Patagonia in Winter with Children on a Yacht. Glaciers, Sea Lions, Guanacos

Patagonia in winter aboard a yacht with children, a hundred kilometres from Cape Horn. The southernmost edge of the world, uninhabited wilderness accessible only from the sea. Running aground in the mouth of a little river where ancient Indigenous tribes once lived. And how our young sailor got soaked to the skin there. Glaciers, sea lions and Patagonian llamas. Plus an engine breakdown, a failed start and life aboard a yacht amid the snow. That is the trailer we ended up with for our Patagonia film, which took us a month to make. That is not counting the filming period, which fell in July–August 2019. Along the way, we also prepared some material for the next episodes, so the process should go faster now :). Hooray! . Australian Matters As always, after stepping ashore following a long passage, we plunge into a heap of necessary, time-consuming jobs. Lots of repairs. Loads of time at the computer. Andrey is optimising the YouTube channel, while I write articles and a book. We are taking various training programmes and courses. The children are studying hard, especially our young sailor. She and I go racing around on our bicycles to stave off the ill effects of inactivity. If we cannot manage it in the morning, we go in the evenings. We introduced a new format on our YouTube channel —live streams. Then, a week ago, we suddenly removed them. According to the captain’s research, not many people watch the streams to the end, which hurts the channel’s overall statistics, and YouTube pushes it down in the search results. In short, as usual, you cannot tell which way to jump :). And we prepared for the live streams as though we were giving a presentation to a university department. During this stay in Australia, we held six streams on our channel and another three on other channels. For now, the captain has removed all the streams except the technical one. We will edit them into separate videos and upload them. So if you are interested in the technical and repair side of things and our adventures in the Indian Ocean, hurry over here to watch the video— Answers to Questions About Repairs and Breakdowns in the Ocean . . And now for the new film, PATAGONIA We planned to set out through the fjords of Tierra del Fuego in early to mid-July, so that by September we could begin our journey from the Strait of Magellan to South Africa. These are the Patagonian mountains in winter. We needed to reach the Cape of Good Hope no earlier than the beginning of October, once the winter and spring storms there had blown themselves out. Everything turned out more or less as planned. With a few adjustments :). A failed start delayed our departure by several days. In the film, while it was all still fresh in our minds, we explain what had broken. We waited a long time for the welder. And then there was a second failed start—after we had already left the port of Puerto Williams, the Chilean Navy ordered us to return so that a commission could verify whether our engine really was working now. What can you do? Duty is duty. They do not let you enter a region hazardous to navigation just like that :). In this hazardous region, we hiked along guanaco trails and through places where the ancient inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego once paddled their frail canoes. We ran our own canoe aground there. And aboard the icebreaking canoe Lady Mary, we came right up to a rock occupied by the present-day masters of the fjords. Their chief was swearing at us... All in all, the film turned out well. While watching, Nastya remarked: “Brilliant—even I find it interesting to watch! And I was there and watched the editing process.” We invite you to the premiere of Episode One of our Adventures in the Patagonian Fjords! And yes, subscribe to our channel if you have not already :). And, of course, share it with your friends! Your support means a great deal to us. Our heartfelt thanks to all our partners and kindred spirits who support our expedition through https://yasobe.ru/na/travelyfamily and PayPal. You are one of us—those who discover the world and make the inaccessible accessible. Without your contributions to the expedition fund, it would definitely have taken us even longer to make this film )). Because we would have been busy earning money. When we finally start earning money from YouTube, we will be able to free up some resources, do less writing for others and spend more time working on our own channel. And we have plenty to show you! We plan to release the next episode in two weeks—place your bets on whether we will manage it or not :). Thank you to everyone who is with us! One of the stars of the film 🙂