Piriapolis to Puerto Sauce - Day 2
10/05/13 19:40 Filed in: On Passage | Uruguay
Just after 01:00 we passed Isla Flores. With a fair wind and good forecast I decided to continue on to Puerto Sauce. It helped that regular forecasts were available via internet on my phone.
We crossed Montevideo ship canal (km 6) at 04:30. The wind was up to F5 but stayed north. Choppy seas developed. With daylight we were again in the brown waters of the River Plate. Last time we were here was in November 2010.
No real change throughout the morning as we made good progress past Montevideo and turned NE towards Puerto Sauce.
Noon Run: 74.1 miles. To go: 40 miles.
From noon the wind started to die away. By 16:00 it was again mirror calm.
Sunset on the River Plate just before 18:00.
At 20:00 a light northerly again appeared as we continued to motor.
Just before 22:00 we rounded the outer breakwater and entered Puerto Sauce. A quick circle of the harbour confirmed that all buoys were occupied.
Finally at 22:30 we were all fast on the dock alongside a bigger yacht and old friend, Cabo de Horno.
Trip 116.4 miles. Duration 29 Hours.
We crossed Montevideo ship canal (km 6) at 04:30. The wind was up to F5 but stayed north. Choppy seas developed. With daylight we were again in the brown waters of the River Plate. Last time we were here was in November 2010.
No real change throughout the morning as we made good progress past Montevideo and turned NE towards Puerto Sauce.
Noon Run: 74.1 miles. To go: 40 miles.
From noon the wind started to die away. By 16:00 it was again mirror calm.
Sunset on the River Plate just before 18:00.
At 20:00 a light northerly again appeared as we continued to motor.
Just before 22:00 we rounded the outer breakwater and entered Puerto Sauce. A quick circle of the harbour confirmed that all buoys were occupied.
Finally at 22:30 we were all fast on the dock alongside a bigger yacht and old friend, Cabo de Horno.
Trip 116.4 miles. Duration 29 Hours.