South America
A rather uneventful passage
We left the Abrolhos islands early on Friday morning for the 170nm passage to the city of Vitória on the mainland. With the conditions [...]
Wildlife at the Abrolhos Archipelago
The Abrolhos Archipelago (in Brazil) is not to be confused with the Abrolhos Islands (also called Houtman Abrolhos Islands, in Australia). In both cases, [...]
A two-day crossing to the Abrolhos
We departed Itacaré for our passage to the Abrolhos Archipelago in the afternoon. We had spent the morning provisioning at the local market, and [...]
The lush coast of Bahía
Costa do Dendê South of Salvador, squeezed between the low uplands that rise 10 or 20 km to the west and the sea in [...]
Big swell in the marina
Back in Salvador After about a week cruising around in Baía de Todos-os-Santos, we returned to Porto Salvador Marina in Salvador to do some [...]
Exploring Baía de Todos-os-Santos
Looking for some peace and quiet Carnaval had been an intense time and our two weeks in Salvador had been busy. So, by way [...]
Carnaval de Salvador
Blocos On the opening night of carnival, we decided to join sailors from a couple of other boats and move up a scale from [...]
Pre-Carnaval in Salvador
One of the main reasons we stopped in Salvador was to celebrate carnival (or carnaval in the Portuguese Brazilian spelling), which officially started on [...]
Crossing to mainland Brazil
Leaving FdN behind The crossing from Fernando de Noronha (FdN) to Salvador, on Brazil’s east coast, took almost exactly five days. We departed on [...]
The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha
A bit of history The official story, based of Amerigo Verspucci's account at least, is that the first tourists to visit Fernando de Noronha [...]