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Jérôme Poncet on Damien 2: Beagle Channel
18 maggio 2025 · 49 min · 377 visualizzazioni · Beagle Channel
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Jérôme Poncet, veteran high-latitude sailor and builder of the steel ketch Damien II, describes a 1,000–2,000-mile autumn cruise through the Beagle Channel and around Isla Gordon, including the Circuito Ventisquero glacier circuit, departing from the Falkland Islands (200 miles from Stanley) and stopping at Puerto Williams before returning. The 50-year-old Damien II had just completed a major refit — converting from a two-masted schooner to a single mast, adding a 360-degree wheelhouse, an electric winch, and a furling jib — but the trip exposed persistent mechanical failures: a failing engine, non-functioning electric winch, leaking pipes, and pumps that wouldn't pump, all kept running with improvised fixes.7:41 Beagle Channel weather forecasts proved unreliable due to surrounding mountains, with conditions swinging between dead calm and 30–40 knots regardless of what GRIB files predicted; the boat motored roughly three-quarters of the time.32:34 Chilean and Argentine naval authorities required daily position reports and heavy paperwork, a bureaucratic burden Poncet says has not changed in 55 years.34:07 Glacier retreat in Seno Garibaldi was visible and dramatic compared to historical photographs.36:51 An anchor fouled on a large piece of ice while departing an anchorage after a lunch stop with another vessel.40:30 Reliable weather forecasting inside the Beagle Channel requires local knowledge that global models cannot provide.30:31
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