Category Archives: Adventure Updates

Yesterday was another remarkable day, both for variety and accomplishment. It started out like the previous day- warm, sunny, flat sea, nice beam reach. I was planning to go to Salvador and anchor to wait out a small storm, that … Continue reading →

Yesterday was one of those days you write home about. Well, huh. I guess I write home about every day on this trip, but you know what I mean. It was clear, sunny and tropical warm. The water was turquoise … Continue reading →

Happy 1st of September!  It’s a good day for me, as Cabo Branco, the eastern-most point of land in all of South America, is in my wake. That’s right, I made it around the corner. My maximum easterly reading was … Continue reading →

Mostly south for me yesterday. Still a little bit of east to go, but not much. I think by tomorrow I will start putting the west back into things. Considering I started out around 64 degrees west, and am now … Continue reading →

I am just about done heading east. I rounded Cabo Calcanhar early this morning, and am now headed mostly south.  This “horn” of Brazil is a pretty interesting place. The far east corner of Brazil, it is not a point, … Continue reading →

Well, the first day out had a little of everything. As expected, the first few hours of rounding the point at Fortaleza was slow going, with 25 knots on the nose and short steep seas due to the compression of … Continue reading →

Hello again, and welcome back to my continuing adventure along the coast of Brazil. I last wrote in mid-July, after deciding to leave the boat in Fortaleza for a while, waiting for better weather, getting needed spares and making repairs. … Continue reading →

It’s official, we are postponed. After much consideration, endless debate, sleeping on it, and then more discussion and weighing of options, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the 2nd half of this trip. The 3 key issues are the … Continue reading →

We’re in Fortaleza.  For repairs.  The hydraulic ram on the autopilot has been leaking fluid, and finally failed yesterday afternoon.  As we don’t have enough crew to hand-steer all the way to Buenos Aires, we had to stop and try … Continue reading →

It seems we can’t catch a break. With less than 100 miles to get to Fortaleza, a big harbor of refuge, the wind perked up dramatically this morning, and has been blowing 28-32 knots all day. Right on the nose, … Continue reading →