Extremes

20 March 2013

We have 240 miles to go before we reach Rio de Janeiro. But we are not very lucky with the weather, there is almost no wind and when there is, it is during heavy showers with gusts of wind up to 7 Bft.
Yesterday morning close to Victoria we saw four orange objects. We first thought it were life rafts, so we went to have a closer look. It turned out to be orange buoys for the oil and gas industry. Attached to the buoys are cables to pick up pipelines.
With the heavy showers, thunderstorms, storms and calms it looks a bit like the North Sea in the fall. We all are wearing rain gear. It feels like fall but the thermometer says it is 27 degrees. Brazil, the land of extremes, either it is extremely hot or rain is pouring down with drops as big as cherries. No wonder it is so green here, even the flag is green.
Sailing here, in the footsteps of explorers, is a real honour. It is the same waters, the same climate and also with a lot of crew on a sailing ship.