Sailing The Dream
Check in Cayenne, French Guiana - a wild goose chase
We walked the commercial harbour perimeter to reach the entrance road, lined with different businesses, shipping agents -not the authorities
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Ana
- Nov 17
Navigating the South Equatorial Current: Sailing from Brazil to French Guiana
Due to the light breeze, our SOW had dropped drastically to just 4.5 knots, whilst the SOG remained at 7 knots, sometimes more!
Ana
- May 27
Ilha dos Lençóis - The island of sand dunes
When going to the village for our daily internet fix we really needed to wait for the high tide to avoid sinking in the soft mud and sand.
Sailing The Dream
- May 20
Brazil, São LuÃs - a difficult check-out
With the flop of our previous day with the anchorage in Alcântara and now in São Luis with waves breaking violently on our stern
Ana
- May 13
Camocim to Tutóia, or give it a second and third thought to Alcântara
Our SOG getting lower and lower, as we were just past the middle of the bay we were doing only 2 knots and shortly after our speed was betwe
Sailing The Dream
- May 9
Brazil, Camocim - arrival and departure pass and visit by the Navy
We were inside but noticed the jet ski looked like it had Coast Guard signs, so I came to the cockpit to see what it was all about.
Ana
- May 6
Camocim - the village of dunes and freshwater pools
the view was incredible, we could see the mangrove forest and river extending to our right and several dunes with fresh water pools
Ana
- Apr 29
Sailing the north coast of Brazil - Cabedelo to Camocim
A very nervous 1h as we made our way through the narrow passage, but we did cross it without any hiccups.
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 25
Brazil, Cabedelo & João Pessoa - arrival and departure we pass with a Customs stressful moment
But no, they had not mentioned this small detail of the use period matching our original visas, and now we had 3 days to avoid having to pay
Ana
- Apr 22
Sailing north, up the Brazilian coast - Maceió to Cabedelo
We powered up the radar that was on standby since morning and saw it, the big pink stain indicating that we were right, a Pirajá
Ana
- Apr 15
Sailing north, up the Brazilian coast - Salvador to Maceió
For hours that day, the wind would blow nearly nothing (up to 4 knots) or it would be 15-18 knots whenever we got hit by squalls
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 12
Brazil, Salvador - arrival and departure pass or maybe it’s not needed - it’s the flavour of the day
They called the supervisor that came in and gave us a big lecture that Camamu was part of the Salvador harbourmaster territory…
Ana
- Apr 8
Transat - Repairs off the beaten track and another lesson learned - part 3
Between the suitcase and the new autopilot, I was already close to my weight allowance leaving only room for some clothes I could use to pad
Ana
- Apr 1
Transat - Repairs off the beaten track and another lesson learned - part 2
After having our spirits crushed again when the autopilot blew the fuse after a couple of hours of use, we decided, we had nothing to loose
Ana
- Mar 25
Sailing to Camamu, the waterfalls and back to Salvador
There were a few narrow passages where we would be way closer to shore than comfortable, at the lowest point of our navigation we found 3.4m
Ana
- Mar 18
The Bay of Todos os Santos, Bahia
big Araras (Macaws) visit the boats on the mooring field looking for snacks and are quite friendly, resting on people’s heads, on the boats
Ana
- Mar 11
Transat - Repairs off the beaten track and another lesson learned - part 1
The dark cloud had rolled back over our heads, and we knew we had an urgent problem to be solved before we could start exploring the country
Ana
- Mar 4
Sailing South, down the Brazilian coast Recife to Salvador
We were just doing a huge circle around the boat when we saw a day tripper boat approach our boat a bit without care grabbing the stanchions
Ana
- Feb 25
Transat - the Hydrovane and the jury rig
Despite being back at steering with the Hydrovane quite successfully, the failure of the autopilot presented a huge problem.
Ana
- Feb 18
A taste of Recife and Olinda
Distractedly we followed Google directions, and all of a sudden, we found ourselves in a favela (slum).
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