Passage to Chile

[Sequitur]

We have recently arrived in Iquique, Chile after an eleven-day passage from Callao, Peru. Some of the adventures and mis-adventures along the way are reflected in our recent blog post at: Passage to Chile

[T37Chef]

great read, thanks for sharing

[nolatom]

Very nice story and photos. Good sailing and happy new year.

[Faster]

Good going Michael! Another great accounting of what promises to be a very interesting voyage.

Now if only Edi could put a decent meal together you'd be set!

[T37Chef]

Originally Posted by Faster

Now if only Edi could put a decent meal together you'd be set!

Yea no kidding

[smackdaddy]

Seq - I seriously want to be you when I grow up. Great write up! And great use of an historical stitching awl. Climbing and sailing have so much in common.

[w1651]

I'm wondering what was that line you caught on the way there? Was it to a net or a fishing line?
Hows your Prop? (that sounds dirty)

[jrd22]

Great blog, thanks for sharing your story. Fair winds.

[Sequitur]

Originally Posted by w1651

I'm wondering what was that line you caught on the way there? Was it to a net or a fishing line?
Hows your Prop? (that sounds dirty)

The line was polyprop about 6mm and attached to it every 10m or so was a monofiliment with a hook baited with clumps of plastic roe. Also every 50m or so there was an 8 to 10cm float. I don't know how long the line was, but I would think they would put out many hundreds of metres at a time. We caught a bight of it and the diver told us it was tightly wrapped around the screw. The diver cost P25,000 about CA$53 or US$54.

The screw is healthy and yesterday we motored alongside to our first marina since March.

I need to revisit the idea of a line cutter on our shaft.

[w1651]

Good to hear no damage done.