Puerto Sauce
04/02/10 23:36 Filed in: Uruguay
Puerto Sauce is not a huge place. A very secure harbour offers around 6 visitor buoys and 10 "stern to" serviced berths on the quay (currently being expanded to 140 berths). Our daily cost on a buoy is Urg$69 (about £2). Showers are available at an adjacent yacht club and cost Urg$29.
Serviced berths and adjacent park.
Last night I recorded 1.6m at low water. When I questioned Hidrografia staff this morning they advised that in rare extreme conditions depths can fall as low as 0.4m. There is exposure to winds W through NW.
The harbour also houses a deep water berth for tankers and freighters serving the large Fanapel paper mill next door. There is some noise from machinery and shift hooters but it is not overbearing. In more easterly winds a smell not dissimilar to a wet dog emanates from the mill.
Nancy needed to return to BsAS so we caught the bus into Colonia. A local bus took us to the main Montevideo road Ruta 1.
Local bus.
There we connected with an intercity coach. I was surprised that these intercity coaches are fitted with onboard internet (Movistar). I was able to use my Touch to check mail and read the news at no charge.
Intercity coach.
Serviced berths and adjacent park.
Last night I recorded 1.6m at low water. When I questioned Hidrografia staff this morning they advised that in rare extreme conditions depths can fall as low as 0.4m. There is exposure to winds W through NW.
The harbour also houses a deep water berth for tankers and freighters serving the large Fanapel paper mill next door. There is some noise from machinery and shift hooters but it is not overbearing. In more easterly winds a smell not dissimilar to a wet dog emanates from the mill.
Nancy needed to return to BsAS so we caught the bus into Colonia. A local bus took us to the main Montevideo road Ruta 1.
Local bus.
There we connected with an intercity coach. I was surprised that these intercity coaches are fitted with onboard internet (Movistar). I was able to use my Touch to check mail and read the news at no charge.
Intercity coach.