BLUEMOMENT

Regulars will remember our photos from Antarctica and Chilean and Argentine Patagonia from a little while ago.

Following that up is this gallery documenting Kiwi Roa's last destination in Patagonia, Staten Island, plus a look at the Falklands - online now, follow the link:

www.petersmith.net.nz/photos/falklands-1.php

After spending several years in Patagonia, Kiwi Roa has now ventured out into the South Atlantic. Enjoy the desolation and scenery without the frostbite.



South Georgia Island is up next, which will be a biggie. Stay tuned.

Great picture, and what a fabulously sheltered anchorage. Three lines ashore I see - were you expecting a blow, or is that standard practice when using a Rocna?

Seriously, looking forward to Tilmanesque tales from South Georgia - please post more here.

Nick wrote: Three lines ashore I see - were you expecting a blow, or is that standard practice when using a Rocna?

I thought that but resisted the urge to say so.

Three shorelines certainly, and maybe a fourth? Can't be certain, might just be ripples.

DaveS wrote:Three shorelines certainly, and maybe a fourth?

jings 7 apparently .. gulp ... catabatic whatsisnames. fantastic

Craig Smith wrote:www.petersmith.net.nz/photos/falklands-1.php

Great pictures, thanks.

Thanks Craig, stunning pics, fabulous light (and air) quality. The squalls in the anchorages (staten and stanley) look pretty serious.

Just bouncing this with an update to our Falklands journal.

Kiwi Roa is still in Stanley and has done a little more cruising around the islands, and a few new photos have been added.

Some old friends, and some new ones, turned up in Stanley this year. All are interesting characters that take the path less sailed. And away from the bright lights of Stanley, the Western Falklands offer a strange and remote wilderness.

www.petersmith.net.nz/photos/falklands-6.php

David Cameron has similar beliefs to Mrs T concerning sovereignty apparently.

Magic. Thanks for sharing.

claymore wrote:David Cameron has similar beliefs to Mrs T concerning sovereignty apparently.

As ever it's crucial not only to claim to be hard, but to deliver the hardness that's claimed. Merely verbally attacking the opposition is not enough - you've got to follow through with appropriate rigidity or things can rapidly get bent out of shape.

ubergeekian wrote:
As ever it's crucial not only to claim to be hard, but to deliver the hardness that's claimed. Merely verbally attacking the opposition is not enough - you've got to follow through with appropriate rigidity or things can rapidly get bent out of shape.

(That's enough sexual metaphors for boxing day - ed)

Nick wrote:
(That's enough sexual metaphors for boxing day - ed)

I thought it was subtle reference to anchor strength.

Derek

cpedw wrote: I thought it was subtle reference to anchor strength.

Only by a complete fluke, and even then you'd have to twist things a bit.