Hello
As Peter Mott from Northland Radio has advised you already, our sailboat lost its second rudder today. Apart from the loss of steerage the boat is sound and we are doing fine. We are 2 on board: myself, the skipper, and my crewmember Janneke Brouwer.

I was planning the following:
Try and steer using a drogue tomorrow to get closer to the Chilean Coast and, if necessary if the emergency steering does not work, ask to be rescued toward the end of the week. But we are still 750 nm from the Chilean coast and it could take several weeks to get there on an emergency steering system.

However Peter also informed me that there is a freighter (that he saw on the AIS) about 300 nm to our West and heading East. Since the next couple of days are predicted to be relatively calm in this area, this could be a good opportunity for being picked up. Especially since that freighter might be in our vicinity tomorrow.

I would appreciate input and recommendation about our possible rescue.
Since the boat is sound and we are fine this not an emergency.

I have an SSB (WDF8082) and 2 Irirdium phones as well as 2 fixed VHFs and a portable VHF. But email might be the best mode of communication, at least initially.

Thanks for your help