Sat Feb 13 0:00:00 EST 2010, Punta del Este, Uruguay
A sailing school's fleet of Optimists sails towards the marina at Punta del Este
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Best Wishes for a safe trip,
Our schedule finally seems to be set, plane tickets are purchased. We fly into BA April 14 to pick up the Cat and head north. Being that late the winds from Cabo Frio may have a bit if south in them.
Fri Feb 12 13:22:04 EST 2010, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Punta del Este is the beautiful holiday town at the southeast corner of Uruguay, where animals and people come to soak up the sun.
I'm here for a few days, waiting for the wind to change.
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Thu Feb 11 12:03:20 EST 2010, Rio de la Plata
On a pleasant morning, nearing Punta del Este, Uruguay, we were overtaken by this Hobie Cat. Being fast, much lighter boats, being overtaken by one of these is to be expected.
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Wed Feb 3 7:33:18 EST 2010, Ensenada, Argentina
There is no fuel dock in La Plata/Ensenada (La Plata is the city built near the harbor of Ensenada). In the picture, Issuma is taking on 800 litres of diesel fuel from the tank on the trailer connected to the 1949 truck. There are lots of old vehicles still in use in Argentina.
After bringing the boat to the dock, I went with the owner of the truck and tank to the service station to buy the fuel. After returning to the dock, the fuel was transferred to Issuma partly by electric pump, partly by gravity feed. It took a few hours, because I was filtering most of the fuel before it went in the tanks. Now there is lots of fuel aboard.
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Wed Dec 30 4:27:02 EST 2009, La Plata, Argentina
I've had this storm jib for almost a year, but haven't gotten around to getting all the bits together (halyard block, tack attachment, etc) to be able to actually use it until now. It looks good...will try it next time I am sailing in high winds to see how well it really works.
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Sat Dec 26 4:27:45 EST 2009, La Plata, Argentina
View from aloft of part of the peaceful harbor at La Plata. The dock and cranes are owned by a steel mill that is no longer operating, so are pretty much unused.
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Tue Dec 22 4:23:28 EST 2009, La Plata, Argentina
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Thu Dec 10 0:00:00 EST 2009
Ted tying down the fisherman sail as the wind picks up.
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Wed Dec 9 16:34:39 EST 2009
Adjusting the pole that is holding the jib out.
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At the moment, one reel has about 110m of 22mm polyester (this is also used for the galerider drogue), the other has about 110m of 18mm polyethelyene.
Mon Dec 7 10:01:00 EST 2009
Matt steering on another pleasant sail across Rio de la Plata.
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