I had a mail from Drina overnight and can report that all's well on board and they continue sailing in fairly light winds and fog...
9][10] on the island, near the tip of the island's southwestern peninsula. The flying time from Santiago de Chile is just under three hours,[11] and there is a ferry from the airstrip to San Juan Bautista. 
Strewth: Jan 2010
Bathurst Harbour
Check Drina's latest position, click the link below.
http://shiptrak.org/?callsign=vj5319&filter=90My posts: 
As I expected they are having trouble with HF propagation, i.e. their signal is not stable enough for long data transmission such as GRIB files and long email reports. So communication is a little hit and miss at the moment. Mike doesn't have a HF signal propagation application on his laptop that would help him predict the best times and frequencies for HF transmission, I suggested it however he's a bit of a Luddite when it comes to these things and decided he'd never work out how to use it...
Their DR position according to me should be 143°27'S and 172°06'W as of 0300 UTC yesterday. That puts them about 180 miles east and slightly north of Chatham Islands. As far as I can see, though I'm still researching this, the next land could well be Robinson Crusoe Island. Though they may decide to pass south of the Island depending on conditions over the next few weeks.
A map of the island...
Here is a picture of Robinson...
And here is a picture of the fishing port on the island...
And the main street...
And the Port proper...
The Island lies about 33.6°S and 78.8°W roughly the same latitude as Sydney. It
is the largest island of the Chilean Juan Fernández archipelago, situated 674 kilometres west of South America in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is made up of three islands, Robinson Crusoe, Alejandro Selkirk and the small Santa Clara.
Robinson Crusoe has a population of 500–600 living in the village of San Juan Bautista. Although the community maintains a rustic serenity dependent on the spiny lobster trade, residents employ a few vehicles, a satellite internetconnection, and many television sets. There is an airstrip[
Tourists number in the hundreds per year. One activity gaining popularity is scuba diving, particularly on the wreck of the German light cruiser SMS Dresden, which was scuttled in Cumberland Bay during the Battle of Más a Tierra during the First World War.
All the above thanks to Google Maps and Wiki...
Paul Kerrigan Strewth: Jan 2010Bathurst Harbour
Check Drina's latest position, click the link below.
http://shiptrak.org/?callsign=vj5319&filter=90
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