Village of Mechuque

Hollinsclough - Is the World Round?
Thu 9 Apr 2009 21:13

Village of Mechuque

 

We sailed on the sunrise Thursday 9th April to bag a fabulous tide north bound up the Golf of Corcovado, making eleven knots in the current race of flat whirly water of Pacific swell force. Seventy miles of day time steerage fuelled with fresh cake out of Quellon Town, what more can a crew ask for?

 

We could see the smoke plumes of an erupting volcano to the west as we turned in for the island of Mechuque. Grave yard marked with a green starboard tower on its corner. A town on stilts, water warm enough for a swim amongst the salmon farms and dolphins. The picturesque fishing village of Mechuque. 42.19.00 S  73.16.00 W