Saturday, April 19, 2014

Melbourne, Australia

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Monday, April 14, 2014

We Crossed The Atlantic!

Bracuhy Marina 8 days later from Trinidade Island, we arrived at Bracuhy Marina in Angra Dos Reis (S 22.57.088 W 44.23.707) on the 14th April 2014. It took us 18 days, 2,279 nautical miles from St Helena; 26 days in total if we include the 8 days it took from Nambia to St. Helena. Unfortunately, the wind was not on our side during this voyage. There was either no wind or wind on the nose! We had to motor over 80 hours just to make it in time for one of our crew to catch his flight home the next day. I'm very delighted {and kinda proud} to...
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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Trinidade Island, Brazil

Alex checking the straps on the main sail We stopped at Trinidade Island on 6th April 2014, 1,396 nautical miles en-route from St Helena to Brazil to repair the straps on the main sail and to top up our diesel.  Ilha da Trindade  is a volcanic island situated 1,170 kilometres east of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Southeast Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. We picked up a mooring buoy (S 20.30.193 W 29.18.928) but later realised that it was not connected to anything and we drifted about half a nautical mile. No biggie! Our crew...
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