18 Mar Fisherman in trouble
Yesterday and last night we had beautiful weather to sail. With a speed of 6 knots we sailed close reach. We set all the sails and then turned the engine off. We sail clos...
March 2013
17 Mar Pampeiro and Carpenteira
Specially for our Irish guest crewmember: Happy St Patricks Day!
After our departure from Morro de São Paulo we sailed fully rigged for about 3 hours. Until the wind...
16 Mar Sailing further along the coast
After we left Salvador the wind decreased and turned to the southeast 1-2 Bft. This meant that we couldn’t reach the island of Tinharé at once so we had to tack. In the af...
15 Mar On our way to Santos
We are now ready for the next adventure: the Brazilian coastal voyage from Salvador to Santos. Part of our crew and guest crew have left the ship and some new guests have...
12 Mar Brazil in a nutshell
Luckily the custom clearance was not too hard. Somewhere in the back of the harbour area is an old building. Most rooms are not in use and dirty, most windows are broken. ...
09 Mar Land in sight!
Then, after 17 days and 2100 miles: land in sight!
First we see a few high buildings and now we see dunes. Only a few hours before we will enter Baia de Todos os ...
09 Mar ‘Tecla’ in sight
The wind has decreased and only gives a little bit of coolness. A direct course to Salvador would mean that we would have the wind at our back. But because of the ocean ...
09 Mar The light of Salvador
The moon is a waning crescent and the dark night brings us the starry sky. No coulds anywhere and on a night like this one keeps looking at the stars. New constellations, ...
08 Mar Almost there
Near the Brazilian coast the waves have almost disappeared. Also the wind has decreased. The swell is less than to be expected. Maybe this relatively flat sea is caused by...
