20 50.293 S, 70 17.715 W
This morning we went to the Armada and got our national zarpe for cruising in Chile. It did not take long but there was some discussion since we plan to be in country for a while and we were not just coming and going but no problem, everything is okay. Part of this is we will continue to send emails to the Armada, twice daily to let them know where we are and where we are going.
At 11:00 am we were anchor up and lines cast off from the dock at Yate Club Botes de Iquique, which is a great spot a short walk from the Armada, Aduana (customs) and the historic section of downtown. Patricio, the operator of the yacht club, helped with the lines. We passed several large sea lions swimming in the harbor, tossing fish and passed the container ships.
The landscape is barren and light brown, sand and rock. We could here the loud sound of jets landing at the airport south of south and reverberating against the hillside.
Our plan is to stop at either Isla Santa Maria or at Caleta Blanco Encalada.
cheers
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