Santo André - Santa Cruz Cabrália - Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil

25 nautical miles later, we went into Santo André at high tide but we still hit our bottom several times. We anchored at (S 16.15.127 W 39.00.900). Santo André is another small quiet village, located about 35 km from Porto Seguro, the main city of the region.   View of Raptor - Chillin' out at Gaivota (a restaurant) About 25 mins walk away from Gaivota, a restaurant in Santo André, we caught the ferry to Santa Cruz Cabrália. Ferry "terminal" from Santa Andre - Just a landing for the ferry and everyone waits by the roadside A...

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Albrolhos to Santo Andre, Bahia, Brazil

We departed Vitoria for Santo Andre (15 nautical miles north of Porto Seguro) on 29th August 2014.  20 nautical miles southwest of Albrolhos islands and we've already seen over a dozen whales up close. It's mating season (July to November). We had 3 humpback whales cross our bows flapping their long pectoral fins as if they were waving "Hello!". To be honest, 99% of the time its pretty boring being out at sea with 360 degrees of the same scenery day after day. But once in a while we get to experience these special moments of joy...

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Vitória & Vilha Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Spinnaker A 3 days sail from Buzios, approximately 188 nautical miles to Vitória, the capital city of Espirito Santo state in southeast Brazil. On this passage, we sailed with the spinnaker. Love the colours of the sail. Pretty isn't it? Would you believe that this is the first time we've sailed with it? (since I got onboard that is). Wind in the Indian Ocean is so erratic that we never had the chance to deploy it. We also caught a 5kg mackerel! Woohoo! We hardly catch anything these days, so we were delighted to have fresh...

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Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Buzios We departed Rio de Janeiro on 13th August 2014, 66 nautical miles later, we anchored at Ilha do Cabo Frio for the night.   The next day, in cold and miserable weather, we motor-sailed another 20 nautical miles and arrived at Buzios. We picked up a yellow mooring (S 22.44.889 W 41.53.019) and stayed here for 5 days. Buzios was a peaceful little fishing village until it was made famous by Brigitte Bardots stay in the 1960s. Now its a high profile and popular tourist resort in Brazil. Street in Buzios Bridget &...

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