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[Sailing Patagonian channels] Sรฉbastien’s Logbook part 1
Table of content : sailing patagonian channels part 1 Tuesday, January 28, 2025: Departure of the sailing expedition in the Chilean Patagonian Channels Wednesday, January 29, 2025๏ปฟ: Awaiting formalities โ hiking onย Navarino Island๏ปฟ! Thursday, January 30, 2025: heading...
What role does the new 20-meter sailboat play in enabling Karukinkaโs activities?
The new vessel, Milagro, serves as a cornerstone for Karukinkaโs operations. More than a means of transportation, this 20-meter steel ketch is a fully equipped, autonomous floating base that allows Karukinka to carry out ambitious scientific, artistic, and...
Ireland-Scotland, Transatlantic, Patagoniaโฆ The 2024-2025 sailing programme is online!
Hello everyone, As you may have noticed, the internship programme for the 2024-2025 season is online. Featuring coastal and offshore navigations north and south, there is something for everyone! Milagro is currently in Ireland and Scotland for coastal internships...
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[#8 โ IrelandโScotland 2024] from Loch Buie to the sacred Isle of Iona
Early in the morning, we raise anchor at the still and at a few cable lengths from Castle Moy on Loch Buie (Isle of Mull). In this loch facing south-west, last night was moderately pleasant, due to a small swell from the south that came before the wind forecast in the...
[#7 โ Ireland โ Scotland 2024] From Loch Melfort to isle of Mull, via the Firth of Lorn
It is after a superb stopover made up of encounters as beautiful as the surrounding landscapes that we leave Loch Melfort to head towards the south of Mull Island. To do this, several options exist and we choose that of Cuan Sound, a (fairly) narrow channel separating...
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[#6 โ Ireland โ Scotland 2024] Stopover at Loch Melfort
It was at the end of the day that we arrived quietly under sail at the eastern end of Loch Melfort, dropping anchor in a very sticky muddy bottom (for the chain and the bridge too, by the wayโฆ). As soon as we arrive, Damien receives a call from one of his friends and...
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[#5 Northbound โ 2024] From Jura to Loch Melfort via Corryvreckan
Nice and safe in a loch on the west coast of Jura, we wait for the bad weather to go away and take advantage of the stopover to go for a walk, read and rest. The plants which are usually ochre by the end of winter are currently going through their spring mutation and...
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[#4 Ireland โ Scotland 2024] Scotland : Islay and Jura
After disembarking near the Bruidladdich pier, we left to visit the village of Port Charlotte by taking the coastal path and thus enjoying the colors of the sunset on Loch Indaal, the view of the lighthouse overlooking the Rubhโ An Duin (a little Gaelic: Rubha:...
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[#3 Ireland โ Scotland 2024] From Bangor (Belfast Lough) to Port Charlotte
After letting a serious gust of wind pass, we are heading towards Scotland. The forecast is good: NE wind 3 to 5, occasionally 6, with fine to slightly rough seas and good visibility despite rare rain. We leave Belfast Bay, leaving the town of White Head and its...
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[#2 Ireland โ Scotland 2024] From Dublin to Bangor (Belfast Lough)
After a brief stopover in Dรบn Laoghaire, the official stamp on the passport of the animal Toupie (which gives him the right to travel to the United Kingdom) and the passage of a gale, Milagro and his crew set off again. towards the north, in scattered areas. rain and...