24th Feb
We had another half day crossing the Drake which continued to be relatively smooth. Again we'd made good time due to the smooth seas so the captain took us on a slightly different course to within 3 miles of the mythical Cape Horn. We were lucky to have seen it as within 30mins of sighting it the clouds had passed across and there was no evidence of it existing at all. No wonder so many ships come to grief around it. Still early as we weren't due into Ushuaia until the morning we headed to the head of the Beagle channel where we set anchor for our final evening and dinner of the cruise. On the way we had the wonderful sightings of Pales (Austral) dolphins, next to the boat and surfing in the boats wake off the bow.
We had another half day crossing the Drake which continued to be relatively smooth. Again we'd made good time due to the smooth seas so the captain took us on a slightly different course to within 3 miles of the mythical Cape Horn. We were lucky to have seen it as within 30mins of sighting it the clouds had passed across and there was no evidence of it existing at all. No wonder so many ships come to grief around it. Still early as we weren't due into Ushuaia until the morning we headed to the head of the Beagle channel where we set anchor for our final evening and dinner of the cruise. On the way we had the wonderful sightings of Pales (Austral) dolphins, next to the boat and surfing in the boats wake off the bow.
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