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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 a warm sunny day with [...]
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 (FdN) were a Portuguese expedition [...]
Land ahoy!
From Pollywogs to Shellbacks Having cleared the doldrums and once again hoisted our sails, we began preparing for another significant event on Yuma, namely the crossing of the equator. [...]
Becalmed in the doldrums
In the afternoon and evening of day 7 of our Atlantic crossing, the wind slowly dropped from a comfortable 12kn to 10kn, then to 8, and then suddenly to [...]
All alone on the Atlantic Ocean?
Anybody out there? Once away from land, the ocean is a remarkably empty and vast space. We had left Cabo Verde pretty much by ourselves; while a couple of [...]
Starting our first ocean crossing
Our last night in Cabo Verde On Sunday 11 January, having completed our departure formalities with the marina and the authorities, we were ready to leave Mindelo Marina for [...]
New Year in Mindelo
The town of Mindelo Mindelo is is a bit ramshackle and run down but it has enough colour and life in it to give it a buzz and a [...]
Feeling at home in Ribeira do Paúl
Having heard positive stories about walking on the island of Santo Antão from Bart, and from other sailors in the marina, we decided to take a break from sailing [...]