They've got fish

Those fishing boats at Buceo have been having a hard time lately. Cold weather, scarce catchs.



Last weekend, they got fish enough. The fishermen were smiling.



The guys were untangling the catch from the nets, and throwing the fish into the plastic boxes for transport. Small trucks were coming, no need for refrigeration this time of the year.



The larger boats got black corvinas - awesome animals, about 1.2 meter long. Excellent for the grill, if you have a lot of people to feed. The guy in the background offered me to exchange one for my old Autocord. It would have been a profitable trade!



It took some work to get the big black ones out.



Technical: Minolta Autocord, HP5+ in Rodinal 1:50. Thanks for watching!

Sailing

Sometimes I get lucky. In one of the usual walks along the Buceo area, several relative large sailboats were going out. Just in time for my old camera to catch the last two!

A crowd was watching the boats out. Someone shouted, "You always late!". I think that was on the crew.



After aligning, the boats were setting their sails up. Calm waters but enough wind to blow the sails.



Out they went into the inmense brown-gray River Plate.


Technical: Minolta Autocord, HP5+ in Rodinal 1:50.

Work in progress - Carrasco Hotel

The work is progressing - some fences have been taken out, and in the back area (North side) the top windows seem to be restored on the outside. Architects like to work top down, back to front.



Scaffolding covers every square meter of the front and sides - this is where the work is concentrating now.



A general view from the southwest - still a construction project, but inching closer to the world-class hotel.



Let us hope that the restoration will finish before the waves of the global economic slowdown reach our shores. In any case, it has been serious work!

Technical: TMX + Beutler, Pentax Spotmatic with 35/2 Takumar and DDR Tessar 50/2.8.