39°48'S, 73°27'W (Back in the Pacific)
Saito-san called and said he left Valdivia at 1700 local time today and at the time of his 2000 (0800 JST) call had just entered the Pacific Ocean.
He reports the winds out of the NW at 10 knots.
Boat heading 325 at 5 kts motoring at 1500 rpm, waiting for good visibility before sailing.
Weather is foggy, with visibility about half a mile to one mile. He says the radar is working.
All systems are working well.
We want to especially thank Sr. Edgardo Ojeda Bucarey, Administrador of Club de Yates Valdivia, for his many, many kindnesses shown to Saito-san during his time there.
He will continue to call in his position twice a day. We will receive beacon reports 4 times a day.
No earthquakes on the Chilean central coast have been reported in the past 10 hours.
All systems are working well.
We want to especially thank Sr. Edgardo Ojeda Bucarey, Administrador of Club de Yates Valdivia, for his many, many kindnesses shown to Saito-san during his time there.
He will continue to call in his position twice a day. We will receive beacon reports 4 times a day.
No earthquakes on the Chilean central coast have been reported in the past 10 hours.
We will supply more details in a subsequent post, but for now we're all just glad he's back on his way again!
