Day 3 Chile to Uruguay
Noon Position 46deg 03S 61deg 54W
Course – 032 Degrees Speed – 10.6 Knots Day’s Run – 264 Miles
Weather – Sunny 3-6 foot seas (1-2m)
Wind – 15 from NNW
Today’s News
The wind continued from the West all of yesterday afternoon helping us to cover some miles quickly. The wind died early evening and we motored through the night with a 3 foot (1m) swell. The water and weather have been warming up steadily and today I think will see us back to shorts and T-shirts. Just before sunrise we saw a whale and calf which at first we thought was a Blue whale but in consulting the book we think it was its slightly smaller cousin the Fin whale which grow up to 90 feet (27m) long.
During the night we have been passing dozens of fishing boats and so this morning I decide to try my luck but had to bring the lines in soon after as my chance of catching one of the many Albatross that came in for a look was much greater than catching a fish.
JC