At Puerto Sauce
15/04/10 21:11 Filed in: Uruguay
13 April 2010
Took the ferry from Tigre to Nueva Palmira and onto Colonia and Puerto Sauce by bus. The sailing season here is pretty much over so I decided to store the sails and running rigging below.
The weather forecast was not good. I did not get to Puerto Sauce until mid afternoon by which time a storm threatened. I was able to get the foresails stowed before a heavy rainstorm hit but with oilskins on I could use the rain to give the topsides a good wash.
My replacing of the shaft seal padding had worked well. The bilge was dry.
14 April 2010
Very heavy rain all day with increasing SW winds. There was only slight movement in the port and with the Superwind keeping the batteries charged the Eberspacher fired up without problem and kept me warm and cosy. This was fortunate as I developed a stinking cold.
15 April 2010
Not a good day. Very strong SW winds gusting to 35 knots and frequent rain squalls. The boat rode comfortably.
Interesting to observe a large Argentine motor cruiser arrive and find it impossible to pick up a mooring. In the end a Belgian skipper dinghied over to assist.
Took the ferry from Tigre to Nueva Palmira and onto Colonia and Puerto Sauce by bus. The sailing season here is pretty much over so I decided to store the sails and running rigging below.
The weather forecast was not good. I did not get to Puerto Sauce until mid afternoon by which time a storm threatened. I was able to get the foresails stowed before a heavy rainstorm hit but with oilskins on I could use the rain to give the topsides a good wash.
My replacing of the shaft seal padding had worked well. The bilge was dry.
14 April 2010
Very heavy rain all day with increasing SW winds. There was only slight movement in the port and with the Superwind keeping the batteries charged the Eberspacher fired up without problem and kept me warm and cosy. This was fortunate as I developed a stinking cold.
15 April 2010
Not a good day. Very strong SW winds gusting to 35 knots and frequent rain squalls. The boat rode comfortably.
Interesting to observe a large Argentine motor cruiser arrive and find it impossible to pick up a mooring. In the end a Belgian skipper dinghied over to assist.