The Golfo is an infamous 65 mile wide gap carved out of the southern coastline, known for its treacherous seas which kick up when strong winds and an abruptly shallowing Pacific collide and make things confused and messy. The Golfo also serves as a sort of natural division between the northern and southern canals, where things begin to dry out heading south and the topography becomes much more vertical. Lots more snow visible already. And the mountains surrounding our anchorage got a fresh dusting this morning. The steepening and narrowing channels and fjords in this zone are also famous for producing 'rachas' or williwaws, a silly sounding word used to describe the intense gusts of wind that seem to come out of nowhere, and can knock boats down at anchor.