Puerto Sauce to Colonia
13/10/10 22:16 Filed in: Uruguay
Weather conditions looked pretty benign so I decided to go round to Colonia today. I cleared out with the Prefectura and said adios to the very helpful staff at the Hidrografia.
Kiriwina has been at Puerto Sauce since February and I reckon it is the safest port I have seen in Uruguay. By safe I mean being able to leave the boat unattended for long periods of time.
I am not a big fan of the Uruguayan mooring system of lines to steel buoys astern and bow lines ashore. With up to 3m variation in water levels this system needs constant attention. On the buoys, however, a yacht is quite safe. Puerto Sauce is well sheltered and the staff keep a good eye on moored yachts.
The one downside at Puerto Sauce is the adjacent paper mill. With the wind in the wrong direction there is an unpleasant smell and the topsides get quite dirty. I spent a couple of hours giving Kiriwina a good wash down and rigging the foresails.
By mid afternoon all was ready and at 14:00 we left Puerto Sauce.
Initially there was some wind but it gradually died as we motor sailed then motored to Colonia.
ROU buoy off Punta Sande.
We arrived at Colonia around 20:45 and picked up a visitor buoy. The port was pretty empty with a couple of Argentine yachts on the breakwater and a few on the buoys.
Kiriwina has been at Puerto Sauce since February and I reckon it is the safest port I have seen in Uruguay. By safe I mean being able to leave the boat unattended for long periods of time.
I am not a big fan of the Uruguayan mooring system of lines to steel buoys astern and bow lines ashore. With up to 3m variation in water levels this system needs constant attention. On the buoys, however, a yacht is quite safe. Puerto Sauce is well sheltered and the staff keep a good eye on moored yachts.
The one downside at Puerto Sauce is the adjacent paper mill. With the wind in the wrong direction there is an unpleasant smell and the topsides get quite dirty. I spent a couple of hours giving Kiriwina a good wash down and rigging the foresails.
By mid afternoon all was ready and at 14:00 we left Puerto Sauce.
Initially there was some wind but it gradually died as we motor sailed then motored to Colonia.
ROU buoy off Punta Sande.
We arrived at Colonia around 20:45 and picked up a visitor buoy. The port was pretty empty with a couple of Argentine yachts on the breakwater and a few on the buoys.