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The last few days we have not received any ships updates. This is mainly because of a broken antenna and a very busy schedule on board. We hope to inform you more regular ...

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 w...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

At 7PM we dropped the anchor at Yachtclub de Bahia. It was already dark, and we had to search for a good spot to drop the anchor between a lot of small boats and moorings....

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 ...

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 ...