Easter Island to Puerto Montt Day 1
Noon Position 31deg 28S 107deg 55W
Course – 154 Degrees Speed – 10.5 Knots Day’s Run – 246 Miles
Weather – Partly cloudy with building swells from the South
Wind – 9 knots from East
We have been motoring for the last 24 hours with light wind on the nose most of the time. During the night the swell started to build from the South and is now about 10 feet high. We have had the fishing lines out but no luck so far. The Rapa Nui fishermen were telling us that nearly all the tuna have been fished out by commercial fishing but we will keep trying.
The ride is going to be a bit bumpy for a few days as we try to get South beyond the SE trade and into the Westerly roaring forties.
JC