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S/V Tiger Lilly
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Tiger Lilly's Photos - Pedernales Pilot
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The Rio Orinoco is the 8th largest river in the world, and its Delta Region in remote Eastern Venezuela is a great place to explore.
The Rio Orinoco Delta is easily accessed across the Gulf of Paria from Chaguaramus area of Trinidad.
Trinidad is a major exporter of LNG, and the Gulf of Paria has a lot of shipping traffic.
The Gulf of Paria is full of capped, and unmarked, well heads. Navigation at night would require very close attention, with sharp lookouts, and a good radar watch. The good news is that one can sail across from Chaguaramus in a single day.
This abandoned Platform (vicinity 10-08.44N 062-04.21W) is close to the track we used, and 5 miles NE of the Boca Pedernales approach waypoint.
This is the Preferred Channel buoy located in the vicinity of 10-03.83N 062-09.17W. Since the topmost band is red, it should be honored as any lateral red buoy in IALA B region - when returning from seaward keep the buoy on your starboard hand.
Platform "ENE" (just off Punta Tolete) is clearly visible from the Preferred Channel buoy. We headed straight for this structure, and the channel was 15 feet – corrected for low tide, or deeper, all the way to Punta Tolete.
This production facility is located on Isla Cotorra, or north side of the river. Check out the orientation of that gas flare – there can be a lot of wind blowing up the Boca Pedernales from the Gulf of Paria, and if it is opposing an ebb, the Boca will be rough.
Tony aboard his Rival 32 S/V Tarnimara on the Rio Manamo
When returning back to the Guardia Costa Station from town, this is the back side of the compound. There is a button next to the gate that activates a buzzer to notify the watch that you want to come through.
The fellow on the left with Tony is a Lieutenant in the Guardia Costa, and he is the Commander of the Guardia Costa Station Pedernales. He was quite pleasant and helpful, and he spoke good English. All they wanted from us was to see our passports and boat papers.
This is the fuel dock at the village of Pedernales.
Everything in the Delta Region moves by boat. These folks will resell this fuel further into the interior of the Delta. They are fueling up at the Pedernales fuel pier.
The water hyacinth in the river and canos was almost everywhere, and it moved around in huge patches as the tide ebbed and flooded. Sometime it was quite high out of the water, almost half way up the side of the boat.
Setting out to explore the rain forest with Schatze the dog.
 
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