A Postcard from the Snowy South

by Jill Schinas in May 2015

Well, we were expecting to see some snow down in Tierra del Fuego; but we weren’t expecting to see quite this much! Mind you, we didn’t even know that it was snowing until we went on deck. Some of the people from the neighbouring boats had joined us for supper, and we were all snug and cosy in the cabin. That’s an Irish fellow by the name of Fiacra in the foreground. Notice that he’s actually wearing shorts! Our little…

A Postcard from the Uttermost Part of the Earth

by Jill Schinas in May 2015

FINALLY – after 19 years of faffing around – MOLLYMAWK IS IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO! Wa-hoooooo…! Trrraaa… (and other strange exclamations). Well, this event certainly deserves a trumpet fanfare! Can it really be 19 years ago that we got caught out in that hurricane-force storm and rolled the boat? What a day that was…! And how far-reaching were its effects! There we were – pootling across from Argentina to the Falklands, with every hope of spending Caesar’s fifth birthday in…