December 16 -18
After leaving Punta Arenas, we cruised into the Strait of Magellan which was a very scenic trip with land close on either side other the mountains and hills not a lot to see. We had two days of sailing ahead of us which changed when we were advised by the captain that we were turning around and heading back to help a ship in distress. It was a small Russian ship with 150 on board its engine room had flooded and they were adrift with no power. It was close to 2am when we arrived on site. They had drifted very close to land and had been able to drop anchor which managed to catch a shoal. As the anchor was holding our ship stood by until a tug arrived to tow. By this time it was about 9 am and we started back north, our stop at Puerto Chacabuco was cancelled we now still had a two day cruise ahead of us to Puerto Mott, Chile. After leaving the Straits of Magellan we got into the rough waters that we had heard about. Not big waves but about 12 - 15 feet enough to make us watch our step when walking around the ship. We did find the dining room on deck 5 mid ship was the place to have our dinner. We were told so much about the rough waters around the Cape and we only had mild chop. Neither Ray or I got sick but it was not comfortable I thought sleeping might be a challenge but not so I slept well
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