Lat S 37 47 / long W 057 09

There is a certain feeling you have for the long stages. When you cast off the
moorings and putter away from the piers, you know there will be some time
before you are safely moored in another port.
The feeling is breathtaking, even if today was a perfect day of departure, you know
there will be many incidents, large and small, impossible to know beforehand.
That is what is so amazing with sailing. Join us for
the next stage through the blog, and have a taste of the trip!

Sunday sailing

Repaired and reinforced, the sails are back. Great for the long sail ahead of us. People ask for our choices now and planned ports.
The point is that we are very open to the elements. The wind willing, we sail on, taking opportunities for port stay, Brazil, Fernando de Norhona, .... The ultimate goal is Cadiz. We do begin to long for home.

Entertainment

We have downloaded a lot of programs from Swedish Radio. Among other things, we will have over 200 "summer programs" to plow through. A good complement to book reading.

The answer

Of course, you were right, the ice cream costs 22 Peso and the bottle of Gin 17 pesos.
1 Peso = 2 SEK

When we left home, our luggage was gigantic, yet there were some things that we thought, we can certainly complement them on the way. One thing was paper charts. We have charts in the computers but it's good to have an overview chart of the ocean you are on. To plot the mid-day location and for plotting how high and low pressure centers move. You get a better view, simply. We already tried in Chile and later here in Argentina, but no. Yesterday I met of a Swedish couple in the harbor who had been in Buenos Aires for a few days to buy parts for their engine. I borrowed a chart of the South Atlantic, went to a place that makes copies, and all of a sudden we had a chart. Cheap and almost as good.

Question of the day

Which costs more, a litre of gin or two little pots of Häagen- Dazs ?

Diesel fuel

How simple is not everything in Sweden, going by car you refuel at a gas station, going by sea you refuel at a marine gas station. Already when we were in the U.S., we were warned of the bad diesel quality we would get down there in Mexico (where all thought we were going) so we bought a baja filter (pronounced baha). This filter is on three levels, large particles get stuck, then smaller and finally water. It's good, just takes some time to run through. What we did not then know was that we also needed to obtain a lot of cans for transporting diesel fuel in. In the last months we have refuelled by going with the diesel cans in a taxi or rental car. There are no marine gas stations here. Everybody lugging around their cans. It is not very environmentally friendly since it is impossible to fill without spilling a drop.

Victualling in Mar del Plata

Delicious fruits and nuts, we found at the market, plus great steaks, fine minced meat and chicken. We have begun to stock up for the next leg, filling the freezer and stores again. In Mar del Plata, we can find just about everything, and there's a great atmosphere down here in the port now in regatta week.