Saturday 28th March

In Travemunde until May 2020
Nick Pochin
Sat 28 Mar 2009 13:46
position 33:12.20S 73:38.50W
We left Higuerillas at 1830hrs yesterday and it was good to be back at sea.Our destination is Juan Fernandez Island also called Robinson Crusoe.
We had hoped to slip our lines at eleven o'clock but nothing ever goes entirely to plan! The fuel was late arriving the Zarpe was a cockup with the Marina and we had to go to the Armada in Valparaiso.The DHL package of spares would make a good story -  but another time - Dave arrived back from Santiago late on Friday complete with an exhaust pipe which he had had made and we worked into the early hours connecting it.We ran the engine and it worked - as did the repaired alternator.I would not say that Valparaiso was one of our more relaxing stop overs but it's all part of life's great oil painting!