Saturday, November 15, 2014

Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil

We anchored in Lençóis, another small fishing village (S 01.20.631 W 44.53.703) in 2m of water at low tide on 15th November 2014. Our last stop in Brazil. Beautiful anchorage with the white sand dunes in the background. Soft white sand Can you spot Raptor?   Walking back to our dinghy Raptor at high tide Local houses Simple houses in lovely sand dunes We've got a little garden growing on our hulls Kids on Raptor at lowtide Seriously low tide! My favorite way to clean the hulls Mini homemade fishing boats...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Luís Correia, Piauí, Brazil

We anchored in Luís Correia, Piauí, Brazil on 11th November 2014. Just 68 nautical miles away from Jericoacoa, we should've known that the anchorage here (S 02.51.013 W 41.38.785) was also blowy and rolly, although slightly better than before (Jericoacoara). Not much fun on a rolly anchorage. Two days later, we departed for Lencois....
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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Jericoacoara, Ceará, Brazil

We arrived in Jericoacoara (also known as 'Jeri'), a small fishing village in Ceará, Brazil, about 300 km northwest of Fortaleza on the 9th November 2014.  It was a 339 nautical mile passage from Galinhos. Unfortunately due to strong winds (25 kts) and poor anchorage (S 02.37.698 W 40.32.141), we departed Jeri for Luís Correia 2 days later.  ...
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Monday, November 3, 2014

Galinhos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

We departed Cabedelo, Paraíba after clearing out on 1st November 2014. Unfortunately our plan to visit Fernando De Noronha; the beautiful archipelago of 21 islands & islets located off the Brazilian coast was cancelled because when we cleared out, according to Customs, Raptor had overstayed her visa! 💔 We've always been very diligent about our visas, so this really caught us by surprise. We blame it of course on the language barrier, afterall "nós não falamos portugues". No doubt Customs must've informed us about this at some point? But...
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