Expedition Style
Our CREW expedition style, which is the unique way to experience first-hand navigation, contemplates team-work, duties, chores, and the traditional sailing spirit which are emphasized, encouraged, and expected. Participants join the expedition as crew, getting access to the special opportunity to be part of a revival of the ancient art of sailing-based exploration.
Highlights
Visit to Puerto Williams, southernmost community in the world. Sail through waters of the ancient Yamana (Yaghan) culture. Explore the very same fjords, coves, and islets that Fitzroy and Darwin surveyed. Visit and spot of wild flora and fauna such native Southern Beech forests, Magellanic and Rockhopper penguins, Minke whales and Orcas, albatrosses, Peale’s and Black dolphins, and other. Visit and explore Tierra del Fuego’s Darwin Range with its dramatic fjords and superb glacier tongues. …and of course, the ultimate sailor’s test: the rounding of Cape Horn.
What makes this expedition particularly special is the fact that sailing on a vessel with a Chilean flag such as SV Santa Maria, makes it possible to do what no other sailboats in the area can: access to the south to the now legendary “Murray Channel”, which is famous not only because of its restricted status, but also because it’s a hotspot for historical sites as well as wildlife.
