Buenos Aires to Montevideo
I took the excellent Sturla river launch from Tigre to Puerto Madero arriving at just after 09:00.
With my customs clearance completed yesterday it only remained to check out with Immigration and Prefectura. Unusually immigration took almost an hour with queueing and problems with a new computer system.
At the Prefectura a new formality had been introduced. Under decree 256/2010 the master of any vessel leaving an Argentine port is required to sign an affadavit to the effect that the vessel will not call at a number of British south atlantic territories without first obtaining permission from the Argentine authorities.
I'm not sure how well this plays under international law but presumably if one does not sign it one will not be granted clearance.
In any case I was cleared out but not in time to catch the 12:00 bridge opening. At 14:00 we left Puerto Madero and cleared the harbour at 14:30
The wind was all over the place. Initially it was good sailing but later the wind veered to the east and around 19:00 we began a series of long tacks.
A RoRo bound for Puerto Sauce passed to the north.
Later a nice red sunset gave way to a full moon.
Ships passing in the night. One day I will learn how to take night photos on a boat at sea.
In these conditions sailng in the River Plate is a relaxed affair. One is well clear of shipping channels and there is very little recreational traffic. We made slow progress through the night with SE winds F3-4.
With my customs clearance completed yesterday it only remained to check out with Immigration and Prefectura. Unusually immigration took almost an hour with queueing and problems with a new computer system.
At the Prefectura a new formality had been introduced. Under decree 256/2010 the master of any vessel leaving an Argentine port is required to sign an affadavit to the effect that the vessel will not call at a number of British south atlantic territories without first obtaining permission from the Argentine authorities.
I'm not sure how well this plays under international law but presumably if one does not sign it one will not be granted clearance.
In any case I was cleared out but not in time to catch the 12:00 bridge opening. At 14:00 we left Puerto Madero and cleared the harbour at 14:30
The wind was all over the place. Initially it was good sailing but later the wind veered to the east and around 19:00 we began a series of long tacks.
A RoRo bound for Puerto Sauce passed to the north.
Later a nice red sunset gave way to a full moon.
Ships passing in the night. One day I will learn how to take night photos on a boat at sea.
In these conditions sailng in the River Plate is a relaxed affair. One is well clear of shipping channels and there is very little recreational traffic. We made slow progress through the night with SE winds F3-4.