Day 19: Arrival at San Antonio (final destination)
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A mid-morning arrival in San Antonio
marking the end of the cruise.
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Our position just after
midnight showed that we had made good progress overnight
and that we may even arrive at the port an hour or two ahead
of our (revised) midday schedule. |
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At 10:00am, a pilot ship
arrived and the pilot got on board. |
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Fifteen minutes after
the pilot embarked, this vessel appeared. We think it was
intended to push or tow our ship, which seemed a little
odd, given that our ship has proved to be extremely manoeuvrable
in the past. We assumed it was all down to local harbour
rules. |
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We were then escorted
into the port. |
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Our docking location
was directly ahead of us. |
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At 10:30, we were almost
docked. Under normal circumstances, our captain would have
taken around 10 minutes to achieve this, with the assistance
of two or three dockworkers. Today, however, was different
and it took an hour before we were able to disembark. We
have no idea what the problem was. There seemed to be an
army of dockworkers standing about and not doing very much.
We had the powerful tug boat making what appeared to be
a half-hearted attempt to push the ship into place and eventually,
once we were tied up, it took ages before the gangplank
was successfully put in place. We sensed that their was
some frustration by the ship's crew! |
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Finally, with the gangplank
installed and all of our luggage taken off, we were able
to disembark. |
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| A parting gift from the two Chilean pilots,
who had accompanied us from the beginning of the cruise. We
were each presented with a document certifying that we had
navigated the Strait of Magellan! |
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