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Originally Posted by SailMoonShadow
Thanks for that Ping.
I am interested in the bit about staying in the channels. Where would you normally go outside when heading up to Pto Montt? I don't currently have charts for the are so I'm looking at google earth and outside of the towns the imagery is pretty low res.
I take your point about insulation (I have none!) as I just checked the average temperatures in Williams and the max summer temps seem to be around 13C with the average around 9C. That is quite fresh 
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Going outside? I have only known one yacht to go the whole way up on the outside.. even then I'm not sure if they stayed outside the whole way...
They went out at Canal Cockburn and were bound for Valdivia.... that was in April last year.
Some yachts stay outside after they have crossed Golfo de Penas if they have a good 'window' ...
In summer NW'lies prevail so not a good idea , attached is the
forecast for the middle of next week.
However no matter what time of year you do it you are likely to get at least a week of waiting in an anchorage somewhere south of Faro Fairway as a front goes through.
In Sept last we left Cta Olla in pleasant conditions.... (next pic) expecting a good run up to the next anchorage. Within a few hours the
wind went north and we had wall to wall rachas gusting well over 50 knots (last pic).
Went back to Olla and sat for 5 days as the
wind went into the NW and Baz aka Llamadriver drank all my
rum.....
Then we had a clear run (
day sailing on the inside) all the way to
Bahia Anna Pink