Fortaleza
The leg from Natal to Fortaleza was enjoyable at the beginning, but very tough once we got near Fortaleza. First of all Fortaleza is a...
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Nov 11, 20191 min read
Tibao do Sul
We also visited Tibao do Sul. Initially we wanted to get there by boat. I read a Brazilian pilot book very popular among Brazilian...
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Nov 8, 20191 min read
Pipa beach
Pipa beach is a major surfing destination in Brazil. It was just a fishing village with no roads until some surfers in the 70s...
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Nov 7, 20191 min read
Jacarè
The passage to Jacarè was the last leg we did with Mario as a crew. It was easier than the previous one but had its own challenges....
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Nov 6, 20191 min read
Olinda
North of Recife there is one little town that after Parati and Ouro Preto, is one of the best preserved colonial villages in Brazil:...
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Nov 5, 20192 min read
Recife
Mario arrived in Salvador as soon as he graduated High School. Well, he went to Greece first with his schoolmates to celebrate the end of...
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Nov 4, 20191 min read
Itaparica
Itaparica is an island right in front of Salvador, in the Baia de Todos Os Santos, the largest bay in Brazil, with 56 islands! We visited...
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Sep 16, 20191 min read
Santo Antônio do Paraguaçu
We navigated the river Paraguaçu to get to see the beautiful and remote convent of Saint Antony. What an experience! We felt like in...
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Sep 13, 20191 min read
Morro de São Paulo
Morro de São Paulo is a lovely village some 30 nautical miles south of Salvador. It’s the closest thing to a Mediterranean island...
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Aug 31, 20194 min read
Salvador de Bahia
Salvador the Bahia is an important landmark in our voyage. After visiting Cape of Good Hope last year, seeing a full scale reproduction...
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Jul 9, 20193 min read
Camamù Bay
Some 30 nautical miles north of Itacarè lays the Bay of Camamu. There are a lot of different villages in the bay and up the river. For us...
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May 22, 20192 min read
Terra à vista! Santa Cruz Cabralia
To get to Santa Cruz Cabralia we anchored in front of Santo Andrè, also sadly known as Villa do Sete a Um (Seven to One). It’s here that...
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May 4, 20192 min read
Cabo Frio
Time has come for us to start heading north towards the Caribbean. We left once again Rio de Janario on April 1st at 22:00, destination...
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Apr 24, 20193 min read
Ouro Preto, or Black Gold!
During our stay in Rio, to take a break from the carnival with our friends Joaquin and Monica we decided to get a rental car and visit...
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Apr 15, 20195 min read
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro!
To be honest, at the beginning I wasn’t particularly interested in visiting Rio, especially during Carnival. Rio was very low on my...
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Apr 8, 20192 min read
Ubatuba
Our first sail out of the bay of Ilha Grande was to Ubatuba, some 30 nautical miles south west. It was a very nice sensation to get...
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Mar 26, 20192 min read
How to repair a Spectra Newport watermaker
Some old salt was once asked what was “cruising life” and the reply was “Cruising is fixing your boat in exotic places”. There is some...
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Mar 20, 20192 min read
Welcome to Brazil!
After sailing 4,387nm and spending 35 days at sea, Oroboro safely anchored in Ilha Grande, Brazil, on February 1st, 2019. I felt like the...
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