Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego

Nautical Area Guide for the challenging sea areas of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego on the west coast of Chile to the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel to Ushuaia in Argentina as well as Cape Horn

The Sea Handbook Patagonia & Tierra del Fuegois written for those yachts wishing to sail Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. The aim is to present the local conditions and detailed knowledge with the greatest possible accuracy so that this 2400sm coastline can be sailed and explored safely. Now in its third edition of 2016 this book comes with revised information and includes many new anchorages and bays described for the first time. 720 pages with numerous illustrations sketches and over 450 map sections text in English hardback with dust jacket.

Corrections and updates

The authors Mariolina Rolfo and Giorgio Ardrizzi are grateful for all comments suggestions information and corrections coming from readers and travellers with the aim to make the nautical area guide Patagionia & Tierra del Fuego better. The updates are published on the homepage and sometimes include photos sketches and other (nautical) data and information. Please check http://www.capehorn-pilot-com or follow this link here.

Coverage

See outline and details in the table of contents.

Table of Contents

Part 1 "General Information" includes general information such as flora fauna geology and history.

• Preparation of the voyage Chile and Argentina Information
• History and Insights
• Geology and Morphology
• Flora
• Fauna
• The Ancient Inhabitants
• Meterology and Forecasts

Part 2 is strictly nautical and is the result of sixteen years of experience in this area. The authors have selected over 400 anchorages and natural harbours and tested them themselves. During this work all the information necessary for safe navigation has been collected and compiled in text and map form. The individual chapters are enriched by additional information on meteorology radio services and nautical science. Part 2 of the Sea Handbook for Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego is divided into thirteen sections.

• Section 1 - Valdivia to Canal Chacao
• Section 2 - Chiloé Insular and Continental including Golfo de Ancud and Golfo de Corcovado
• Section 3 - Golfo de Corcovado to Laguna San Rafael including Islas Guaitecas Canales Pérez Norte and Pérez Sur Canal Moraleda Canal Refugio Seno Canal Cnal Jacaf Seno Ventisquero Canal Puyuhuapi Cnal Ferronave and Canal Pilcomayo
• Section 4 - Canal Darwin to Golfo de Penas including Bahía Anna Pink Secondary channel from Laguna San Rafael to Bahía Anna Pink Boca Wickham Península de Taitao and Golfo de Penas area with Península de Tres Montes Bahía Hoppner Golfo de Tres Montes and Golfo de Penas
• Section 5 - Canal Messier to Ventisquero Pío XI including the Baker area Angostura Ingleas Paso de Indio Canal Escape Paso Piloto Pardo Paso des Abismo and Seno Eyre
• Section 6 - Canal Wide to Canal Smyth including Angostura Guía Isal Guarello Seno Tres Cerros Canales Andrés and Pitt Estéro Peel Canal Sarmiento and Canal Collingwood
• Section 7 - Region de Última Esperanza and Puerto Natales
• Section 8 - Estrecho de Magallanes
• Section 9 - Channels linking Estrecho de Magallanes and Tierra des Fuego including Canal Bárbara Canal Acwalisnan Canal Magdalena Canal Gabriel Seno Keats Seno Martínez Seno Agostini and Seno Almirantazgo
• Section 10 - Isla Grande de Tierra des Fuego (Chilean Section) including Canal Cockburn Canal Ocasión Canal Brecknock Bahía Desolada Canal OBrien Canal Beagle Cabo de Hornos Archipelago Diego Ramírez and Canal Murray with Isal Hoste
• Section 11 - Isla Grande de Tierra des Fuego (Argentine Section) including Beagle Canal Ushuaia Islas Hermite and Diego Ramírez
• Section 12 - Isla de los Estados
• Section 13 - The Argentine Atlantic coast: Mar del plata to Estrech de Le Maire including Harbours and Shelters in Argentine Patagonia

Finally three appendices on the history of travel by yachts from 1900 to 2000 a bibliography and dictionary and the index and gazetteer are also printed.

About the authors

Although born in the mountains of Piedmont Mariolina Rolfo and Giorio Ardrizzi developed a great affection for the sea which led them to set out on a world voyage in their sailboat "Saudade III" in 1992. Their decision was not an escape from civilisation but an odyssey and search for more humane dimensions that protect the most precious resource: time.Both authors publish regularly in the Italian nautical magazine BOLINA and write technical articles and travelogues.