Day 2 Chile to Uruguay
Noon Position 49deg 43.4S 65deg 26.0W
Course – 34 Degrees Speed – 12.5 Knots Day’s Run – 260 Miles
Weather – Partly cloudy and 6 foot seas from N
Wind – 20 knots from W
Today’s News
Yesterday afternoon saw us with as much as 6 knots of current against us in the narrows before exiting the Straits of Magellan. At the mouth were many oil rigs which had been closed down years ago as they were no longer economical with low oil prices. Now they are starting them up again one by one.
We had very pleasant calm conditions through the night until sunrise when the wind and swell both picked up on the nose.To make it even worse we picked up 1 knot of current against us as well forcing our speed down into the 8’s. A few hours ago the wind unexpectedly turned to the west and we are sailing nicely with genoa and mizzen doing 12’s. Now that we have cleared land we are seeing plenty of large albatross gliding by so effortlessly.
JC