Paraty
18/11/08 21:35 Filed in: Brazil | Ilha Grande
I weighed anchor at 11:10, a very muddy chain this time, and motored over to Porto Imperial for bunkers. This is a new marina and very swish. They even paint the tyre fenders white on the bunker berth.
I'm not quite sure what Diesel Verano is but at R$2.72 it cost a lot more than regular diesel at R$2.40. Maybe Kiriwina will now go faster under engine.
Anyway I took 142 litres at a cost of R$384 (ouch). The whole process was very efficient taking only about 10 minutes after which I anchored off Paraty jetty in 2.8m of water.
Petrobras bunker berth at Porto Imperial.
The plan was to nip ashore for some last minute shopping and then go round to one of the beaches in the next bay Enseada de Paraty Mirim.
Events intervened. Firstly I rowed 3/4 of a mile ashore to discover I had left the dinghy padlock aboard. Back to the boat to retrieve it.
Nearing high tide some streets beginning to flood.
By the time I got back on board it was late afternoon and starting to rain heavily. I decided to stay put.
A boatyard not far from Paraty jetty where yachties are allowed to leave their dinghies an a more secure location.
I'm not quite sure what Diesel Verano is but at R$2.72 it cost a lot more than regular diesel at R$2.40. Maybe Kiriwina will now go faster under engine.
Anyway I took 142 litres at a cost of R$384 (ouch). The whole process was very efficient taking only about 10 minutes after which I anchored off Paraty jetty in 2.8m of water.
Petrobras bunker berth at Porto Imperial.
The plan was to nip ashore for some last minute shopping and then go round to one of the beaches in the next bay Enseada de Paraty Mirim.
Events intervened. Firstly I rowed 3/4 of a mile ashore to discover I had left the dinghy padlock aboard. Back to the boat to retrieve it.
Nearing high tide some streets beginning to flood.
By the time I got back on board it was late afternoon and starting to rain heavily. I decided to stay put.
A boatyard not far from Paraty jetty where yachties are allowed to leave their dinghies an a more secure location.