rules: Maritime Buoyage System

Patagonian Cruising Net

Chile and Argentina information

Government, population, religion and language

Crime

Measures and Weights

Local Time - Daylight Hours

Currency

Telephone - Internet

Mail

Health

Transport

Knowing Spanish

 

CHAPTER 2          History

A brief history of Chile

A brief history of Argentina

 

Insights

Valdivia and Chiloé

Valdivia and Bahía Corral: the fortresses of Chile

Isla Grande de Chiloé: history, religion and architecture

Parque Pumalín: a successful ecological project

 

Channels of Chilean Patagonia

Laguna San Rafael and Istmo de Ofqui

Faro Ráper: an ancient story

Lord Anson's fleet and the Wager shipwreck

The city of the Caesars

Puerto Edén, or the last of the Alacaluf Indians

Patagonian Icecap: first explorers and scientific theories

 

Estrecho de Magallanes

Magallanes and the discovery of the Strait

In Magallanes' wake

Estrecho de Magallanes: West to East

The tragedy of Puerto del Hambre

Fuerte Bulnes

Joshua Slocum and the legendary Spray

Punta Arenas between past and future

 

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and adjacent areas

The origin of the name Tierra del Fuego

Padre De Agostini and the conquest of Monte Sarmiento

Wrecked on Rocas Contramaestre Perón

The first contact between Whites and Indians: Fitz Roy in Wulaia

The sad story of Allen Gardiner

Massacre at Caleta Wulaia

The foundation of the first permanent mission: Ushuaia

The Anglican mission looking for new frontiers

The illusion of the Gold Rush

The Argentine flag flies at Ushuaia

Puerto Williams: the southernmost municipality of the world

 

Cabo de Hornos

The discovery of Estrecho de Le Maire and Cabo de Hornos

The new Cabo de Hornos route: political and economic implications

The first yachts around Cabo de Hornos

The Beagle and Romanche expeditions

 

The Atlantic coast

Isla de los Estados

Península Valdes: a wildlife sanctuary

CHAPTER 3         Geology and Morphology 

CHAPTER 4         Flora

CHAPTER 5         Fauna

CHAPTER 6         The Ancient Inhabitants

CHAPTER 7         Meteorology and Forecasts

PATAGONIA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO - PILOT

SECTION 1          Valdivia to Canal Chacao

SECTION 2          Chiloé Insular and Continental

1. Chiloé Insular

2. Chiloé Continental

    2.1 North side of Golfo de Ancud

    2.2 East side of Golfo de Ancud

    2.3 East side of Golfo de Corcovado

SECTION 3          Golfo de Corcovado to Laguna San Rafael

1. Islas Guaitecas

2. Canales Pérez Norte and Pérez Sur

3. Canal Moraleda East and West sides

4. Canal Refugio, Seno Gala and Canal Jacaf

5. Seno Ventisquero and Canal Puyuhuapi

6. Canal Ferronave and Canal Pilcomayo

7. Diversion: Seno Aysén

8. Diversion: Laguna San Rafael

SECTION 4           Canal Darwin to Golfo de Penas

1. Main access channels to Bahía Anna Pink:

    canales Darwin, Errázuriz, Chacabuco and Pulluche

2. Secondary channels from Laguna San Rafael to Ba. Anna Pink

3. Bahía Anna Pink and Boca Wickham

4. Península de Taitao

5. Golfo de Penas area

    5.1. Península de Tres Montes and Bahía Hoppner

    5.2. Northwest side of Golfo de Tres Montes

    5.3. Golfo de Penas

SECTION 5           Canal Messier to Ventisquero Pío XI

1. Diversion: the Baker area

2. Canal Messier, Angostura Inglesa, Paso del Indio

    Canal Escape, Paso Piloto Pardo, Paso del Abismo

3. Diversion: Seno Eyre and Ventisquero Pío XI

SECTION 6           Canal Wide to Canal Smyth

1. Canal Wide to Angostura Guía

2. Diversion: Isla Guarello

3. Diversion: Seno Tres Cerros - canales Andrés and Pitt

4. Diversion: Estéro Peel

5. Canal Sarmiento and Canal Collingwood

6. Canal Smyth

SECTION 7           Región de Última Esperanza and Puerto Natales

SECTION 8           Estrecho de Magallanes

1. Western section

2. Eastern section

SECTION 9           Channels linking Estrecho de Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego

1. Canal Bárbara, Canal Acwalisnan and Canal Magdalena

2. Diversion: Canal Gabriel

3. Diversion: Seno Keats, Seno Martínez and Seno Agostini

4. Diversion: Seno Almirantazgo

SECTION 10         Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Chilean section)

1. Canal Cockburn

2. Canal Ocasión and Canal Brecknock

3. Bahía Desolada to Canal O'Brien

4. Brazo Noroeste del Canal Beagle

5. Brazo Sudoeste del Canal Beagle

6. Canal Beagle: Punta Divide to Atlantic Ocean

7. Cabo de Hornos

8. Diversion: Archipiélago Diego Ramírez

9. Diversion: Canal Murray and Isla Hoste

SECTION 11         Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Argentine section)

1. Canal Beagle: from the Chilean boundary to Ushuaia

2. Canal Beagle: East of Ushuaia to Atlantic Ocean

3. Canal Beagle, Islas Hermite and Diego Ramírez: List of Lights

SECTION 12         Isla de los Estados

1. North coast of Isla de los Estados

2. South coast of Isla de los Estados

SECTION 13         The Argentine Atlantic coast: Mar del Plata to Estrecho de Le Maire

1. Harbours and shelters in Argentine Patagonia

2. The Atlantic coast: List of Lights

 

APPENDICES AND INDEX

APPENDIX I         A century of sailing south of the Antarctic Convergence

Yachts that transited between 1902 and 2000

APPENDIX II        Bibliography

APPENDIX III       Dictionary:

- English / Spanish

- Spanish / English

- Food and Provisioning

INDEX                           - Analytic Index

- Drawings