Montevideo
06/02/09 21:47 Filed in: Uruguay
Gunter needs to be in Buenos Aires before too long so after breakfast ashore and checking the weather he decided to sail for Colonia.
Walking back from the breakfast the wind looked to be strengthening from the wrong direction but Windfinder had predicted a favourable change.
We settled up with YCU, dropped our moorings and proceed out.
Colour contrast where sea water meets the fresh water River Plate.
As we cleared Buceo harbour and rounded the next point it became obvious the forecast change had not taken place. We had around F6 on the nose.
After an hour and a half of making very little progress towards Colonia motor sailing Gunter called a halt and we returned to Buceo. It was a good call as the Uruguayan met service was forecasting NW F7-8 overnight.
This time we berthed bow to on YCU concrete jetty. A marinero puts stern lines onto a buoy and then runs bow lines ashore. We then edged Cora Mae into a safe position where we could get ashore but not bang the jetty.
A very sad yacht in Buceo harbour.
Walking back from the breakfast the wind looked to be strengthening from the wrong direction but Windfinder had predicted a favourable change.
We settled up with YCU, dropped our moorings and proceed out.
Colour contrast where sea water meets the fresh water River Plate.
As we cleared Buceo harbour and rounded the next point it became obvious the forecast change had not taken place. We had around F6 on the nose.
After an hour and a half of making very little progress towards Colonia motor sailing Gunter called a halt and we returned to Buceo. It was a good call as the Uruguayan met service was forecasting NW F7-8 overnight.
This time we berthed bow to on YCU concrete jetty. A marinero puts stern lines onto a buoy and then runs bow lines ashore. We then edged Cora Mae into a safe position where we could get ashore but not bang the jetty.
A very sad yacht in Buceo harbour.