Yacht Club Olivos

10/07/08 22:50 Filed in: Argentina | Buenos Aires
Yacht Club Olivos so I decided to go along.

It was a 25 minute train ride from Retiro. The club is about half way to Tigre close to Rio Plata.

The lecturer, Roberto Villamil, had done a voyage on the Argentine naval training ship fragata “Libertad” so his very interesting presentation covered this particular tall ship rather than tall ships in general.

She is a beauty. Built in Argentina and commissioned in 1962 she is 107m long with a displacement of 3765 tons. She is currently in Australia and returns to Argentina in November. I hope I will be able to see her then.

Time to buy my ticket back to Salvador. GOL again proves to be the best bet. I reserved online and got as far as the purchase summary with a credit card receipt. However, it did not complete and no confirmation was issued.

I bought some local river plate charts the other day.The store had a giveaway magazine on Argentine nautical matters. An ad mentioned a lecture on tall ships at