Woke up around 8am when they called us to breakfast. I tried to have a shower, but I think everyone else had the same idea and so I only had a mildly warm trickle of water – took a while to get enough to wash myself with.
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Breakfast was some scrambled eggs, bread rolls with butter and jam, yoghurt and some fruit. We then discovered there was some cereal at the front (rather than at the back where the servery is), so we had some of that too.
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After breakfast we headed upstairs to enjoy the scenery – but it was quite cold still, so we went back and rugged up a bit more. This time I put my long sleeved t-shirt over my existing t-shirt, then my fleece. I also put a pair of long-johns on … since my trousers are quite baggy and didn’t do much to stop the wind getting through. The long-johns helped a lot. Leanne didn’t have thermal underwear on (her trousers were heavier weight than mine), but did put her rain jacket on. With our gloves and beanies on as well, we were fairly comfortable, even in the direct wind.
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Lunch was at 1pm and we had a choice of a kind of steak rollup with vegetables in the middle, or hake with rice. We spent most of the afternoon sitting on deck admiring the views before having a snooze.
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The afternoon sun got quite warm, so if we stayed out of the wind, we got cold – it was a bit of a balancing act.
We saw a lot of sea birds, plus some seals and dolphins. There was a very brief whale sighting, but mostly we just saw the puff of water into the air and didn’t see anything more.
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Late in the afternoon after cruising through the Moraleda Channel, we turned west and entered the Pulluche channel – quite spectacular given the size of the boat. We had been warned that we would hit the open ocean around 7pm and to take sea sickness tablets one to two hours before this (they actually announced over the PA that it was time to take the tablets). We had bought some Kwells, so didn’t need to buy any they offered on board (500 pesos each). We both took a Kwell – we weren’t sure how we would react to the rolling seas.
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As we neared the open ocean, the winds began to whip up the waves – we had a strong head wind and the boat began to heave up and down. We were standing out the front of the boat and had no trouble coping with the movement – although it was getting colder and windier as we got further out. We eventually passed the headlands and out into the open ocean just around dinner time.
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Dinner was interesting with the movement of the boat. While standing in line, we had to hold onto something to keep from stumbling, and the crew were stationed around the dining room to help people who had trouble or to clean up any mess from spillage. I would hate to be doing this in bad weather! Dinner was a choice of Spaghetti Bolognaise or Spaghetti Alfredo – we both opted for the bog … it was actually quite nice.
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After dinner we headed to bed and read our books – it was too uncomfortable doing much else with the movement of the boat. I actually didn’t mind the heaving of the boat while lying down, it was actually fairly soothing.
I got woken up around 1am by the boat beginning to roll quite violently – in both directions. Indeed at times it seemed like we were rolling around in circles. I wasn’t feeling sick or anything, but I kept sliding up and down the bed! Leanne had a similar problem. I ended up reading for a couple of hours before finally getting some more sleep from around 5am until 8am when we were woken for breakfast.
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