Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Heritage day in Montevideo harbor

Last weekend we had our Heritage Day. The event was heavily weighted toward buildings and architecture, so I chose to visit the harbor instead. A lot of people had the same idea.

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Sunday morning, weather was not very fine. Well, it rained lightly. To the right of the Zabala entrance, the harbor is mostly used by large container ships (with the occasional cruise ship).

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The Graf Spee anchor is still there in the memorial. Nowadays very few people come to look at it.

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People come to the harbor to work, to fix ship and machine parts, and of course to serve the vessels. It looked a bit crowded in the tugs area.

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Almost all of our Navy was there, saving fuel and looking smart.

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On exhibit, there was the helm of the gunboat Calvo Sotelo, which I believe is the same little ship that fought in one of the rare Spanish Civil War naval actions back in 1938. I do not know how the helm came to Montevideo; it might well be an interesting story.

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I liked the tones in these chains, which will end the post of today.

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Thanks for looking. Technical info: Spotmatic with 35/2, FP4+ in Beutler.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Corvinas

No words needed.

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The guys were proud of the catch.

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No-name 18-28 zoom in the old Pentax ME, FP4+ in Beutler, what else.