December 29, 2007: Position Report

Saturday, 29 December 2007, 2300 UTC

61 46.7 S 62 40.3 W

Winds continue to be light from the North. Motor-sailing again! Winds should increase tomorrow for more sailing. Expect to arrive Deception Island tomorrow evening.

PS - Bob, I think I finally got your email address correct!

Editor's Note: Deception Island (62 57.5 S 60 38.5 W) is part of the South Shetland Islands and is due south of Livingston Island.

December 29, 2007: Position Report

Saturday, 29 December 2007, 1100 UTC

60 48.7 S 63 22.2 W

Winds light out of the North, partly cloudy sky, motoring-sailing.

PS Yes, Chris, we have lots of fuel but need to be careful.

December 28, 2007: Position Report

Friday, 28 December 2007, 2300 UTC

59 49.5 S 64 06.3 W

Winds NNE 20-25, light rain, sailing.

December 27, 2007: Position Report

Thursday, 27 December 2007, 2300 UTC

57 44.8 S 65 22.4 W

Winds light in the morning, becoming westerly 15-20 knots mid-day, all sails up. Winds currently light NW, motor-sailing.

On There Way To Antarctica

Nancy and Mark have started their voyage to Antarctica. They left December 26, 2007 and plan to be gone for a month. They will be sending position reports on a daily bases. Because they are using SailMail to send the reports there will be no pictures until they get back.

So today we give you the first reports on their voyage to Antarctica.

Wednesday, 26 December 2007, 23:00 UTC
55 40.3 S 66 34.6 W

Left Puerto Williams, Chile this morning at 9:00 am. Currently, just off Cape Horn; winds are light from the North. All is well onboard.

Thursday, 27 December 2007, 11:00 UTC
56 39.8 S 65 55.4 W

Motored all night due to NO WIND.