tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40579973753093438682024-03-12T17:14:56.947-07:00"ORYX" ODYSSEYAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011268972209536691noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057997375309343868.post-27726434869385478702015-05-22T03:07:00.000-07:002015-05-23T07:22:35.359-07:00"ORYX" AND BIRTHDAY CAKE! (It's a hard life!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This blog's subtitle could be - life on the hard. Much has happened since our last posting. Finally, after two and a half years we were ready to haul
out. First to go were our two masts, one after the other. The boatyard at Port
Owen is skilled and efficient and the two masts were placed side by side in the
yard, ready for sprucing up. Next came the main event, lifting ‘Oryx’ out.
Frank Stuyck’s two crew positioned the broad straps near our bulkheads, under
Pete’s watchful eye. The crane was attached and off she went. ‘Oryx’ gave one
groan of protest as the straps tightened and then she submitted, dangling way
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Imagine our surprise as we eased her with ropes to her new
resting place on the hard. The starboard keel was missing. Whilst Pete and I
racked our brains as to where we could have, uhm, misplaced a keel? We wiped the
meringue from faces and finally recalled a bump. Not something that went bump
in the night, but rather similar to running into a waterlogged tree, in broad
daylight in the middle of the Atlantic. We had both rushed into the cockpit and
had peered into the blue depths, but could see nothing. We had thought nothing
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‘Oryx’ was loaded onto her new cradle and Pete immediately
set about hosing the crud off the bottom with the power hose. He was a man on a
mission as he was determined to clean the bottom, before the scheduled load
shedding at noon. (South Africa's electricity needs have grown and the existing facilities weren't maintained, so to avoid the system crashing , there are scheduled power outages called <i>load shedding.)</i>Afterwards we were moved to the side of the yard and this was
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Pete set about refashioning a new keel, reshaping the
existing battens to enable the sails to have more draught, repairing rudders
etc, whilst I set about cleaning, sanding, varnishing, cleaning, painting and
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The weeks passed in a blur. My friend and childhood
heroine Pam Buttle and her husband Seth came to visit. It was lovely to finally
meet her after all the years and we had a wonderful weekend, except for the
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Port Owen is a gorgeous place to visit. The Berg river
estuary teams with birds. Cormorants line the one bank, whilst Gannets line the
other. Further upriver Flamingos wade through purple heather-like foliage and
up Bokkom Lane flocks of Pelicans waddle about entertaining busloads of
tourists. But regrettably, the summer tourists excite the southeaster, which
howls most afternoons.</div>
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We spent several months working away by day and socialising
with various friends by night. One of my dearest friends, Pam Duffield, who
lives in St. Helena Bay, came to collect me to go shopping in Vredenburg on an
almost weekly basis. We gossiped and shopped and it was almost like being back
in Jo’burg, but not quite. When we needed to go to Cape Town, we rented a car
in Vredenburg and although I gladly accompanied Pete each time, the days we
filled with buying boat bits, so I found the journeys a bit tedious, although
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Pete’s tourist visa was coming up for renewal, and once
again we rented a car and drove to the Department of Home Affairs in
Malmesbury. I had our marriage certificate at hand and we assumed the extension
would be a mere formality, but we were in for a rude surprise. The visa
applications have been outsourced and the marriage license had to go to
Pretoria to amend the population register. We continued on to Cape Town, found
parking and there we then became embroiled in the red tape that now exists.
Pete needed an appointment and there was a six-week wait for the first
appointment, the processing of the application took a further 8 weeks, by which
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We returned to Port Owen and began planning a trip to
neighbouring Lesotho. Rob and Mary on ‘Capensis’ warned us that, as Lesotho is
an enclave, Pete might not get a renewal, so we booked a short break to
Namibia. Pete’s 65<sup>th</sup> birthday was coming up and we decided to spend
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Graeme Murray drove us to Piketberg where we caught the
overnight bus. The first glitch was a defunct air conditioner, but this was
swiftly sorted out while we waited in the shade at Citrusdal. The border
crossing was entertaining; both the South Africans and the Namibians selected
our backpack for a random search. A fellow Angolan passenger had glad wrapped
his suitcase and forgotten the combination number, which caused some
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun sets over the Northern Cape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No shifting sands, rather a bushveld feel.<br />
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We arrived in Windhoek at 0700 and wandered around the city
centre until we found a Mugg and Bean and had a leisurely breakfast. Our booked
accommodation was just north of the city centre and we arrived early and were
given our fully furnished tent. The camp is delightful, a haven within the city
suburbs. There were indoor and outdoor showers, access to a refrigerator and a
small two-plate gas burner. Each tent had its own braai area and we soon
settled in. The Urban Camp restaurant opened at 1400 and the only
disappointment was the size of the pool, which looked bigger on the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete relaxing outside our tent.</td></tr>
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stock up. Frank Stuyck had recommended ‘Joe’s Beer House’ as a Namibian
institution and as it was a mere five minutes away we called in for a beer. The
quirky establishment is delightful and we booked to return for dinner on the
Sunday to celebrate Pete’s birthday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suburban Windhoek.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old and the new - cheek by jowl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A distinct Bavarian feel.</td></tr>
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On the Saturday we headed south to explore
the city and visit one of the bigger malls. We found the art gallery just off
Robert Mogabe road and enjoyed an exhibition of Paul van Scalkwyk’s
photographs. Unfortunately, photographing the exhibition was prohibited, but
please check out his website, as the photographs are amazing.<br />
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<a href="http://paulvans.com/" target="_blank">paulvans.com</a><br />
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The selection of
movies at the mall were disappointing and we fell foul of the Namibian liquor
laws, not realising that alcohol was not available for sale after 1300 on
Saturdays.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will the Easter bunny replace Rhodes at U.C.T? It seems like he did in Windhoek.</td></tr>
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We simply bought a fine bottle of champagne (sparkling wine) at the bar and were given
two champagne glasses to take back to our tent. Windhoek had recently had a bit
of rain and the town and surrounding countryside was remarkably green. We spent
most of the time reading and relaxing, which stood us in good stead for the
chaos that was yet to follow.<br />
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<a href="http://www.joesbeerhouse.com/" target="_blank">www.joesbeerhouse.com/</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A thwarted attempt to drive from Mozambique to Angola and a warm welcome at Joe's. In it lies a tale.</td></tr>
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The meal at Joe’s was superlative and to mark to
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border post in the early hours of the morning. Armed, once again, with our
marriage license I asked the border patrol officer to please give Pete an
additional 90 days only to be told that Pete had overstayed his welcome and
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Needless to say tears of desperation followed, to little
avail. We couldn’t leave by boat, although Pete seemed determined to try. After
challenging an immigration officer in Cape Town about the Home Affairs slogan
of “<i>we care”,</i> there was a glimmer of hope, but after a long debate Pete
flew back to England first class, (only joking!) spent a day in London sorting out a new
passport, new bankcards and a new identity.:)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Thorpe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eau de vie in Truro.</td></tr>
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He then travelled the breadth of England touching
base with our friends Robin and Mandy Blane of the Junk Rig Association and
John Thorpe, whom he hadn’t seen in twenty odd years, before heading for Truro
and spending a weekend with David and Julie Duval Hall and two of their sons.
They gave him a Captain Cook welcome and took him trekking around Cape
Cornwall. He drove to Falmouth for lunch on board ‘Stryx’ with Paul and Janette
Watson and Fran Flutter. He also caught up briefly with Paul and Mo Faye on
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Duval Hall looking cool!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Duval Hall's other passion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard, Henri- David, David and Julie Duval Hall.</td></tr>
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Janette is an accomplished artist and has written an illustrated account of their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It is an excellent read.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Camino-Sketchbook-Janette-Watson-ebook/dp/B00KY6OOOS" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Camino-Sketchbook-Janette-Watson-ebook/dp/B00KY6OOOS</a>ount<br />
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Next was a trip to visit Asmat and Trish Kahn in Emsworth on
board their, soon to be converted to junk rig, 32’ Wylo II, before spending
Easter with his sister Yvonne and her family in Reading.<br />
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Back at home in the
boatyard at Port Owen, I continued to paint and clean in a frenzy. Just before
Easter I visited Cliff and Annamarie in Cape Town before flying to Jo’burg to
spend time with Irene (my daughter.)<br />
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Once again, on impulse she arranged a trip
to a private game reserve called ‘Kambaku’ near the Kruger National Park.<br />
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did two game drives a day and under the skilful eye of the trackers saw the Big
Five! On the second morning we dropped Eric, our tracker, in a dry riverbed to
track a leopard and I earned an Easter egg by spotting a pride of five lions!
Needless to say, we had a wonderful time, although I wished Pete were with to
share the experience. The cherry on top was a pair of leopards on our final
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relaxing with Cliff and Annamarie before heading back to ‘Oryx’ to complete the
job at hand. We were getting worried as winter was approaching and we’d been
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outing on Dan’s boat ‘Darby’ at sundown, enjoying sundowners whilst bird
watching. The encounters are too numerous to mention, but suffice to say we had
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for relaunch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging about.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking up the strain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Sea Mist' looks on, whilst Alister, Max and Pete position the masts.</td></tr>
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‘Oryx’ was relaunched on the 24<sup>th</sup> of April,
without a groan, but unfortunately Pete had strengthened the masts with Kevlar,
to take up a bit of slop in the
tabernacle and to prevent a rattle. The starboard mast was hoisted into
position, only to find the fit too snug. Pete tried to force it into position and
the mast lurched forward, ripping the hinge off.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whoops!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to the workshop!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All that remains!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My paint job in tatters!</td></tr>
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Fortunately, other than a
cracked tricolour light housing and a hinge, the mast was okay. Back the mast
went and Pete set about repairing the damage and sanding down the Kevlar.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holiday 26 Championship, the contestants line up.</td></tr>
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Once
again our timing was off as the International Holiday 23’ championships were
due to start and reigning champion Frank Stuyck just happens to run the Port
Owen Boatyard. While Frank and his son J.P. set about beating the others we
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<a href="http://www.portowen.com/" target="_blank">http://www.portowen.com/</a><br />
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The facilities at the Port Owen boatyard are excellent and they can lift up to 10 tons with their crane. Check link for details.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete and Daniel restep the mast sucessfully.<br />
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True to form the boatyard stepped our masts and with the help of a Holiday 26’ contender called Daniel, the masts went in fine this time. We were ready to roll.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Port mast aligned.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Voila! The new look "Oryx" is ready to rock n roll.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irene adds glamour to the saloon.</td></tr>
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Irene had taking some leave to coincide with us setting out
and we took Graeme and Jennie to Aurora to dine at yet another quirky
restaurant called ‘l Aurora run by Helmut.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'l Aurora.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An institution in the hamlet of Aurora.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irene, Pete, Jennie Napier and Graeme Murray.</td></tr>
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On the 4<sup>th</sup> of May we
scheduled a sailing trial to St. Helena Bay. All nibbled finger foods and
sipped various alcoholic beverages as we were due to leave after lunch on the
tide.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike and Pam Duffield wait expectantly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still smiling, although the disappointment is setting in. We were going nowhere.</td></tr>
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Pete had run the engine daily since we were back in the water, but on
said day no cooling water emerged from the exhaust. My stress levels were
already high, so my social skills were not optimal as the disappointment set
in. Pete and Graeme Murray set about disembowelling the engine and besmirching my
nice new paint job. They eventually discovered that the exhaust manifold was
blocked After an hour or so, it was evident that we were going nowhere and we
drove a disappointed Pam and Mike home.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graeme working on the engine. Luckily he had the comfortable seat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun sets in Port Owen masking our disappointment.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Fleeing 'Oryx' with Irene.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baboon and baby at Cape Point.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diaz beach, Cape Point.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cape by land.</td></tr>
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Contingency plans were made, but the weather was now playing
up as well, so Irene and I abandoned ‘Oryx’ and Pete for the bright lights of
Camps Bay, where we spent the next few days. On the Wednesday we drove to Cape
Point after picking up the ubiquitous Jotun paint and epoxy supplies for Pete.
We hiked around the point reminiscing about previous visits. We caught up with
my nephew Jono and did a self drive wine lands tour, starting in Stellenbosch
and ending in Grabouw. The highlight was wine tasting at ‘Vrede en Lust’ (Peace
and Passion) followed by a late lunch.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thoughts of 'Oryx' intrude.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Back in Port Owen.</u></b></span><br />
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In the meantime Pete and Graeme had reassembled the engine
and set sail for Stompnose Bay on the tide on Wednesday, 6<sup>th</sup> May.
The first sail was invigorating and ‘Oryx’ light air performance met with Pete
approval. The sail to Saldanha was another story. Pete and Graeme beat to
windward in light head winds for hours, tacking against the current and gaining
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Off to Stompnose Bay.</td></tr>
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Eventually Pete put on the engine and they arrived in Saldanha,
anchoring off the yacht club after a mammoth 16 hours, 9 of which was under
power! Irene and I rejoined a rather disheartened Pete and Graeme only to find
further engine problems. The heat exchanger was leaking, but you’ll be pleased
to hear, that although Irene has yet to sail on ‘Oryx’, the engine problems
seem to be of the past and we have had a thrilling sail from Saldanha to this
anchorage in Mossel Bay. But that’s another story, another blog.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irene in Saldanha.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Club Mykonos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irene did get a row in 'Crake', but the sail on 'Oryx' had to be deferred.</td></tr>
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I must apologise for the delay between this and the previous
blog, but it is hard to enthuse about ‘life on the hard’ if you will pardon the
pun!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011268972209536691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057997375309343868.post-74010301645521758032015-02-10T00:11:00.000-08:002015-02-10T00:11:36.859-08:00"ORYX" ON SAFARI!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring by land and sea.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Cape Town.</u></b></span></div>
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Here is a brief history of the early European discovery of
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inhabitants called Table Mountain ‘<i>mountain of the sea’</i>.</li>
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Bartholomew Diaz rounded the Cape of Good Hope whilst </li>
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charting the coast of Africa. He
named it the Cape of Storms, but it was renamed the Cape of Good Hope on his
return to Lisbon as it held the promise of a sea route to India. Diaz was the first European to sea the
tablecloth roll over the mountain.</div>
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Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape en route to India.</li>
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the 1600 Cape Town was already an informal trading settlement.</li>
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1650 the Dutch East India Company established a supply base and shortly
afterwards Jan Van Riebeeck arrived to establish a fresh fruit and
vegetable supply for the passing ships to India.</li>
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We spent three lovely days at the Royal Cape Yacht Club. The
weather was fine, but the southeaster was blowing hard, causing the tablecloth
of cloud to boil over Table Mountain. Table Mountain forms the backdrop to most
of the city and dominates many of the views. It is unique as it sits squarely
on the southwestern corner of the vast African continent. It has the ocean on
two sides and two different currents swirling by to mingle off Cape Point. The
Benguela Current brings freshly chilled water from the Antarctic, whereas the
warm Agulhus Current of the Indian Ocean travels through the tropics bringing
warmth to the east coast.</div>
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When walking back from the Waterfront the wind was so fierce
that it lengthened my ear lobes. We had done the rest of our Christmas shopping
and now just needed to find a safe harbour for ‘Oryx’ before flying to
Johannesburg. We left the Royal Cape at first light, hoping to make use of the
lull to motor out of the marina. This worked well, but we then spent some time
watching the wind play in the distance, whilst we were becalmed. </div>
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We drifted along for a couple of hours, until we were free
of Table Mountains wind shadow and by 0800 we were sailing downwind. Due to our
time constraints we didn’t stop at Dassen Eiland, a small low lying island with
a lighthouse keeper and a conservation officer, this time. Instead we pushed on
to Saldanha. There were some seals about, but they were more bashful than their
Uruguayan cousins, often ducking into the waves, when spotting us. We arrived
in Saldanha in the late afternoon and although we planned to anchor nearer to
customs, Pete anchored just beyond the Saldanha Yacht club, because there were
two other junk rigged yachts. Unfortunately, we were very tired and didn’t go
ashore, but made a mental note to return in the near future.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Saldanha Bay.</u></b></span><br />
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Saldanha Bay is a sheltered natural harbour. It was named
after Antonio de Saldanha in 1503 and would have been the site of Cape Town but
for it’s lack of any water. Nowadays it is dominated by the enormous iron ore
pier and several fish processing factories. There are several tiny, deserted
guano islands at the entrance to the bay. Despite the industrial nature of the
town, Saldanha has a few pleasant bays that are suitable for swimming as it is
so sheltered that the water is considerably warmer than the ocean beyond. One
of South Africa’s longest railway lines carrying iron ore from Sishen,
culminates in Saldanha. Some years ago our friend Johann Rissik cycled along
the railway all of the 861 kilometres from Sishen to Saldanha.</div>
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Pete did the long walk to customs and cleared the boat
(foreign yachts have to clear in and out of each customs district). We spent
another night in Saldanha and set out for St. Helena bay at first light. </div>
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We motored out of the tricky entrance and then a fuel hose,
which Pete meant to replace in Brazil, finally gave out completely, which left
me at the helm in light winds, whilst Pete bodged a new hose to get the engine
going again. I was in good spirits, despite the setback, because there were many
seals and birds about. Pete was less thrilled and did some unaccustomed
grumbling which didn’t garner any sympathy from me, but soon the temporary
repair was in situ and we were on our way.</div>
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It was a beautiful day, with clear skies and the south east
wind filled in lightly, but because the Benguela current runs close to the
coast, it felt cold. We were both wearing oilskins and I had on my woolly cap.
We were steering by hand, due to the closeness of the coast and the proximity
of the next anchorage and the thrill of being in control. To our delight we
spotted a pod of whales. They were far closer than usual and Pete scampered
below for the camera. We counted twenty whales or more and although we tried to
maintain our distance they didn’t. My delight was tinged with fear, but I tried
to maintain a calm and spoke soothingly to them, vowing that we meant them no
harm, much to Pete’s bewildered amusement. It is times like these that you can
see a flicker of doubt mar his stoicism, but fortunately he doesn’t dwell on
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A yacht going upwind motored past the whales, without any
incident either. The whales were still about, when we saw the fin of a basking
shark and of course there were many, many bashful seals and brash birds. I
listened to classical music on my headphones as we wove between the whales for
an hour or more.<br />
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We were heading for St. Helena Bay where we hoped to anchor
overnight and at times the wind was fluky. We had a dinner invitation with my
good friend Pam Duffield and her family, but couldn’t guarantee a time of
arrival. Fortunately the wind kicked in and we managed to sail in before
sunset. Pam and Mike spotted us sailing around Shelly Point, before we
confirmed our arrival. We anchored near the beach and after ensuring that
‘Oryx’ was safe, rowed ashore to spend a fine evening socialising. </div>
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The west coast of South Africa is starkly contrasted with
the luscious green of Brazil, but it has its own austere beauty and the winter
rainfall gives rise to a blossoming desert, which draws annual tourists from
far and wide. Port Owen is situated on the Berg River and the area abounds with
birds. It is not unusual to see flocks of flamingos flying in formation.
Pelicans haunt the dried fisheries near Bokkom lane and the area is well worth
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We had asked our friend Graeme Murray if he could find a
berth for us in Port Owen Marina, but there was no space available due to the
upcoming West Coast Cruise. Instead he went to see Frank Stuyck and arranged
for us to go directly to the Port Owen Boatyard. Of course, Port Owen and the
boatyard is a second home to Pete. He spent three years here at the beginning
of the millennium, building his former biplane catamaran – ‘China Moon’ and has
many friends in the area. I also spent several months here, seven years ago,
whilst Pete did maintenance on ‘Pelican’.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'China Moon' anchored off Elephant island. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'China Moon' sailing out of Bermuda, photograph courtesy of Danny Green.</td></tr>
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Early the next morning we set out for the mouth of the Berg
River and the entrance to Port Owen We had assumed that we would have to motor,
but we managed to sail all the way, anchoring off the entrance and having
lunch, whilst waiting for the tide. Pete wanted to wait for high tide to
facilitate docking at the boatyard without the current pushing us towards the
bridge next to the boatyard. As we were about to get the anchor up, a motorboat
arrived with the commodore of the Port Owen Yacht Club, Peter Musik at the
helm. He had brought Graeme out to meet us. We helped Graeme clamber aboard and
Pete encouraging him to take the helm.</div>
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Graeme Murray is a very talented inventor and an avid cyclist. He designed an orthopaedic saddle a number of years ago.<br />
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By this time the wind was pumping again and the passage upriver was fraught with tricky moments, but we arrived unscathed to find the dock at the boatyard full. Luckily there was a floating pontoon nearby and we managed to tie up safely, while Graeme went to secure a place for us. Soon we were tied up alongside and this is where ‘Oryx’ spent Christmas and awaits hauling out to begin the refit and inevitable changes. Watch this space.<br />
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On the Monday we got a lift to
Cape Town with Graeme and spent the day sight seeing with Mike Mennell, an old
friend from the Internet. He dropped us at the airport after a mammoth lunch of
fish and chips and by nightfall we were in Johannesburg, where I spent the
first Christmas since 2001 with both Dylan and Irene (my children). This time
we also enjoyed the company of Pete, Susan and my little granddaughter Hannah.<br />
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After Christmas we visited my octogenarian brothers. Although we were relaxing
and enjoying the time away from ‘Oryx’ the crowds, the socialising and the
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Early in the New Year, Irene took us on a lovely holiday to
St. Lucia. According to my research man has inhabited the Lebombo mountains
near St. Lucia for 130 000 years.<br />
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In
1554 the Portuguese survivors of the wrecked “Saint Benedict” named the area
River of Golden Dune.<i> </i> In 1885
the area was designated game reserve status and in 1971 the conservation of the
wetlands began leading to the Isimangaliso Wetland Park, which was South
Africa’s first Natural World Heritage site, meeting UNESCO’s exacting
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<a href="http://www.elephantlakestlucia.co.za/elephant-lake-hotel" target="_blank">Elephant Lake Hotel</a><br />
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We visited Cape Vidal and the local game reserve. We did various hikes admiring the game on foot, although we didn’t encounter any predators. Irene treated us to a game drive to Hluhluwe/Imfolozi Game Park.<br />
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We did a second self-drive, getting up before dawn. We saw an amazing variety of game, although the lions and leopards eluded us.<br />
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We also took a drive to Richards Bay (also known as Cwebeni)
to inspect the Yacht club, marina and the local beaches. Richards Bay is one of
the biggest harbours in South Africa and whilst St. Lucia remains unspoiled and
natural, it has grown immensely. The Zululand Yacht Club and the marina were
very welcoming. We intend to visit later in the year.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These concrete tetrahegons ordolosse are a South African invention attributed to Eric Mowbray Merrifield a harbour engineer in East London. A Mr. Kruger drew up the plans.</td></tr>
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We also visited a cat sanctuary near St. Lucia called: Endoneni Lodge. The following pictures were taken there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irene cuddles an African wildcat.</td></tr>
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We also visited the Cheese Farm, much to Pete's delight and the Butterfly Dome nearby.<br />
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sad farewells, we flew back to Cape Town, where Graeme and Jennie met us at the
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We visited some friends and then had a celebratory lunch at Kwa Ttu
for our anniversary. Back on board I fell into a dejected heap, the fatigue had
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family, in between cleaning and dismantling ‘Oryx’. Mike Duffield has finally
been on board ‘Oryx’ and I have been seeing Pam once a week, or more.<br />
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for the refit. Pete was in his element hand selecting teak for the cockpit
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On a political slant, the economy in the Western Cape seems
to be flourishing and Cape Town has a new public transport service second to
none. There are many affluent Blacks around wherever we went, although
obviously there are still many bitterly poor people about too. I haven’t felt
threatened and have roamed freely. The people I have encountered seem friendly
and helpful; although most people I met seem to think the president is an
idiot. I remain mildly oblivious, but hopeful and will try include an impartial
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Usually I provide a link to Pete's Brazil cruising guides and this time is no exception. Pete is working hard on Part 3.<br />
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Today I'm going to include a link to my ebook too. It is a novel, with nothing to do with sailing, although 'Oryx' has a small cameo role.<br />
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This blog is dedicated to our friend Graeme Murray who was meant to accompany us, but due to unforseen circumstance couldn't.<br />
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Saying goodbye to Brazil is always difficult for me and this
time it was a little more so, because we were leaving South America, too and
don’t have a fixed plan to return in the near future. On the positive side we
were heading to South Africa to spend Christmas with my family. We had decided
to clear out from Angra Dos Reis as the officials there are used to yachts and
the clearing process is simple and straight forward, with the added appeal of
spending a final day or two anchored off Abraao on Ilha Grande to stock up with
spring water and wait for the a reasonable forecast. An added advantage was the
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Stocking up for a passage is slightly complicated by us not having refrigeration, so we try to find fruit and veggies that haven’t previously been refrigerated. We then wash everything in a mild chlorine solution. The extra peppers get strung up. The yoghurt goes into our shallow bilge. (The water acts as a cooler). As Pete has many years of experience he has the amounts fine-tuned and I had full confidence in this, although he occasional asked for my input. Our previous crossing of the south Atlantic had taken 40 days, from Mar del Plata to Cape Town and we ran out of apples two days before arriving. This time we were leaving from Rio de Janeiro state and according to passage planner the trip was supposed to take 32 days, so we aimed for somewhere between, which proved to be very accurate.<br />
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The water supply is trickier, but we carry over 200 litres
and we filled both our solar shower bags, because we tend to collect rainwater
only in ‘Crake’ (our dinghy) when she is in the davits, but we had decided to
lash her to the foredeck, as an extra precaution. This meant we had the luxury
of fresh water showers at sea, but unfortunately the newer of the showers
leaked a bit. I generally wash body and hair with salt water, in between times,
because I can’t abide dirty hair and am prepared to deal with the consequence
of salt-water washes once we get to land. The cheap apple shampoo produced by
Colgate and other manufacturers actually lathers well in salt water. Female
sailing friends in Port Owen gave this tip to me many years ago, so I always
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We spent a few lovely days in Abraao, where we finally met
Jorge Gonzalez, an Argentinean sailor on a boat called ‘Caicara’, whom we had
seen in many anchorages in Brazil. Pete had decided to leave on Thursday the 6<sup>th</sup>
of November, although there was some heavy weather to the south. His reasoning
was that we would be sailing east for several days and could use the wind
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We went ashore in the morning, had a final ice cream (it was
too early for a Caiparinha!), and spent our last few cents on some luxury
items. We left shortly after noon and Jorge and his wife followed us in their
tender, taking a video of us sailing and also some photographs.<br />
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Almost immediately the wind died down as we sailed in the
lee of the island. Ilha Grande had recently had some welcome rain and the trees
were flowering abundantly. Howler monkeys wailed their goodbyes, but as we
rounded the island a stiff breeze filled in and we sped away, albeit to windward.
There were at least 17 ships anchored, but fortunately we navigated through
them without ado. By nightfall the wind had switched off and we drifted along
on a sea that now looked like mirrored glass. Ilha Grande is the perfect place
to cruise, but the wind is terribly fluky and tends to be all or nothing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise on sea :) </td></tr>
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We do three hour watches at night and then are more flexible
during the day, allowing each other to catch up on sleep as need be, but
although I turned in as usual, I awoke several hours later to find that we were
pounding to windward again, with Pete still on watch. We were doing 5 knots, so
the clean bottom had paid off, but there was a thick mist. Pete was keeping a
close lookout for ships with A.I.S. assistance. While we were having breakfast the
sun broke through, but the wind speed dropped to less than a knot! There were
clear skies beckoning ahead, with the thick bank of fog astern. Replacing the
howler monkeys was the eerie sound of the foghorns, lending a surreal
experience to the morning. A ship suddenly loomed on the starboard quarter,
shedding the mist like a shroud. The closest point of approach was 2.37nm, so I
stood back and watched without concern.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Crake' nestling on the bow.</td></tr>
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Most of the first few days were repetitive. The motion to
windward on ‘Oryx’ was far better than the same motion on ‘Pelican’, but when
the seas are short and choppy, it was pretty nasty too. Pete did another double
stint when we were clearing the myriad of oilrigs, which meant I got to see
another sunrise. An oilrig supply vessel called ‘Torda’ came alarmingly close;
I suppose to have a look at ‘Oryx’. I had their call sign ready PGAH, but
fortunately except for thinking nasty thoughts; I didn’t need to contact them.
(Pretty Good…A.H.) </div>
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Our sea berth in the port aft quarter is designed for sleeping
at sea, but we rarely use it because our double bunk on the bridge deck is
comfortable. However, we were using it for these first days of uncomfortable
sailing. It is perfectly dry and comfortable, but sounds like you are sleeping
in a washing machine. In quieter seas it feels more like re entering the womb,
with the gentle susurration of the sea and the borborygmi of ‘Oryx’ chuckle.</div>
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As the Windguru and Passage Weather forecasts were not on the same page as the actual weather, the wind remained ahead of us and
for a while we had the current against us too, so our progress was poor, but
the sun was shining by day and the evening infinity stretched ahead in the form
of a dark sky shot full of stars. At one stage I saw what looked like a
tricolour light in the sky. Does the space station have new navigation lights?
In these early days the air traffic was still abundant, but we had already left
the ships behind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the green flash!</td></tr>
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I allowed myself a hissy fit when Pete assumed I had
absorbed the finer details of the GPS by osmosis. Pete is one of the finest
people I know, but teaching doesn’t come naturally to him, so we settled for
the medical methodology of see one, do one, demonstrate one. Suffice to say I
am now a more confident sailor! I can competently manage the wind vane
self-steering on all points of sail, I can haul up sails and reef quickly and
efficiently. I only call Pete for emergencies or if we really need to gybe and
are doing in excess of 8knots and this is merely to avoid damage to ‘Oryx’ or
my shoulder. I did successfully gybe in daylight, under the same conditions,
but was still a bit reluctant by night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Oryx' proving her mettle.</td></tr>
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Our second morning was probably the most uncomfortable and
it always seems as if the ocean and the wind have to remind us that we are now
in their domain, by throwing some heavy moves at us, but after a week of
pounding to windward the wind suddenly freed us. The sun was shining and the
sea was a deep blue. The sky was pale blue with a few white wisps. Crossing the ocean is sometimes like a cross
between ‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘The Truman Show’. Each day is the same, with
subtle shifts. This particular day it felt as if we were sailing to the edge of
an inverted bowl and could strip the sky away to reveal what lay beyond.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jordan's series drogue shackled on and attached to anchor - ready for use.</td></tr>
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Our eighth day was squally and nasty with gusts up to gale
force. It rained heavily for the next 48 hours, scotch mist interspersed by
heavy downpours and we were pounding to windward yet again. We had only a
sliver of sail up. The rainwater had managed to find a way into the dome and this
made the watch cold and damp. To add insult to injury our long tacks took us
east, which was fine, but then west, due to the current. The only glimmer of
positivity was the company of three Shearwaters who were surfing the thermals
and loving the nasty conditions.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most graceful of all birds.</td></tr>
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I had bought some cocada, a sweet similar to coconut ice,
which I had decided to allow myself as a treat if we were beating to windward,
but on day 11 I decided perhaps I should have the treat on the good days as it
didn’t bode well for losing weight. The bananas had unfortunately ripened too
soon and we made some fritters. The other fresh supplies were doing well. We
were both sleeping in the sea berth all the time now. The barometer was as
steady as the rain, which provided some consolation. Although we couldn’t wait
for the rain to abate, we did remember to hope that it reached Sao Paulo state,
as they are experiencing a rare and severe drought. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squid on deck.</td></tr>
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My fear factor had been steadily rising. I am a coward; no
doubt about that and the source of my fear is that on my first Atlantic
crossing we experienced a knock down on ‘Pelican’. Fortunately, we didn’t
suffer extensive damage, although Pete got a nasty whack on his hip. ‘Pelican’
of course popped up like a cork, but I knew that catamarans could capsize and
‘Oryx’ had led a charmed life, thus far, so I didn’t know how she would
respond. Now I awoke with terror in the midst of gale force gusts. I lay riveted to the bunk, listening to the
cacophony of sound. The wind was shrieking like a banshee and I couldn’t hear
Pete. Fortunately he was fine, having stayed on watch, yet again
to get us through the squalls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fair weather astern.</td></tr>
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On my watch a few stars made an appearance followed shortly
by a brightening of the skies with the coming of dawn. Several yellow nosed
albatross were accompanying us at this stage but we only saw a tragically few
Wandering albatross from time to time. The seas remained huge, but the wave
intervals became longer and therefore more comfortable. It was a lovely, crisp
morning with plenty of sunshine, which facilitated the drying process. The
birds were soaring and gliding. To see an albatross fly is breathtakingly
beautiful – they don’t flap their wings and are so aerodynamic that a mere flick
of a foot has them soaring in the opposite direction. The skies were clear, but
there was a thin diffuse looking Pampero cloud astern and our respite was
short-lived. It was pouring again by noon. The wind was now on our beam and
continued building and crashing alarmingly into our starboard beam. The sound
is horrendous. It is like being dropkicked. By 1500 we were unable to hold our
coarse. There was merely a small fragment of one sail up and we were still
careening along at more than 7 knots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trusty friend on a calm day.</td></tr>
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Pete then deployed the drogue. Before long passages he
shackles the drogue to custom-built stainless steels plates on ‘Oryx’ stern and
this meant he merely had to attach the small 2.5kg dinghy anchor and feed the
drogue out. It takes about five minutes to deploy and the relief is almost
immediate. This time reinforced my admiration of Mr. Jordan. The sounds die
down to a gurgle. The stern is held into the wind, the boat slows down to 1.5
knots and the motion is gentle. It’s like camping safely in a valley of waves!
Unfortunately, it doesn’t photograph that well.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stormy seas starting to abate.</td></tr>
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Mr. Jordan was an aeronautical engineer who designed a sea
anchor called ‘<i>the Jordan’s Series Drogue’. </i>He then provided the
information and the plans to make your own for FREE on the internet. I’ve
cracked jokes about assembly the drogue before. It comprises of several hundred
cloth cones, which I personally attached to a rope some years ago, thinking –
‘this is a serious drag’ and it is. The cones open underwater and the ‘drag’
slows the boat down to a manageable speed. Other sailors value their EPERB,
their radars, their life rafts, their refrigerators and satellite phones, but I wouldn’t go sailing without a drogue. When the seas are that big there is no
way I’m abandoning a big floating boat for a little inflatable one.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jordanseriesdrogue.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jordanseriesdrogue.com/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWCj5VYCwGg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWCj5VYCwGg</a><br />
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Recently an Argentinean Sailor, Jorge Benozzi was lost at
sea, because he lost the mast of his boat 'Tumante 2'('Rogue 2') and relied on an emergency
call to rescue him, but drifted so far from his relayed position, that he
remains missing.His life raft was found abandoned several weeks ago, but there is still no sign of 'Tumante 11' or her crew. The bigger tragedy is that the man was a brilliant 60 year old
ophthalmic surgeon who pioneered innovative non-invasive lens correction.</div>
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Pete is unfazed by the rough weather, but he did experience some anxiety when the wind shredded his RCC burgee, so I knitted him a new one!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Temporary knitted burgee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the distance the burgee looks almost like the real thing.</td></tr>
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In this much quieter environment we managed to catch up on
sleep, still taking turns, in case of ships or emergencies, but in a
comfortable and warm bed. Somewhere along the way our tiller self steering arm
was broken. The following day we were able to take the drogue in, it took 20
minutes and was fairly easy to retrieve. The sun was shining again and although
the wind was heading us, yet again, it was light, which meant the seas abated
rapidly. Pete had circumvented the need for a tiller arm with a bit of string
and a pulley and the self-steering was fully functional again. The night was
crisp and clear and the stars were out in all their glory. I whiled away my
watch listening to music. Isn’t it amazing how you can be transported from the
now tranquil mid Atlantic wilderness to inner city Chicago, rain and inner
turmoil by a few notes of Eminem and Dido’s ‘Stan’?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next morning the drogue needs retrieval.</td></tr>
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Our passage improved immensely for me from this moment.
‘Oryx’ had coped well with whatever the Atlantic dished out and the drogue’s
performance had quelled my incipient fears. I could relax and enjoy the trip.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retrieving the drogue.</td></tr>
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We spent a few more days sailing blissfully eastward,
yearning for the westerlies to the south of us. I was already making contingency
plans for stopping in Namibia! We then were becalmed. The sea was now so flat that the sails weren’t flogging
too much and we trickled along. We
hadn’t seen ships for weeks now and
then a huge container ship loomed on the horizon. The name was ‘Tubul’
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We trailed a fishing line virtually every day, lost two
lures and hooked a curious Shoemaker, who suffered the indignity of being
photographed before being set free. I tried to close his eyes with my hat,
whilst Pete removed the hook from his wing, but I got a nasty nip and dropped
the hat for my trouble!</div>
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We were trickling along doing some reasonable speeds and
although ‘Oryx’ was still chuckling along it seemed very quiet. We had been
accompanied for days by a yellow nosed albatross and he would circle the boat a
few times and then sheath his wings and bob about astern of us. It was so quiet
that you could hear the swish of his wings! We were both enjoying the albatross' company and the sunshine from the cockpit, when the silence was pierced by a
tearing sound! It sounded as if the fabric of time itself was being ripped
asunder. Our momentary fear was replaced by joy and a scramble for the cameras.
A whale had breached astern of us! It hung around for a few minutes, spraying
up a plume of water, before disappearing into the depths.</div>
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Another night of calm followed with the hint of a breeze
astern. We continued to trickle along and the sailing was pleasant enough, but
our time constraints were starting to chaff and it robbed some of the
enjoyment. We were now down to 35 S and awaiting the westerlies. The air at
sunset was filled with a pungent smell, not quiet guano or blood, but with a
definite metallic tang. It smelt like some summer nights in Jo’burg before a
storm. I remembered my mother calling it ‘ozone’ years before learning of CFC
and the hole in the ozone layer. I checked our dictionary and although I was
always taught that oxygen is colourless and odourless apparently ozone is '<i>a form
of oxygen with a pungent odour!'</i> So,
there is a bit of ozone to be found unhindered in the southern ocean. This
smell haunted our next few dawns and sunsets. <br />
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We sailed on, rarely doing more than 4 knots, but then the
barometer started dropping slowly. The west wind suddenly kicked in and because
the seas were virtually flat we were soaring along, doing 7,8, 9 and 10 knots
without deviating from our course. We reefed down accordingly, erring on the
side of caution. Travelling now was very comfortable and warm. Our brilliant
runs continued, but the barometer was still dropping, too. We were nearing
Tristan de Cunha and our ETA for Inaccessible island (aptly named) was 2130,
but arrival would be risky at night. There was a bright new moon, but it was staring
to cloud over, so visibility might be impaired. Pete decided to drop the sails,
to reduce our speed so that we could delay our arrival until 0400 and sunrise,
but although we had no sail up and only the windage of the sail catcher we were
still doing more than five knots. The seas were on the beam again bashing
‘Oryx’. My fear factor began
percolating as the seas built and I implored Pete to put the drogue out. We did
so in the early evening and we continued to drift downwind towards Inaccessible
island. <br />
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The wind continued to pick up until a force eight gale was
blowing. It was fairly comfortable on board, although we did slew around once
which somehow loosened a retrieval rope for the drogue and that eventually
fowled the prop, but in the meantime we bunkered down in the raging sea and
wind. Our flock of albatross now included a sooty albatross. They were joined
by Shearwaters and some beautiful terns. The phosphorescence outlined the
drogue and highlighted our churning wake. Heavy rain beat a comfortable tattoo
throughout our watches. (Pete had fixed the leak in the dome.)</div>
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Saturday dawned and the wind had shifted from the NW to SW,
we were now off Inaccessible Island,
heading NE towards Tristan and Edinburgh, with the seas were still
raging, so we could do nothing but sit it out. The birds in this area abound.
The day brought some sunshine and a rise in the barometer, so our hopes became
buoyant. The barometer continued to rise, but the waves were now 3 to 4 metres
high and were sometimes the tops were breaking into the cockpit. This is a rare
occurrence, as ‘Oryx’ is a very dry boat, but one rogue managed to reach as far
as our big picture window and the door, with the smallest amount of seepage.
Tristan was now abeam and we sailed blithely by on the tail of the gale.</div>
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By the next morning Tristan was astern, the waves were down
to 3m and subsiding. We retrieved the drogue, after clearing the prop. It had
saved our bacon for 41 mammoth hours and we only found one damaged cone. We had
already abandoned any thoughts of beating back to Tristan, as the anchorage is
what Pete calls a ‘roadstead’ and we had no idea when we’d be able to get
ashore. Pete has sailed this route six times and has only managed to get ashore
once. By now we knew we were running out of time to call at Gough and so
continued on towards Cape Town.</div>
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December was at hand with a record high for our barometer (1031).
It was overcast with light winds initially and Pete spotted yet another whale,
a mere boat’s length away. So close that Pete could count its barnacles!</div>
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The rest of the trip, until we neared Cape Town was pure
Disney. If you can picture Pete on the foredeck in a tuxedo with a pink bow tie
playing a cello and serenading me with the theme from ‘An American Dream’….</div>
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“<i>I will show you the world….shining, shimmering magic…
something something something…magic carpet ride” </i>you will get a rough idea
how good it was! The motion on ‘Oryx’ with the wind astern is blissfully like
the envisaged magic carpet ride. </div>
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On my daughter’s birthday ‘Oryx’ had her record run of
170nm. The only problem with sailing directly downwind is that when surfing the
waves the sails sometimes gybe. This happened when we were doing 12.3 knots,
but fortunately there was no damage. The moon was now full and we had a silver
swath to follow by night and on the sixth the cloud gave way to sunshine and we
followed the golden highway by day. We cracked the 1000nm (to go) followed by
the Greenwich Meridian a few hours later (west becomes east) We had a big
celebratory meal ending with a pudding (the last steamed pudding from England,
slightly rusty). We also toasted our passage as halfway day had happened
without fanfare in the midst of the second gale.</div>
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As I read my notes the days just continued to improve. I
awoke time after time to ‘Oryx’ gurgling and on the 9<sup>th</sup> of December
I was admiring the multifaceted blues of the seas overlaid with white lace when
I noticed that the sea seems to have streaks of mud. Mildly alarmed I checked
the echo sounder. We were in fathomless waters. I had just decided the
discolouration could be blood when I saw two sharks captured for posterity in
my mind, like mosquitoes in resin. Somehow the sunshine illuminated the wave
and there they were, bearing down on our fishing lure. I have never seen sharks
at sea, except for snorkelling off Tobago, when a very timid one swam below me.
The albatross troupe had grown to 8, and along with 2 Shoemakers and a small
lbj who were soaring astern. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lean cuisine.</td></tr>
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One the same day I saw my first dolphins and the distant
spume of another whale. Pete had spotted 5 whales and this was my third! This
was better than Disney – it was Pixar and beyond, but the best was that it was
reality with a capital R.</div>
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As we neared the Cape the wind took a brief holiday again.
The night was beautiful and there were some ships about, but we were growing
impatient, itching to get there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Becalmed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final morning at sea.</td></tr>
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There were a few squalls, which caused the
seas to build up; on Friday the 12<sup>th</sup> we spotted land. It was very hazy, but our first view was of
the Twelve Apostles. We were heading for Hout Bay, but Pete asked me to try get
a weather forecast. The wind was blowing in a southeasterly direction, which
didn’t bode well for Hout Bay. True enough; once we accessed Accuweather the
southeaster was due to continue gathering strength. We changed course and set
off for Granger Bay off the Waterfront in Cape Town, which is sheltered from
the southeast. The sun was just beginning to dip into the sea. We had donned
our fowl weather gear and with Pete at the helm, ‘Oryx’ was exceeding all expectations.
She regularly made double digits and the sail was thrilling. The water colour
was a bottle green and the temperature was icy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Land ahoy!</td></tr>
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Suddenly the sea was teaming with small dolphins. They are
grey with a definitive white stripe and they were torpedoing past us. Pete took
some pictures and then I grabbed my small waterproof camera and set off to
nestle behind ‘Crake’ on the foredeck, whilst I admired the dolphins. ‘Oryx’
bows were sending spumes of spray into the air and the experience was
thrilling. Another Atlantic high, followed soon after by a low. As I made my
way back to the cockpit, I slipped the camera into my pocket and gingerly
crawled back clinging on for dear life. Just before reaching the safety of the
cockpit I heard a sickening sound… kerplunk and splosh. Somehow my camera had
made its way out of a fairly deep pocket and without much ado fell into the
swirling seas, taking most of our (unsaved) photos with it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heavy side dolphin matching and exceeding our 12 knots.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailing north from Hout Bay.</td></tr>
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We anchored in the dark in Granger Bay with the monstrous
football stadium detracting from the view. My night vision is shocking, and I
was still mourning the loss of the camera so I wasn’t a happy camper, but we
had a late dinner and turned in. We had
taken 36 days to travel 3734 miles!We still had 2 tomatoes, several potatoes, peppers, carrots and onions and about 6 oranges, all without refrigeration!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Table 'top' mountain...</td></tr>
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The next morning the sun was shining, Table Mountain was
sporting variations of her tablecloth and the sports stadium no longer looked
like the architecture of Auswitz. (Not completely, but Moses Mobida is far
nicer.) After breakfast we duly went ashore, leaving ‘Crake’ at the small
powerboat club, after getting their permission. We then tramped across country
to where customs and immigration used to be. There we found two dudes relaxing
in the sun and an unattended office. When we asked them where the customs
officials were they replied:</div>
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“It’s us,
man.” But then told us the office was closed and that we had to return on
Monday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clock Tower</td></tr>
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We walked back to the Waterfront, browsed around, and had a
fish and chips lunch and beer in commiseration for having to miss ‘Snoekies’
and ‘On the Rocks’ in Hout Bay. I should have learned my lesson in Buenos
Aires, when we walked from the Yacht Club Argentina in Centro to La Boca (several miles) to clear customs, wearing
smart shoes, but needless to say I didn’t and I am still sporting the blisters
acquired walking miles in Cape Town. Vanity gave way to bandages; plasters and
violent purple Crocs, which I’m sure didn’t go well with some of the punters at
the Waterfront.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Spirit of Victoria" "Mollymawks'" sister ship.</td></tr>
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Fortunately Pete is a stickler for towing the line and
decided that we needed to stay on board ‘Oryx’ on Sunday, as he was yet to
clear in.</div>
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We were just admiring the view and cracking the beers to
accompany our lunch, which an RIB approached. It was the South African Border
Police and although I felt sorry for Pete at times, I also remembered my
experiences with the UK Border Agency. The RIB contained several policeman and
the main honcho was a blustery, officious typical South African sporting an XY
overabundance of testosterone. (Sorry Vic!) While his navvies circled the boat
he threw out questions. He wanted Pete’s skipper’s license – the UK don’t have
skipper’s license, he wanted our survey details – we thought we didn’t have
one, but in the end the SSR registration sufficed. The killer was:</div>
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“Do you have
a life raft?” SAP</div>
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“No.” Pete</div>
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“Why not?”
SAP</div>
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“I don’t
believe in them.” Pete.</div>
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By this time I was cringing in horror – that was a bit like
telling an Imam that you don’t believe in Allah whilst visiting Saudi Arabia!.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Motoring to the RCYC.</td></tr>
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After a few attempts the guy came on board and soon morphed
into the most helpful person imaginable. The ‘quayside’ cops scenario
continued, but he was friendliness itself. He listened to our story, took
photos of our passports, went to fetch customs and immigration who then added
flavour to the mix by wanting both Pete and I to accompany them to their
office, but without leaving ‘Oryx’ unattended.??? In the end they took Pete to
the Royal Cape Yacht Club, found ‘Oryx’ a spot and we duly motored over. Once
we were tied up this policemen then drove us to the new customs and immigration
building (above and beyond the call of duty), where we cleared in, and then offered to take us
shopping before returning to the yacht club.</div>
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manager. The person left in charge of the RCYC on the Sunday afternoon was the
bar manager and in his wisdom had told Pete to tie up to the jetty under the
crane. The marina manager had a big charter catamaran to launch and one to haul
out and the wind speed was increasing by the minute. After he listened to
Pete’s side of the story he found us another temporary spot, but the crux of
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Oryx left Bom Abrigo on the wings of a front and had a swift run to our next anchorage off Praia Arpoador near Paranapua. We arrived in the early hours of the morning, the clouds were blotting out the stars and the darkness was profound. We had a warm drink and turned in. Daylight found us confronted by huge verdant cliffs with little sign of habitation. Astern were some small islands with a myriad of fishing boats sheltering from the front. We enjoyed the respite from the front and rode out the storm, before heading further north east.</div>
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Discussing Santos with other yachties, we decided to forego
anchoring off the town itself, as there had been reports of robberies.
Apparently the anchorage is near a favella and we didn’t want to spoil our good
memories of Brazil, by taking a risk. Instead we headed for anchorages beyond
the town. I have fond memories of Guaruja and Santos. When I met Pete some
seven years ago in London, he was repairing ‘Pelican’s’ mast and was changing
her to junk rig at a boat yard called Pier 26 in Guaruja, Santos. I flew into
San Paulo to join Pete some months later and my first impression of Brazil,
from the air was a lush green land with many great rivers feeding into the sea.
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Once the repairs and changes were done, we relaunched ‘Pelican’ and my first sail was from Guaruja to Ihla Bela. This time we stopped at far more anchorages. From Enseado do Santo Amaro Guaruja was visible in the distance. My initial sail with Pete is a distant memory now, but I do remember that Pete was sick with the flu and left me at the helm. A small squall came through and ‘Pelican’ gybed and the mizzen caught me squarely on the bridge of my nose, knocking my specs askew – so my first lesson was <i>duck or grouse!</i> I then called Pete unnecessarily, after having checked the charts. I was convinced we were near to land, as there was a church lit up with what seemed to be hundreds of lights. It was a fishing boat!</div>
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On this previous occasion we anchored on the southern side of Ilha de Sao Sebastiao or Ihla Bela (as its popularly known) and my first and lasting impression was of a densely forested, sparsely populated island that rose above ‘Pelican’ majestically. We swam off the boat and that was yet another new experience for me.<br />
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The water was clear and balmy and seemed infinitely deep. Sipping away at a sundowner in the cockpit, I heard the jungle bombilating for the first time and listened in amazement. It sounded so unearthly that it conjured up images of aliens. Apparently these <i>aliens </i>are merely cousins to the cicada, but the sound still makes me catch my breath in surprise.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The surrounding topography was breathtakingly beautiful as usual. Brazil evokes emotions that tumble about – the country is a stammer of b’s leaving me bewildered, bedazzled, bewitched and befuddled. Prior to Ilha Bela we wanted to visit the town of Sao Sebastian and anchored in a bay lined with fairly opulent homes that are part of a condominium. The beach is public and although the community is gated, there is a public access road to the beach. We set off looking for a bus stop and found ourselves lost amongst the enclave’s cul de sacs. We asked a nearby motorist, who promptly invited us into his car and drove us to the centre of Sao Sebastian. Again our communication skills hampered a more meaningful exchange, but we thanked him profusely.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The town is a major oil depot and it was striking to see the colossal ships vying with yachts and fishing boats against the magnificent backdrop of mountains. We strolled around the historic town, did some shopping, basked in the sunshine as we picnicked and then caught the bus back to Praia do Gueca.<br />
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Pete spotted a handy garage near a small beach and on the following day we sailed to Praia Preto, which is also conveniently near the centre. I minded ‘Crake’ whilst Pete topped up our diesel and cooking alcohol. Two elderly fishermen landed with their small motorboat in the surf and were shocked when I offered them a hand. They politely declined and then hauled the boat with practised skill onto a nearby trailer, whilst I watched.</div>
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The high island affects the winds in the channel and one information board called the area Brazil’s<i> Bermuda Triangle, </i>in addition to the acceleration zone of the wind, there are strong currents and apparently the area is prone to magnetic anomalies all of which has caused hundreds of shipwrecks around the area, which of course makes the diving great.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We sailed onto Vila Ilha Bela, the main town on the island, and anchored near the yacht club. The next morning we set out early to do some shopping, but then were enchanted by the number of trails available. Ilha Bela caters to cruise ships and there are many small boutiques, art galleries and plush restaurants.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Unfortunately the information was misleading and we’d already walked for an hour before we found the start of the trail, high up in the foothills, surrounded by a luxury condominium. The sun was beating down and as we hadn’t thought to bring water, so we postponed the hike to some distant future date, or our bucket list. We walked back down the hillside admiring the splendid views of the bay. We picnicked on a lovely beach and headed back to ‘Oryx’.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The days were growing progressively warmer and on the weekends people and boats were becoming more numerous as everyone headed for the beaches or the shoals, basking in the sunlight.<br />
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Sailing from Jabaquera on Ilha Bela towards the mainland and Tabatinga we met a young man who introduced himself as ‘Bob’. He was sailing a Laser like dinghy and pulled up alongside us. He managed to keep up easily with ‘Oryx’ and he asked for some water as he’d been sailing all day. As the breeze picked up he managed to sail rings around us. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Praia Lazaro.</span></b></u></span></div>
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We were keeping an eye on the forecast and had decided to head for Rio with the next front. Pete went ashore to stock up for the short passage at a place called Lazaro.<br />
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I stayed on board tidying up. Pete had no sooner left, than the wind started pumping. I went on deck in alarm, but although ‘Oryx’ and her neighbouring powerboats were dancing around there was no evidence of our anchor dragging. More alarmingly there was no sign of ‘Crake’ on the beach. Pete had walked across the narrow isthmus and when he returned with the shopping, he found ‘Crake’ at the top of the beach with nasty cracks in the hull. The oars had been locked in, yet one was broken. A gust must’ve lifted her and the dashed her upon a rock. A subdued Pete rowed back to ‘Oryx’ in a badly leaking ’Crake’, with the groceries afloat. The front had arrived. It was time to head north to Rio. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Passage to Rio de Janeiro.</u></b></span><br />
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We sailed rapidly past Ihla Anchieta and then just as suddenly as the wind had started, it switched off. We drifted aimlessly on the current, awaiting the return of the south wind. I fretted a bit about ‘Crake’s’ unseaworthiness, as we have no life raft, but then I don’t think I’d happily leave the safety of ‘Oryx’ for ‘Crake’ in stormy seas either. I consoled myself that the water is warm; we had life jackets, a flotation device and a pool noodle. <o:p></o:p></div>
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By nightfall a light breeze had filled in and by midnight our cool friend the south wind had returned and we zoomed along with the wind astern. There were thunderstorms overnight, but none too close and the wind remained steady the next day. Because we were sailing well, we decided to trail a line and just before noon we caught a magnificent Bonito! I duly took the photograph and then retreated below, whilst Pete did the cleaning. He threw the lure back into the sea to rinse it and low and behold we caught another Bonito, almost identical in size. Guess what we ate for a couple of days?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Rio de Janeiro!</u></b></span><br />
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The seas off Ipanema and Copacabana were huge, but we sailed blithely by only running out of wind as we rounded Sugarloaf. We anchored just before dark off Urca. The next two days were cold and wet, so Pete was unable to repair the dinghy and we were stuck on board. Fortunately the fine weather returned and we had ‘Crake’ repaired and ready to use by the Saturday, the day before my son was due to arrive.<br />
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We visited the port captain and had a picnic in the park overlooking Marina Gloria. This park is notorious for muggings by night, but in the daytime is filled with people jogging, cycling, practising their balletic capoeira or just strolling by enjoying the sunshine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After lunch we visited the Rio Modern Art Gallery. As we walked around I was surprised to see that the exhibition was restricted to adults, until I saw some of the exhibits. The exhibition was of warfare and strife, past and present and included exhibits depicting Apartheid and South Africa, The Disappeared in Argentina and the Palestinian Issue to name but a few. As I walked around I felt as if my eyes were forcing back a spillage of beer – the unshed tears were acrid and bitter. Seldom has an exhibition moved me this much. It was raw and evocative.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday dawned filled with sunshine and excitement. We motor sailed to Flamengo beach and Pete rowed me ashore, but there were fairly big breakers, so I ask Pete to return to Urca, as I was worried about getting Dylan and his luggage aboard without a spill. As I was walked to Santos Dumont Airport I glanced back and saw ‘Oryx’ sailing! It felt both exciting and surreal.<br />
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Dylan arrived without much ado and after a slight skirmish with an opportunistic taxi driver we took a yellow, metered cab to Urca.<br />
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I won’t give you a blow-by-blow account of Dylan’s holiday except to say that it was one of the highlights of my year. It was great to have him on board and I think he left feeling more relaxed and slightly smitten with Brazil.<br />
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His sailing experiences were varied, as you’ll see in the photographs and he had a bit of sea sickness and a lot of ‘land sickness’ as he calls that swaying, slightly inebriated feeling one has after some time on a boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surfing off Arpoador with Ipanema and Leblon in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vying for waves, Dylan's board is highly visible.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arpoador is always crowded and they give surf lessons there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coco Gelado para me e Antartica para me filho.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copacabana was a millpond, so Dylan adapted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailing past Ipanema, note the favella.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Ilha Grande.</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Dylan's surfing safari: Ihla Grande.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dylan surfs Lopes Mendes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the crowds of Arpoador to the solitude of Lopes Mendes.</td></tr>
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Pete did as much as the weather allowed to give Dylan the full surfing safari. We introduced him to Coco Verde and Caiparinhas, but mostly we just relaxed. It was great. The two weeks flew by.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Aventuria.</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Vila do Abraao.</u></b></span><br />
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Unfortunately, although the Ilha Grande area is perfect for cruising, with many sheltered coves, the wind is less reliable and we were forced to use the engine to meet the time constraints. On one occasion the engine overheated and Pete adjusted the fan belt, thinking that was the problem. Fortunately there was a good breeze to carry us to Mangaratiba, where Dylan was to catch the bus back to Rio. That same breeze chose to blow like crazy, just after Dylan was ashore and consequently I couldn’t get ashore to say ‘goodbye’. To add insult to injury, my Tobago baseball cap blew away as I sat on the foredeck, watching and waving!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete rows out the second anchor which he then drops and we pull ourselves out of the anchorages, inch by inch - kedging.</td></tr>
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For two days we worked with the tides, Pete removing the drive leg and changing the oil seal, whilst I scrubbed the bottom. He managed to change the seal on one tide, although he was no longer convinced it was the problem, he also changed the seawater impeller and fortunately the engine seems fine. We met a charming couple – Barry and Sue Fuller on a boat called ‘Crazy Diamond’ and finally managed to swap some books again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Paraty Mirim has as many churches as it has bars - catering to all spiritual needs. It also has a small Brazil Indian community, although most of the teenage boys have hennaed their hair as an attempt at diguise. There is a very regular bus service to nearby Paraty.<br />
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We loved the village of Trinidade anchoring first off the town and then off the beach where we had picnicked. There is a spectacular natural pool, access to which is restricted in peak season. ( in order to control the numbers, one has to buy a permit).We decided to row over and tie up, but there was nowhere to tie up safely, so we rowed into the pool itself and tied up to a mangrove. The pool is so big that the small motorboat ferry also came right in!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We called on many remote anchorages en route to Ubatuba. In Ubatuba we set off looking for the city centre, but unfortunately we took the motorists route and although we saw much of the suburbs of Ubatuba, we never found the historic centre. The suburbs looked remarkably like Mar del Plata, in Argentina! We stocked up with supplies and the following morning set off for Ilha Anchieta where we spent a couple of lovely days.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Once again the island is a reserve and is affiliated with the University of Sao Paulo. It has four short trails, through the jungle to various beaches or viewpoints. We took our picnic and did them in one day. There is also a diving trail run by the university and according to one of the conservation officers there are hundreds of varieties of fish in view, including some species of shark, Paddy! The island is name after the Jesuit priest Jose de Anchieta who was well known and well loved for his work amongst the Brazil Indians. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The island has been inhabited for many centuries. In the 1550’s the early explorers found the Tupinamba Indians living here. In 1803 the Portuguese kept a military detachment on the island and then two years later the British set up a naval station in an attempt to intercept and hunt down slave ships. In 1902 the Brazilians built a correctional colony at Porto de Palmas, which was deactivated in 1914. For a while a few fishermen and some Russian immigrants only inhabited the island, but in 1928 it was reopened as the first maximum-security prison in the Sao Paulo State. Finally it was deactivated in 1955 after a huge revolt, which cost the lives of some 400 men.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The continual flux of people had decimated the island’s vegetation and there was virtually no wildlife, but in 1977 it was declared a State National Park and today there is an abundance of vegetation, many birds and butterflies and capybaras and coatis. On the eastern side of the island is a submerged statue of Jacques Cousteau, commissioned by a joint French, British and German campaign. Apparently the diving is superb. We didn’t manage to anchor there, as the anchorage is exposed to the east and the wind was blowing from the east during our visit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We slowly meandered back towards Rio de Janeiro state stopping at some glorious spots on the way. One of my favourites was Saco de Velha where there were a couple of bars and crystal clear water. By day a few tripper boats from Paraty called, but by night all was still and we had the little bay to ourselves.<br />
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We headed to Paraty for my birthday, calling into various coves along the way. We sounded the bay where famous Brazilian sailor Amyr Klink has his home. In the bay off Paraty he has built a marina, with his huge new yacht Paraty III is moored. It is an aluminium, aero rig schooner, and icebreaker!<o:p></o:p><br />
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Paraty is one of Brazil’s showcase colonial towns. The setting is exquisite once again with the Atlantic rainforest encroaching on the bay, with distant blue mountains and countless small islands offshore. In the foreground are vibrantly coloured tripper boats of all shapes and sizes. The historic centre of Paraty is cordoned off and no cars are allowed and instead of the ubiquitous topless bus tours, the town offers the horse drawn equivalent. The cobbled streets are irregular and the main drag often floods at high tide. We set off for the fort, which, while affording great views is not as fine a fort as the others we have seen. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Paraty was a sleepy hollow inhabited only by Guianas Indians when the Portuguese arrived, but in the 17<sup>th</sup> century gold was found in the state of Minas Gerais and Paraty became the easiest access to the sea, as it was the only place where the majestic Serra do Mar could be scaled. As gold poured in from the interior Paraty became a bustling port, and the wealthy built fine homes and churches, but in 1720 a new road from Rio scuppered Paraty’s progress and the town experienced an economic decline until a brief coffee boom breathed life into the town, once more. These days Paraty is an icon of Brazilian Colonial towns and the main business is tourism. There is even a four-day hike through the forest and mountains on the old trail.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We had read about an excursion to a natural waterslide in the Lonely Planet and on my birthday we picked up a couple of Subways to add variety to our picnics and caught the bus to Cachoeira Toboga, featured in a film called ‘The Emerald Forest”. We explored the area, swimming in the cool waterfall pools and then had our picnic. Pete braved the slide, whilst I watched. The water level wasn’t optimal, but it was fun anyway. We then tottered over the suspension bridge and visited the aptly named ‘Bar do Tarzan’, where we enjoyed a traditional lime Caiparinha. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We returned to ‘Oryx’ in the late afternoon and hastily sailed across the bay to join ‘Cristalino’ whom we had finally met. Our flight wasn’t only to join our friends, but to escape the volume of the music – there was a three-day fiesta in Paraty that weekend. Pete donned his chef’s hat and we cracked open a bottle of fine Argentinean sparkling wine and had a fine meal. The next evening we were invited to join Wagner, Fabi and their little son Otto for sundowners. We had a lovely time and as the evening progressed Otto started to practise his English. He is five years old and is delightful. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tie up alongside this restaurant on Ilha Comprida.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Oryx' put her nose into this cove adjacent to Ilha Comprida.</td></tr>
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As mentioned above there are many fine homes in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro States, showing the disparity between the rich and the poor. Often the homes are weekend retreats or in some cases holiday homes that are only used for a couple of weeks per year.<br />
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Time was slipping away and we set off early the next morning. There are many fresh water springs in the area, but Brazil is experiencing a rare drought and often the springs had dried up. We continued to island hop and at times it does seem as if there could be 365 islands around Ihla Grande. I firmly believed the tourist information, until we read something similar about waterfalls on Ihla Bela!<br />
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We sailed from cove to cove on Ihla Gipoia visiting an anchorage called Praia da Dentista, where in mid summer as many as 300 powerboats anchor for the day in the small bay. It was quieter on our visit, but not much. The bay is sheltered with clear water and a fine beach. There are two floating bars, but I couldn’t quite see why it was more appealing than beaches and we wondered if the name <i>dentista </i>came about because the plethora of powerboats look like molars scattered about. For the size of Brazil’s coastline, there aren’t that many boats, but it is strange to see how the powerboats congregate in one area and the yachts in another.<br />
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We then returned to explore the western side of Ihla Grande and met up with Barry and Sue Fuller on ‘Crazy Diamond’ again. The first heat wave of the season had arrived and we cooled off with a swim and a scrubbing of the waterline. We rowed over to ‘Crazy Diamond’ and invited them for a meal, before going onto the beach where the restaurant makes the most divine Caiparinhas. This time we diverted from the norm and tried the maracuja (granadilla / passion fruit) one. <o:p></o:p><br />
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When we initially had engine problems Pete contacted Teresa Zanetti the Royal Cruising Club’s overseas representative who provided him with details of the marina at Bracuhy, so when we returned to the area we arranged to meet. Although they are busy renovating an apartment Teresa and her husband Assis made time to come for a sail with us. We anchored off an island called Ihla Cunhambebe that is a nightclub in season and has raves that can be heard all night long in Bracuhy Marina. To add insult to injury motorboats go to and fro at all hours.<br />
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The area around Frade and Bracuhy is called Cunhambebe after a chief of the Bracuhy Brazil Indians and there is still an Indian village on the flanks of the mountains. Frade itself is a small town named after the tallest peak in the area, which is visible for miles on a clear day. There are two other islands of interest in the bay; one is called ‘Donkey Island’ because for years there was a donkey on the island. Nobody knew how he got there, although there was a tale about someone tying two barrels around him and floating him to the island! Fairly near the Bracuhy river is ‘Snake Island’ where poisonous snakes were set free and now scientists come to milk them of their venom!<o:p></o:p><br />
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The wind was very light, but we did manage a leisurely sail. We had lunch on board ‘Oryx’ and then returned to Bracuhy Marina, to tie up alongside Assis and Teresa’s catamaran called ‘Crac a toa’, a 46’ Kurt Hughes design. We went on board for a cappuccino and admired the fine carpentry. Their boat is spacious and beautifully fitted out, although Teresa prefers our galley. They gave Pete the ultimate compliment by saying that ‘Oryx’ is cosy! He had aspired to Mick cooper’s challenge to build a boat as cosy below as ‘Pelican’. Their boat’s name is a play on the volcano’s name, but crac has the colloquial connotation of relaxing or being like a barnacle! We love meeting with Brazilians as they always have so interesting and enable us to gain a sliver of insight into the Brazilian mind.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The area has grown exponentially due to the oil industry and the nearby nuclear power plants. In the seventies a short sighted, slightly demented Brazil built a nuclear power station in this area of outstanding beauty. It is a fairly attractive orb, but soon a second and third followed and there is talk of a fourth. The second and third power stations look like Auswitz. According to Assis and Teresa these power stations provide a minute percentage of the power in Brazil, so why oh why build yet another? <o:p></o:p></div>
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We anchored for lunch off two little islets that lie between Angra and Ilha Grande. They are little more than some strewn rocks, each with a topknot of palm trees and an abundance of greenery. It is a favourite snorkelling site, so we donned our equipment and went snorkelling. At first all I saw in the clear green water was the sandy bottom and the black spots in my field of vision. We swam towards the reefs. Soon some rocks and a solitary starfish appeared, following by small clouds of colourful fish. As I approached the reefs the numbers and varieties swelled and there was even an assortment of pink coral struggling to survive the order and progress of a modern Brazil. The fish of the day was greyish black and crept along the bottom. It seemed to sport a pair of wings and some short leg like fins. Could this be a little cousin to the Coelacanth or is it merely a mutation caused by some radiation from the neighbouring nuclear power stations?<o:p></o:p><br />
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These latter days in Brazil, I seem to be dragging about an albatross of suadade, or the unbearable longing to remain. The sun is shining, the people are smiling, the water is clear and warm and although I’m going home for Christmas to see my children, my brothers, my granddaughter and my friends, I still feel sad. I have no doubt that I will return to South America, but I hope I won’t find it changed for the worse with too much order and progress.<br />
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Yes, the Amazon and the Mata Atlantic belong to Brazil, but I hope Brazil proves to be a responsible custodian of the earth’s faltering lungs, so this is a plea to the politicians – please don’t Zuma your country. The people have entrusted their well being to you for a period, this doesn’t give you the right to abuse their habitat or fill your pockets, at their expense. You cannot change the world in five years, but you can go down in history as someone who gave back to the world. Replant the Brazil trees that gave your land the name. Make more Tijuca Forests from coffee plantations. Yours is a paradise, please preserve it so that my granddaughter can stand and admire it in awe, as my son did. Obrigada!<o:p></o:p><br />
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As we sail around exploring the coastline of Brazil we often
discuss our favourite places. It is ridiculous to even attempt to try and find
a single spot that outshines the others and after experiencing the breathtaking
scenery of Santa Catarina we weren’t expecting this to be outdone, but as we
sailed further north we left behind the colder Falkland current and of course
my old adversary, winter, was waning although it was still mid July. However, I
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Oryx' off Guaraquecaba.</td></tr>
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Once again the verdant, forested mountains
sweep down to the Atlantic shores.<br />
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There are sheltered bays teeming with Boto
dolphins. There are flocks of scarlet ibis and all manner of parrots and
seabirds. Much of the coast has been designated national park status. The state
seems under populated, which is always a plus in our book. And they have one of
Brazil’s most stunning features – Iguazu Falls. We didn’t visit on this occasion, but I will include a photo taken from the Brazil side, when we sailed to Asuncion from B.A. on ‘Pelican’, a few years ago.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Parana State.</u></b></span><br />
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Parana State seceded from Sao Paulo in 1853 and is
apparently always compared to its big brother in the north. The ancestry of the
immigrant peoples of Parana are of German, Ukrainian, Italian and Polish stock
and established small family run farms made prosperous by hard work. There was
a brief gold rush in the area in the 17<sup>th</sup> century, but luckily, I
think, there was more gold to be found in Ouro Preto in Minas Gerais State.
Parana State boasts that they have a high standard of living, high standard of
education and high level of productivity.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Guaratuba.</u></b></span><br />
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Our first stop in Parana State was the small town of
Guaratuba. The Chagarain Brasil Indians who speak a language similar to the
Tupi had inhabited this area for thousands of years. The village of what is now
Guaratuba was founded in 1770, when the governor of Sao Paulo wanted to develop
the bay.<br />
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Entering into the bay was thrilling. Pete had consulted the
charts, as always and although the depth was not an issue the strong current
was, so we sailed in on a rising tide. The seas were quite big and at times we
had breaking waves in either side, albeit in the distance. I gave a little sigh
of relief as we anchored off the town amidst the myriad of fishing and tripper
boats. The anchorage proved interesting too, as the current whirled and eddied
around ‘Oryx’ spinning her around at times. We spent the night and visited the
town the next morning, finding the tail end of yet another Tainha festival.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely restaurant vie with each other on the front at Guaratuba.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tourist information building by night.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u><span id="goog_937383161"></span><span id="goog_937383162"></span>Ihla do Araca.</u></b></span><br />
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explored the small islands in the bay and anchored off a small marina for
lunch, then ventured further up a river and found the first of the scarlet ibis
flocks. At low water as the mangroves receded, the mud flats were filled with foraging
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Leaving Guaratuba bay proved equally tricky and at one stage
I retreated below in denial, as the waves crashed around. I was no sooner below
when a fishing boat went by, waving to Pete to turn around, but our intrepid
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Ihla do Mel.</u></b></span><br />
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Next stop was Ilha do Mel, which we visited twice to enable
us to explore both sides of the lopsided infinity shaped island. First stop was
the anchorage near the lighthouse in Enseado dos Conchas. Ihla do Mel lies at
the mouth of the bay of Paranagua and has become a pristine and picturesque
beach resort.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Oryx' anchored off Ihla do Mel.</td></tr>
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In 1975 it was declared an ecological reserve and although it is
now teaming with tourists, there are no cars on the island and most of the
activities include the appreciation of nature. We had anchored over a local’s
fishing net inadvertently and we were barely awake when he came calling.
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lighthouse at the entrance to the bay and then explored the villages with their
quaint and curiously beautiful pousadas and headed off for the well restored
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On our return a number of weeks later we anchored on the west coast and
set out for the more deserted beaches across the narrow isthmus with it’s
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading past Ilha do Mel to Paranagua.</td></tr>
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From Enseado das Conchas we sailed past the fortress to the
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Ihla das Pecas.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Village on Ilha das Pecas.</td></tr>
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We arrived in the late afternoon and many
powerboats were anchored off the beach, but as the light receded the powerboats
left and the fishermen returned, so that ‘Oryx’ was a lone visitor to the
fishing village. Sunday morning we went ashore and wandered amongst the simple
homes. All was quiet and we found a home proudly displaying trophies on their
stoop dating back to 2002. Apparently petty crime is not a problem amongst the
people of the village, I felt a sense of pride in the Brazilians and then a sense
of sadness that the same sense of community has been obliterated in South
Africa. <br />
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We had started seeing Boto dolphins off Sao Francisco and
had noted their mildly tinged pink bellies. These delightful creatures became
our daily companions for weeks on end, only disappearing when we neared the
bigger towns. After we left Ihla das Pecas we watched them frolic around the
bow. The wind was light and we had lunch underway as we slowly sneaked up on
‘Mollymawk’, in their new hideout. The sun was baking down and the distant
mountains were a hazy blue. Perhaps the idyll made us loath to switch on the
engine and for once Aeolus came through. Shortly after lunch the wind picked up
and soon we were flying towards Guaraquecaba and ‘Mollymawk’. Of course they
spotted us from a distance, but it didn’t detract from the pleasure of sailing
into the anchorage amidst what seemed to be hoots and cheers. Of course Poppy
joined in with a few barks, but even this didn’t deter the small flotilla of
dolphins.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boto dolphins off Guaraquecaba.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Guaraquecaba.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guaraquecaba is one of the most beautiful places in Brazil.</td></tr>
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Guaraquecaba was home to the Tupiniquin and Carijos Indians
when the Spaniard Senabrio landed near Superagui and decided to colonise the
area. A seaman called Hans Staden was shipwrecked in the area in 1578 and gives
a good account of the region and his encounter with the locals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafront at Guaraquecaba.</td></tr>
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The town is
also near the area where Joshua Slocum, perhaps one of the most famous sailors
of all time, lost his boat ‘Adquidneck’ whilst transporting a shipment of wood
and mate tea. He then built the junk rigged sampan ‘Liberdade’ near Guaraquecaba
and the local bar has photographs and framed newspaper clippings of Joshua
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We spent the time socialising and on the 23<span style="font-size: x-small;"> July </span>celebrated ‘Oryx’ second anniversary of her launch. So many miles and so many
experiences in what seems like the blink of an eye. Roxanne baked a spectacular
‘Oryx’ cake, which tasted divine, too. Argentinean bubbly flowed and we had a
great time. We discussed the area near Superagui and the channel leading to
Cananeia with the Schinas family. ‘Mollymawk’s’ draft was prohibitive for the
area, but we were keen to include them in our exploration of the area. We made
tentative plans to return and then headed towards Paranagua to renew our visa.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy birthday Oryx!</td></tr>
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We anchored near the yacht club and they made us very
welcome, but the prefectura felt that we were too much in the main channel and
suggested that we anchor off the old town, which we duly did.<br />
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Paranagua was the first city founded in Parana State in
1648. The docks were built in 1934 and are named after Dom Pedro II. It remains
an important port, exporting soy, corn, cotton and vegetable oils. The
colourful old port sits serenely on the banks of the Rio Itabere, exuding an
air of colonial decadence, reminiscent of Havana. The buildings are beautifully
restored and the urban renewal is an ongoing project. <br />
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Our experience at immigration was interesting. It was fairly
quiet and we were delegated to a stern looking official who blanched when we
apologised for not speaking <i>Brazilian! </i>(Okay, the correct term is
Portuguese, but we had heard locals claiming to speak Brazilian, so we were
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After the hiccough we explained that we’d
like a further 90 days, but from the day that our visa expired, not from the
day we were there. I added that Brazil is too big and too beautiful to see in
90 days and suddenly he was laughing and joking with us, pointing out that we’d
had the date wrong anyway and we could actually gain another two days. He told
us an amusing story (in Portuguese) about a film with Michael Caine and
although we laughed along with him we didn’t really follow what he was saying
and it was yet another occasion that I kicked myself for not studying harder
and learning the language! That trauma over we explored the town and sussed out
the bus times. We were intending to take an inland excursion on our return.</div>
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We sailed downriver towards the small town of Antonina,
spending the night off the Ilhas do Laminan, where one of the houses seem to be
preparing for the next world cup in 2018, by flying several Russian flags! Fifa
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Antonina.</u></b></span><br />
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Antonina was founded around 1797 and was named after Dom
Antonio de Portugal. It was once an important colonial port linked by rail to
the capital of the state, Curitiba, some 75km away, up on the plateau. We
anchored off the yacht club and I was still changing when the first of our
neighbours came to bid Pete welcome. We rowed ashore, much to the amusement of
the marineiro who rushed to take our lines. Most people use the club launch. We
were then welcomed by a friendly member and introduced to the secretary, who
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Beyond the club lay the small town which has a lovely tree
lined front and was in the throes of a Winter Festival and vintage car show,
amongst the usual food, drink and local handicraft stalls. Winter had returned,
briefly, to host the festival.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defunct railway station.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Paranagua revisited.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking downriver at Paranagua.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serra do Mar towers behind a misty Paranagua.</td></tr>
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We tried anchoring near the Porto Marina
Oceano, but although this was not the main channel, it is a popular short cut
and it felt like Piccadilly Circus at rush hour, so we picked up anchor and
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The town was founded in 1721 on the
banks of the Rio Nhundiaquara (don’t you love the names?) and rests on an
emerald green plain at the foot of the Serra do Mar. (Hills of the Sea, maybe
we should change our name?) Much of the town is preserved and was a popular place to live due to its cooler
climate and fresh air it became home to various poets, artists, writers and
wait for it … politicians!<br />
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We strolled around the town and picked up the usual
fixings for a picnic, but as we skirted the restaurants we were tempted to try
the local speciality called <i>barreado,</i> which is an extremely tasty, meaty
stew usually accompanied by cinnamon coated bananas! We had a beer with lunch
and declined the waiter’s offer of the local Cachaca, but at the door was the
usual urn but instead of coffee it seemed to have tea. I helped myself to two,
and imagine my amazement when the tea was a lovely, but fiery Cachaca! And it
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art gallery Morretes.</td></tr>
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On the banks of the river as we finished our Cachaca a
friendly neighbourhood dog was taking an unhealthy interest in what was to be
our picnic. I distracted him with a stick and soon had a friend. We then
wandered into the local art gallery with said dog following. The staff asked if
he was mine and even though I said ‘no’, took some convincing as he wouldn’t
leave without me escorting him and then he waited obediently for our eventual return.
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We had travelled to Morretes by bus, not only to visit yet
another lovely colonial mountain town, but also to take the afternoon weekday
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Essentially the rail link between Curitiba and the coast was
to enable the export of grain. The construction of the 110km line began in
February 1880 and many European engineers thought the project highly
impractical. 9000 immigrant labourers worked on the project along with a score
of engineers and it was inaugurated just five years later. There are thirteen
active tunnels through the mountainsides, as well as thirty bridges and
viaducts, which enable the railway line to soar above the jungle at times. The
highest bridge is 55m high and the Carvalho viaduct, which lies between tunnel
four and five is supported by five mortar pillars embedded into the slopes of
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with a mild sense of trepidation. The trip takes three hours and the children
were already buzzing like bees, but soon they were compartmentalised elsewhere
and apart from a few railway employees, we virtually had the carriage to
ourselves. We eagerly hung out the windows taking photographs and felt a little
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The trip was magnificent. Morretes lies 75km from Curitiba
and the railway lines slice through the imposing mountains, a lasting monument
to engineers of a previous era. The dense Atlantic rainforest is rampant with
greenery and displays amazing examples of symbiosis. At times the varying
shades of green are broken by splashes of colour. The shrub I know as <i>Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow </i>with its purple, lilac and white blossom seemed to be
suspended in midair or draped like an abandoned veil. Timid <i>Fuchsias </i>jingle
their bells proudly amongst the bolder <i>Hibiscus. </i>Palm trees grow in
clumps amongst banana trees and evergreens. We saw a few birds and butterflies,
but only imagined the howl of monkeys and the roar of jaguars as we sped by
with the rhythmic clickity clack. Stephenson is definitely an under sung hero.<br />
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We neared the plateau and the big city of Curitiba as night began to fall. The
city appeared well organised and apparently has a host of sights to be seen,
but it was nighttime and we’d had a full day out, so we simply fell out of the
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We then returned to Guaraquecaba and the ‘Mollymawks’ via
Ilha do Mel. When we met Shirley’s friend Andrea in Sao Antonio de Lisboa he
had extolled the beauty of the area around the national park of Superagui and
we were eager to explore. We knew the area was treacherous, with shoals all around,
but Andrea had provided detailed information and we were gung ho to try. We set
off with the tide at about noon, with ‘Mollymawk’ following in our wake.<br />
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was a little glitch when their fan belt needed replacing, but they displayed
their skill at heaving to and we watched a little enviously, having to tack
back and forth ourselves. We maintained radio contact and kept a beady eye on
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Just into the channel leading towards Ihla Papagaio we
spotted a bevy of scarlet ibis and I eagerly alerted Jill, but a black cloud,
which preceded the next front, was making its presence felt and we no sooner
had donned our sweaters than the squall hit. Pete hastily changed the plan to
anchor off Ihla Papagaio because it was exposed to the south and we anchored in
the lee of the land only to drag a little, so we motored back a bit to the
nearby village and anchored there. We could see ‘Mollymawk’ in the distance,
but for some reason were out of radio range. The squall brought a torrent of
rain, so we hunkered down for the night. The adventure had begun.<br />
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Superagui. Unfortunately Aeolus was playing about again and provided a headwind
going there and then a complete switch off on return. The national park of
Superagui comprises of 4700km of Atlantic rainforest flanked by salt marshes
and mangroves. It acquired World Heritage status in 1999 and is the home of
literally thousands of birds including roseate spoonbills, scarlet ibis and red
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Ilha Papagaio.</u></b></span><br />
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<i></i>We returned to the fabled Ihla Papagaio as the sun
was setting, just in time to see the flocks of parrots returning to roost for
the night. We were delighted to see that they mostly flew in pairs and Roxanne
later informed us that they pair for life and this was probably the reason. She
is an avid biologist and I hope environmentalists benefit from her dedication
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‘Mollymawk’ like most sailors are loath to leave their boat
unattended and so, while Jill and Caesar look after the boat, Nick and Roxanne
joined us early the next morning for the more challenging part of the journey.
I arose at dawn, to witness the parrot phenomenon in reverse. The island was
segregated with Cormorants roosting in the treetops to the south of the island,
their larger volume of guano lime washing the treetops. Their nocturnal cries
were froglike croaks, whilst the parrots to the north were chirping and
squeaking as they greeted the day. Once again they left in pairs. I started
counting and had reached a hundred in fewer than five minutes when a cloud of
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Pete had spent hours converting the track on the chart to
usable waypoints. We knew we would have to motor, and soon the steady thrum of
the engine dwindled into the background. The sun was shining and the progress
was steady. ‘Mollymawks’ tender and her gear bobbed behind ‘Oryx’ as we towed
her along. Soon we passed the infamous Vila Fatima where our friend Brian Kane
on ‘Saoirse Mor’ once ran aground. ‘Oryx’ shoal draft is a definite bonus, but a
local in Guaraquecaba had voiced concern about our beam. We did, briefly, run
aground once, but even in the narrowest section of the canal it seemed wide
enough, although at times Pete’s carefully plotted waypoints threatened a close
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hours on end. Villages were sparse and even the smallest of them sported solar
panels – people are finally using the greatest source of energy efficiently.
Mangroves melted into the jungle and the distant mountains formed a lavish
backdrop. We took turns at steering and stopped for lunch, savouring the
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We stopped for the night off Ihla Cardosa and went ashore to explore.
There are many extensive hiking trails, but the permits are pricey and it was
too late in the day anyway, so we traipsed to the beach and back, before
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nearby waterfall. Nick was the only one to brave the cool water, although
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The second part seemed less
tortuous and soon we were in Sao Paulo State.We anchored alongside ‘Saoirse
Mor’ but Brian was below and the kids don’t find neighbouring boats unusual,
First thing next morning Brian was over inviting all for a breakfast of
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We were finally in Cananeia. Once more our social life flourished for
a few days and we had an impromptu party on board ‘Saoirse Mor’ that night,
Brian whipping up cocktails of vodka and orange for me, whilst everyone else
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With first light Nick and Roxanne started the preparation
for their journey back to the mother ship. They had a favourable wind to begin with, camped on the boat overnight and rowed back to Mollymawk the next day. Their night on the boat was a bit miserable due to rain and mosquitoes, but they did the same distance mostly under oar in very good time.<br />
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Pete was feeling a little under the weather as we explored the streets
of Cananeia. It is a delightful little town founded in 1531 making it one of
the oldest European settlements in Brazil. Most of the old town dates back to
the 16<sup>th</sup> century, although the waterfront near our anchorage gives
way to lavish Paulista (inhabitants of Sao Paulo) homes. Marta had returned and
we invited them for a meal.<br />
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They were keen for us to stay for the fiesta, but a
south wind was forecast and once again we said farewell to old friends to
follow the wind. The bay at Cananeia is another area fraught with shoals and
fierce currents and the departure was challenging once more.<br />
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south wind whistled through early the next morning so we set off towards
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Sailing, sheltering and exploring Santa Catarina State.<br />
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Our time exploring the lovely Brazilian coast around Santa
Catarina State was dominated by football and fishing. I know most Brazilians
were disappointed with the result, but as a visitor I must express my
gratitude. Brazil remains amongst the top football countries and as a host the
Brazilians were superlative. The atmosphere was vibrant and added to the
already enchanting allure of the beautiful Ihla Santa Catarina and surrounds.</div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Brazil is STILL the most successful national team.</div>
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The Tainha fishing season starts in the middle of May and
ended in the middle of July and wherever we went the silvery shades of the
mullet was prevalent, along with the fishermen and their nets. As usual the
Brazilians celebrated with gusto and we cruised from one football infused
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Oryx set sail from Garopaba, our first Santa Catarina town
on a bright sunny day with a following wind. The short sail took us alongside
the coves and cliffs to the southern end of Ihla Catarina were we had sheltered
last year whilst repairing our rudder. This time we anchored on the south side
of Enseada Pinheira at the small town of Pinheira. </div>
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The sun was still shining
and after a few bleak days during our passage from Rio Grande do Sul to
Garopaba, we were dying for a bit of extra vitamin d, so we picked up the
makings for a picnic and set off for the legendary surfing village of Embau do
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Our somewhat dated copy of ‘The Lonely Planet’ describes
Guarda do Embau as <i>virtually unknown outside the surfing community,</i> but
whilst it remains popular with surfers for its splendid left breaks, it has
definitely been discovered. There are many pousadas (family run inns) and
restaurants, but it remains quaint and appealing.</div>
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There is a fair share of
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the beach for a scenic spot to picnic, we were able to watch the locals casting
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After lunch we climbed through the Mata Atlantica (Atlantic
Rain Forest) to the nearby headland. We were delighted by the variety of
beautiful butterflies and once we cleared the forest and climbed the rocky
outcrops of the cliff to look down on the beaches and coves, we spotted a young
hawk in its eerie.</div>
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We decided to try hike along the headland and found the
pristine beach populated by only two others. We pressed on and clambered over
rocks, squeezed through crevices and raced the breakers in places to find our
way to the further headland which provided a style through barb wire fences and
a public pathway through meadows of white cattle, reminiscent of those indolent
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We met a young couple hiking in the
opposite direction and followed their passage through the styles, until we
reached a deserted beach with its ever-ready beach bar. Brazil has beach bars
in the most remote and most beautiful settings, with convenient camping and
facilities, but it was low season so everything was shut, awaiting the weekend
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We made our way across the headland, following the footsteps
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The following day we set sail for the ocean side of Santa
Catarina with its vibrant and varied coastline. This outer rim of Ihla Santa
Catarina has the best surf spots, making it the centre of surfing activity in
Brazil. We sailed amongst a myriad of small islands and then along the eastern
side with its cliff hugging beaches and famous surf spots. Ihla Santa Catarina
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aerial view of Ihla do Campeche.</td></tr>
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We arrived at Ihla do Campeche in the early
afternoon. The anchorage was sparsely occupied by a couple of fishing boats and
a brace of tourists were engaged in an impromptu football match on the beach.
Their white torsos reflected the light and contrasted deeply with that of their
tanned opponents. The Copo del Mondo had begun.</div>
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Pete and I rowed ashore and explored the northern side of
the beach. We made our way through the Mata Atlantica and admired the island of
Santa Catarina from the various vantage points. Across the channel lay the town
of Campeche, which is home to artists and bohemians. The island of Campeche is
an ecological reserve and we explored both ends, but had to turn back before
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" dwarfed by the beautiful mountains of Ihla Santa Catarina.</td></tr>
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The forecast had predicted a front, so we left promptly
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As we rounded the point, we
were accompanied by fishing boats of various sizes and just managed to keep up
with their chugging engines, under sail. We anchored amongst the fleet of the
sheltered village of Pantano do Sul. It lies in a cleft surrounded by mountains
reaching right down to the sea.
Fishermen of Azorean descent still inhabit the village. The area around
Ihla Santa Catarina was first settled by the indigenous Tupy who called the
island <i>Meiembipe</i>, which means ‘the mountain along the channel’ an apt
description of the area. We rode out the front in and went ashore the next
morning to explore.(My definition of the Tupy word comes from Wikipedia. recently on Ilhabela we found a name with similar spelling described of 'place of trading and exchanging prisoners' - I've opted for the more appealing of the two.)</div>
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We found a small informal town with gaily painted facades,
cobbled streets and the ambience of a fishing community. We scrambled up the
hillside to try getting a better view of the harbour and Pete managed to find a
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Once the front passed we returned to the northern side of
the bay at Pinheira, anchoring near the exact spot where we had repaired our
rudder last year, en route to Uruguay. (Blog- The Long Goodbye.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camping below the fort on a deserted island en route to Brito.</td></tr>
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do Brito, sailing between islands into the inner sea that separates Ihla Santa
Catarina from the mainland. One of the smaller islands had the remains of a
fort and someone appeared to be camping there. Enseado do Brito is shallow and
we had to edge our way through the shoals to anchored amidst a plethora of
oyster beds near the small town. Pete went ashore, whilst I attended to some
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautifully restored colonial buildings with Azorean overtones.</td></tr>
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On the Sunday we had a lazy breakfast and I had just started
doing the dishes, when three people in a RIB came calling. They were fellow
sailors and we invited them on board. Hector, Rosaria and Daniel and his sister
had lived in Florida for many years. Their daughter wanted to attend
university, so they returned to Brazil. Hector is originally from Pelotas in
the south, Rosario is Peruvian, but has a sister in Florianopolis. They found a
beautiful house on the hillside at Brito and their boat is moored in the one
deep spot in the bay. They invited us over to their home that afternoon.</div>
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We
moved Oryx closer as Pete was hoping to dry out to scrub the bottom and rowed
to their jetty. We spent a few hours at their home with the football playing
quietly upstairs. I felt my first tingling sense of frustration, but meeting
new people is always more exciting than watching a game on telly. Rosaria was
very gregarious and I’m sorry we couldn’t stay longer and get to know them better.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hector and Rosaria's home is built into the hillside.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of their boat beyond their jetty from the balcony.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise.</td></tr>
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We duly dried out and Pete went wading in fairly cool water
to clear the barnacles and weed that we had collected once more.</div>
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As we sailed
across the bay towards Praia Caicamgucu we saw a large motorboat heading
towards us at top speed, it then slowed down and came closer. By this time we
are used to boats coming to take a closer look, so I didn’t think much of it
until I read the legend RECEITA FEDERAL.<br />
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Customs! We communicated over the roar
of their engines and understood that they wanted to check our papers. Pete
anchored because the current was quite strong and there were some rocks about.
We put out fenders and they came alongside, asking us if we were just arriving.
Pete told them we’d cleared in Rio Grande do Sul. They didn’t come on board,
but checked our documents and welcomed us to Brazil!</div>
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This might not seem like a big deal, but more and more
yachts are delaying their clearing in process to try and prolong their stay in
Brazil. Brazil has a reciprocal visa status, so the Schengen countries in particular
are finding it very difficult to cruise in Brazil – the country is far to big
and too beautiful to see in 90 days. Fortunately for us, Pete is a stickler for
obeying the rules and anyway the U.K and South Africa are reasonable to
Brazilian visitors, so we can get the initial 90 days renewed without too much
trouble. <br />
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Last year we met a fellow junk rig enthusiast on line, just
before we were leaving Brazil. Marcelo Bonilla lives near Florianopolis so we
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Florianopolis.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful skyline of Floripa.</td></tr>
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Florianonopolis is the capital of the Santa Catarina State.
It was founded in 1726 and was initially called Our Lady of Banishment or
Destero for short. It was renamed after Brazil’s second president Marshall
Floriano Peixoto. Between 1747and 1756 an influx of settlers from the Azores
and Madeira settled on the island and much of the architecture still remains in
Floripa (as the locals call it) and more so in the tiny fishing villages on the
island.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The iconic landmark of Floripa.</td></tr>
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Florianopolis is a beautiful city and has the reputation for having the
highest standard of living in Brazil. Santa Catarina State shares a similar
history with neighbouring Rio Grande do Sul to the south. In 1820 newly
independent Brazil invited immigrants to settle in the frontier area to act as
a buffer between the Portuguese and the Spaniards. The Germans were followed by
the Italians and these nations didn’t adopt the plantation culture of the
northeast. Instead they developed small family owned farms and this legacy
lives on in the politics and economics of the area and there is an equitable
distribution of income. Floripa’s main industry is I.T. and tourism.<br />
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Our first anchorage off Floripa was on the southern side
near Ihla dos Conchas. Dusk was just falling and the anchorage was deserted, we
had our supper at the normal time, but as we dined we realised that the
forecast front had once again arrived early and that our anchorage was going to
get progressively more uncomfortable.</div>
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Pete fired up his
tablet and checked the various options. Ultimately he decided that though the
anchorage at the yacht club would be tenable, it would probably not be
comfortable, due to the fetch from the south. So we fired up the engine and
motored out into the wind and rain and dark. The wind had churned up the waves
and steering was not pleasant. However as we neared the yacht club, we turned
the corner and the wind was astern and could throttle down and sail under the
three bridges linking the mainland side to Florianopolis to the island. All
three bridges are well lit, but they seemed perilously low. Pete had checked
the height and we were okay, but it was difficult to concede that there was no
need to hold one’s breath.<br />
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The third bridge from the southern side is the iconic suspension bridge of Floripa called the Ponte Hercilio. It is no longer in use, but because it is a landmark, it is under repair, which meant dodging around beacons and floating repair barges. Not much fun in the dark! However the anchorage in Baia del Norte was blissfully sheltered and the city lay twinkling off our bow.<br />
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As soon as the weather permitted we went ashore to explore
the heart of Floripa. The beachfront is beautifully paved and stretches for
kilometres in either direction.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We picnicked beneath the hundred and something year old fig tree and it supports.</td></tr>
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We stumbled on a fabulous supermarket with an
excellent selection of cheese and wines and even delicacies like sushi. It was
easy to see how Floripa got its reputation for excellence. Most of the other
shops were closed as we strolled through the centre. We hadn’t yet cottoned
onto the fact that most things shut down on the days that Brazil was playing! <br />
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We had arranged to meet Marcelo and Cinthia on board “Oryx”
off the yacht club on the Friday afternoon, so we sailed back to the southern
side of Floripa and anchored off the yacht club. We went ashore in the morning
and the centre was bustling again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anchored near the yacht club Santa Catarina.</td></tr>
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We found an excellent fresh food market and
stocked up. We also found a great place to have lunch and then hurried back to
the boat. Marcelo and Cinthia are in their early thirties and are enthusiastic
sailors. Marcelo has been a fan of junk rig and indeed Pete’s lifestyle since
reading ‘Voyaging on a Small Income’ written by Annie Hill. We showed then over
“Oryx” had coffee and discussed boats. Both Marcelo and Cinthia are architects
and they are building a home just south of Floripa on Ihla Santa Catarina.
Marcelo wants to build a small junk rigged catamaran, once their home is
completed. We wish them well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete ferries Marcelo and Cinthia to "Oryx"</td></tr>
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Coincidently Shirley Carter had called in at the yacht club
with her junk rigged Vertue called ‘Speedwell’ a few years ago, only to find
that the commodore of the club had a sister ship. Luigi then converted his
Vertue to junk rig. Unfortunately Luigi died last year, but his little junk
rigged boat is still around. The new owner is doing a refit in Sao Francisco.
So when Marcelo launches, he will have to settle for having the second junk
rigged boat in Brazil!<br />
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On the Saturday the sun was shining and many yachts from the
club were about, milling around waiting for the breeze to fill in. We motor
sailed back towards Ihla dos Conchas, hoping to anchor in our old spot, but
there were fishermen all about lining the inlets with their nets. After we
snagged one, but managed to free it without damage to the net or to our
rudders, the fishermen declared that the area was strewn with rocks and unsafe
to anchor. Instead of trying to prove a point, we withdrew and sailed beneath
the bridges for the final times, continuing until we were in the anchorage at
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An idea of the safety margin! Fortunately "Oryx" has lower masts.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Santa Antonio de Lisboa.</u></b></span><br />
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One of the first observations Pete made was: ‘there’s an
interesting boat in the anchorage’ and there was. It was a gaff rigged 30’
wooden boat, with a long shallow keel. When Shirley had written to us about
Luigi and his junk rigged Vertue, she had given us the contact details of a
friend called Andrea Piga. Whilst Marcelo Bonilla and his Italian name are
Brazilian, Andrea is indeed an Italian living in Brazil. He originally hails
from Sardinia, but came to Brazil as a foreign student and stayed. Ironically,
Andrea is the owner of the gaff-rigged boat we’d admired. He was working on his
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete and Andrea Piga docking with "Oryx".</td></tr>
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Andrea proved to be very helpful, directing us to a nearby
cash and carry supermarket and supplying Pete with detailed information about
the area between Paranagua and Cananeia. He also invited us to his home for
lasagne later in the week, where we met his delightful wife Annelise.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach bars and restaurants are up market in Santo Antonio de Lisboa.</td></tr>
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Sao Antonio de Lisboa is another charming village with
Azorean architecture and roots. It is also one of the oldest communities on
Santa Catarina Island. The small church in the square dates back to 1750. it
was here that my cyclical football fever reached an alarming pitch. It was
raining in torrents and Pete and I were busy below, amusing ourselves, but it
the distance we could hear the crowds roar and saw the slightly dampened
fireworks. Whomever they were playing – Brazil had won. I listened
inattentively, trying to still the free floating anxiety, but it was starting
to chaff, being in Brazil at the time of the world cup and not being able to
see the games.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another fortified island en route to Enseada Magelhaas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tainha fishing.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Ihla Antomirium.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gatehouse to fort on Ihla Anatomirium,</td></tr>
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One of
the whistle stops we did was at the fortress on Ihla Anatomirium. We rowed
ashore and had the island virtually to ourselves. There were a few workers
renovating parts of the fort, but the ticket booth and the restaurant was
closed. We had an unscheduled picnic and set off for yet another cove.<br />
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Towards
the end of June we started seeing dolphins on almost a daily basis and on the
26<sup>th</sup> we saw our first whale in a while. It was smallish and Pete
reckoned it was a Fin whale. We sailed from the mainland to the island and back
again, using the various headlands to shelter us from the prevailing winds.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Lagoinha.</u></b></span><br />
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We
anchored off the north easternmost tip at a beach called Lagoinha, where a
slender peninsula of rocky cliffs separates the crescent shape beach from the
turmoil of the Atlantic, creating a pool of calm. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've anchored alongside "Faial" on three occasions, twice in Uruguay and now in Jurere, but have never met the people.</td></tr>
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We then sailed to Jurere, which thrums with tourists in the
summer time to join Andrea and his wife Annelise for lasagne, before sadly and
slowly bidding farewell to the island of Santa Catarina to sail north and
explore the rest of the state.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Armacao de Piedade</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cemetary at Armacao da Piedade.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Gaunchos.</u></b></span><br />
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We stopped at a small town called Gaunchos on
the mainland where we found a slower pace and the feel of a real Brazilian town
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On the day that Switzerland played Argentina we were
anchored off the remote island called Ihla do Avoredo. We were all alone, bar
the birds and two lonely fishing boats at night. It was beautiful and serene,
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We sailed amongst the little islands and anchored for lunch
in scenic bays on our way north to Porto Belo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" off Praia Conceicao</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Caixa d' Aco.</u></b></span><br />
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Each place vied with the next
for scenic splendour and when we dropped the anchor in the small bay of Caixa
d’ Aco, I thought I was in heaven. The water was so clear you could see the
bottom and there were lush tropical beaches screening the bay. A floating bar
bobbed at our stern.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric's delightful bar!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Previous visitors to the bar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Table map of area.</td></tr>
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We were still stowing the ropes, when a chap from a
neighbouring boat rowed over. His name was Eric and he was the owner of the
bar. He declined coming on board, as he was busy repairing a leak on his boat,
but gave us the code for his wifi! <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Porto Belo.</u></b></span><br />
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Porto Belo is another beautiful small town with fishing
roots, but in the distance the first of the high-rise cities that dominate the
Brazilian coastal skyline is evident. They have a penchant for tall, impossibly
thin buildings. We are never quite sure whether the size is determined by the
width of the plot or whether it is fashionable. Certainly Brazil has no extreme
weather conditions and the building rise perilously thin and extremely
elegantly.<br />
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In Porto Belo we anchored ahead of friends, whom we first met in Piriapolis at a braai at their
erstwhile home. We met them again when we tied up alongside them in Yacht Club
Barlovento in Buenos Aires.<br />
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Ashore there was s a Tainha festival staring, so we decided
to join in and bought some Tainha. It was Hannah (my granddaughter’s) second
birthday and in her honour we had a Tainha braai and the following night
invited Franz, Anna and Malena for a Portuguese fish stew. We had a lovely
evening and hope to meet them again, before leaving Brazil, but time was of the
essence so we set off early the following morning for yet another anchorage.
Pete is doing the research for part three of the R.C.C. Pilotage foundation’s
guide to Brazil and this is why we tend not to linger to long. <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Cambarui.</u></b></span><br />
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We arrived in the bay of Cambarui in the late afternoon. The
wind had failed and we found the ferro cement boat from Porto Belo motor
sailing with their sails advertising for F.G.<br />
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We later learned that F.G. is one
of the main developers in the area and they specialise in the skinny, luxury
high-rise apartments mentioned before. We had tried to anchor in a neighbouring
bay, but there were yellow buoys apparently depicting the anchoring limit, so
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There is a cable car that links the bay to a nearby headland
and then descends to the beach where we weren’t able to anchor. Along with the
cable car there is the only triple zip line in South America and various other
rides, which makes Enseada do Cambarui the top tourist destination in Santa
Catarina State. The town averages 1.5 million tourists per year. Unfortunately,
the mist hung like a thick cloak over the area, so we decided to defer to the
next day, but unfortunately that was no better.<br />
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We went ashore anyway and when
we explored the cable car station we found Argentina playing Belgium and
although I love Belgium and Jacques Brel. I was rooting for Lionel Messi and
the boys. This is where Pete began to realise how badly the fever had grown.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reflections.</td></tr>
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As
we explored the beachfront and the shops I was drawn magnetically to the small
screens. Fortunately, it was like having wall-to-wall football and as dusk
descended my heart was filled with joy! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Launching "Crake".</td></tr>
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The following day the visibility was still murky, so we left
the cable car option and sailed into the mist, ever onwards.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Itajai.</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enseado dos Cabecudas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Football feverpitch!</td></tr>
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We wanted to call
on the city of Itajai, but anchored in a neighbouring bay. The swell was big
and I chickened out, staying on board to catch up with chores, whilst Pete
braved the surf.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">En Route to Itajai is Pedra do Papagaio,</td></tr>
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He landed without ado and walked into the city, discovered a
bay within the city and on his return we sailed into the harbour and edged our
way into the bay.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To say nothing of the narrow entrances...</td></tr>
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The swells going into Itajai were reminiscent of leaving
Laguna, and was tricky, to say the least. We then negotiated the little bay,
finding shoals all around. When we rowed ashore, a marinero expressed alarm at
where we’d anchored – they were busy rescuing a yacht that had dragged. Pete’s
confidence in our anchor never flagged and we explored the inner city at
leisure, before returning to lift the anchor and move on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another beautiful cathedral.</td></tr>
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Once again Pete
put ‘Oryx’ and her helmswoman through
their paces, searching the shoals for deeper water. I sighed a sigh of relief
as we left, but it was short lived. A lively little front had arrived at the
same time as dusk and our next anchorage at Itapocoroia was no less
tricky. We edged through the fishing fleet and eventually anchored between a
shoal and the shore.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Itapocoroia.</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Saco Picarras!</u></b></span><br />
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It was the quarterfinals and Brazil’s football fever reached
its pitch. Many the cars we sporting bonnet and wing mirror covers, children
rattled ratchets, houses were bedecked from roof to foundation. We wandered
around the town and on returning to ‘ Oryx’ I checked out the local beach bars.
One had a T.V. it was time to pin Pete down.<br />
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Rowing back to ‘Oryx’ I tried for
a promise that we would see the Argentine versus Holland game scheduled for the
next night. Pete was non-committal. I
was not interested in a final, if it was Germany versus Holland, so we rowed
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And
they were…so we had an early supper and went to watch the ill-fated match. The
bar is a tiny, family run affair and the clients were mostly friends and
family. The friendly barrista presented us with a platter of eats to nibble
while we watched. All started out well, with her young son wearing his football
club colours, eyes glued to the small screen. After the third goal his eyes
teared up and he went and had a quite cry in the car. More vocal adults
expressed their dismay by taking their bonnet decorations off prematurely. We
reassured one inebriated gentleman that we were definitely NOT German. <br />
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I was sad to see Brazil so badly defeated, but their defence
was lacking and Germany did play well. Slightly deflated we walked back to
‘Crake’ and set sail into the night, dodging oyster farms and a small
scattering of island. Of course the wind was light and Pete swapped watches,
opting to contend with the oyster beds and light airs. I did my watch out in
the cockpit. A pall of silence seemed to hang over the country, but I had
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We arrived at Sao Francisco do Sul at breakfast time and
called in at Praia da Enseada before motoring up the channel to anchor off the
maritime museum at Sao Francisco do Sul. Sao Francisco is another beautiful
town with restored colonial building lining the front. It is the third oldest
settlement in Brazil. As early as 1504 a French expedition led by Binot
Paulnier de Gonneville made landfall and settled in Babitonga Bay. Sao
Francisco had 400 listed buildings as well as 14 beautiful beaches. We eagerly
went ashore to do a recce.<br />
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The museum welcomes yachties and provides free water
and access to their pier up until 1800, so once we had found the super large
pixelated television screen in the Mercado, Pete went to moved ‘Crake’ to a
public dock and I went roaming for a supermarket to buy beer and goodies to
watch Argentina play Holland. We watched the superlative play with a handful of
Brazilians, but unfortunately the television was pre programmed and in the
middle of the extra time it switched off. With a sense of anticlimax we
reluctantly made our way out into the streets. There was a fancy restaurant
nearby with a large television, but we could hardly go there for the final
moments of the match. In the distance I heard something and let Pete into the
local gym, where we watched the extra time and celebrated with glee as a few
men paused in pumping iron. Leo Messi rocks! My team had beaten the bullies.</div>
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Football forgotten we rowed ashore the next morning and
visited the Maritime Museum, where we were so fascinated by the models and
Brazil’s varied seafaring history that we depleted Pete’s camera’s battery.<br />
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I waited for Pete to fetch mine from ‘Oryx’ I spotted a couple of dolphins
frolicking in the distance. Of course they chose to do double somersaults and I
could only watch in glee and awe. We explored the historic centre and then
paused to picnic in a park with the most beautiful coloured little birds. Their
bodies are green and their heads are blue with red markings. They are a bit
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Next stop was Joinville, which lay further up into Babitonga Bay and upriver. It was named after the French explorer, although the spelling is somewhat different. While Joinville is not as German as its neighbour Blumenau, it has decidedly German influences. We anchored off the yacht club, which once again made us very welcome and caught the bus into town.</div>
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By now Pete had football fever, too, so we watched the
playoff for third place and then stayed on in Joinville to watch the final in
the comfort of the yacht clubs bar. Pete thought Germany might win, but I was
all fired up over Argentina. We thought it safe t openly support Argentina,
after all this is South America, but then Joinville has German roots, so we
were the only people cheering for Argentina. And then the madness was over, for
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Our final stop was Vila Gloria, a small town across the bay from Sao Francisco.
We packed a picnic lunch and went in search of a small waterfall. The walk was pleasant,
but we had no idea how far the waterfall was. Pete almost trod on a small black
snake, but I noticed in time. We reversed a bit and it hissed and slithered
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The Atlantic rainforest was dense on either side,
once we’d cleared the town. We saw a sign for the cachoera, but couldn’t see a
path. In the end we picnicked near a weir and asked a local farmer, who said
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">At Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>we
tied up alongside the tripper boat called “Bucaneiro” off the Oceanographic
Institute. We were still tidying up when the director,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lauro,
and a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>boatful<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of
young adolescent boys returned. Pete had met<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lauro<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on
his previous visit to Rio Grand do<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sul<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on
“China Moon” in 2003.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lauro<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>asked
if the boys could come on board and of course we showed them around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">They are
apparently from disadvantaged backgrounds and the Oceanographic Institute,
which is attached to the University of Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Do<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sul,
runs a program where the boys are taught boat building skills as an extramural
activity. The boat they were on was one of the completed projects.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lauro<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>invited us to visit the boat building
shed, which we duly did the following Monday.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the finished boat on display at the University of Rio Grande do Sul.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We met<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Joao<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>de<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ribeira, who also works for the institute and
on our return from clearing in and shopping, he invited us on boat the
institute’s motor launch to share his birthday cake. This was the start of many
new friendships forged in the southernmost state of Brazil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is
one of the oldest cities in the Brazilian state of Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>do<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sul. It served as the state capitol between
1835 and 1845. It is the most important port in the state and one of the
biggest maritime ports in Brazil. It is named after the channel, which
indirectly connects the Atlantic to the fresh water lagoons of Lagoa do Patos and Lagoa Mirim.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brazil dazzles with colour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brazil dazzles with history.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">As we sailed into the port, the evidence of Brazil’s burgeoning
economy was very evident. The weather was still cooler than we were accustomed
to in Brazil, but the frisson of joy that makes Brazil so vibrant was evident
on the faces of passer-by’s.Brazil is so COOL - everyone smiles!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Portuguese explorer<span class="apple-converted-space"> Martin Alfonso de Sousa</span> who sought to fortify the area
from French corsairs founded the town. He was later appointed as the first
governor of Brazil. The town was initially called Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> de Sao</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Pedro
and in 1669 the Portuguese effectively swapped it for<span class="apple-converted-space"> Colonia del Sacramento</span> in Uruguay. Settlers from the Azores and Madeira arrived in 1750 in an attempt
to settle the disputed border area. These immigrants were followed by an influx
of Germans, Swiss, Italians and Lebanese who all add to the eclectic mix.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to Yacht Club Rio Grande.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We stayed in Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for
a few days before setting off to explore the 100-mile long fresh water lagoon
of<span class="apple-converted-space"> Lagoa dos Patos</span>.
We followed the ferry route and had to contend with the car ferry in the narrow
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo was taken by a friend of Joao, Sergio Klaes Roig when we left the second time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" From "Bucaneiro"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After setting off we sailed along an area where wooden stakes mark the
shoals, all tricky stuff. We had already decided only to sail by day, although
there is a fully buoyed channel for ships all the way to Porto<span class="apple-converted-space"> Alegre</span>, but as usual we were exploring
the small towns and anchorages en route. We were barely underway, when the wind
headed us, so we decided to make an unscheduled stop at a small town called<span class="apple-converted-space"> Laranjal</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching Laranjal. Courtesy Leonardo "Prowind".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same two fishing boats.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oryx approaching Laranjal.(Leo Prowind)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> As we sailed over another yacht approached and we took
photos of one another. The following morning Pete went ashore to buy bread and
fresh produce, whilst I tidied up. The wind was due to fill in later. A chap in
a canoe rowed over. It was the one chap from the previous days yacht. Leo
presented me with a flash disc with the photos he had taken. He did not come on
board and he didn't want the flash disc back! We seldom have photos of “Oryx”
sailing, so we were delighted. He runs a sailing/ windsurfing/kite boarding
school at nearby<span class="apple-converted-space"> Pelotas</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>called “Prowind.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sand spit hoping to arrive in<span class="apple-converted-space"> Sao Lourenco de Sul</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before
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having breakfast when we arrived. We explored the small town, shopping and set
sail just before lunch. Once again we had to sail around another long spit and
as night fell, we anchored near it and watched the small waves breaking. It was
very tempting to try sail across, but when Pete did a sounding with ‘Crake’ the
next morning, it was obvious that we had made the right decision!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caught in a net again! Rudders flipped up and Pete freed us without damaging the net.</td></tr>
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has a small yacht club, but we were unsure as to the depth of the channel, so
we anchored in 2 m and rowed ashore. We walked into the town, which was once a
rice growing and transporting hub. At the yacht club we learnt that the channel
was 1.8 m deep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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off once again. When the wind picked up, the water became more skittish and the
movement going to windward more pronounced. Still ‘Oryx’ was behaving well and
we were enjoying the trip. We anchored once more along the way, but on the next
day we had south westerlies to wend us on our way. We approached our chosen
destination just as the light bled from the sky. The wind had picked up and we
were sailing around a headland with a lighthouse. The lighthouse was so close,
that we woke the keeper’s dog and as we approached the wind swirled and
suddenly ‘Oryx’ was not responding to the tiller. It felt like something out of
Homer, we seemed to swirl in the wrong direction and I had fleeting thoughts of
Scylla and Charybdis. (The dog would have been Charybdis!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> The captain of
‘Oryx’ is less encumbered by flights of fancy, and he simply put on the engine
and dispelled all the demons with a whiff of diesel. We anchored in a beautiful
bay, surrounded by mountains.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b><u><span style="color: yellow; font-size: 24pt;">Porto Alegre.</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We awoke to a grey, drizzly day, which was a pity because the
photos did not do the area justice. We set off sailing along the main shipping
channel and although the wind was fresh to start with, it soon petered out, so
we motored the rest of the way, arriving in Porto<span class="apple-converted-space"> Alegre</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in the late afternoon. We anchored
between two of the yacht clubs. The following morning we rowed up to a small
dock belonging to the Yacht Club<span class="apple-converted-space"> Guaiba</span>.
We asked permission to leave the dinghy and this caused great consternation.
The gentleman at the gatehouse arranged a lift for us to the Club offices,
where we muddled along in our bad Portuguese.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">They were quite happy for us to leave the dinghy, but wanted
‘Oryx’ alongside, too. They had the usual arrangement of box berths, which is
awkward for ‘Oryx’ not only because she is<span class="apple-converted-space"> Beamy</span>, but also because we have only one
engine. I managed to explain this to the secretary Carmen, but the<span class="apple-converted-space"> marineiro</span>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> Dois</span>, found us a suitable spot. In the
meantime Pete had spoken to the commodore who asked how long we were staying
and when he heard<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>four or five
days</i>, he said we were welcome to stay for a month! It seemed churlish to
refuse, so we rowed back to ‘Oryx’ and motored slowly into the open spot. The
club is beautiful and we not only had water and electricity on the dock, but
rapid<span class="apple-converted-space"> wifi</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and warm showers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and off we went, en route into town I sat beside a Brazilian woman, who when
she heard we were<span class="apple-converted-space"> <i>estrangeros</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>welcomed us to the city and helped us
hop off the bus, near the port captain. Thus was the start of an amazing visit
to a beautiful city, with fabulous people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In 1752 sixty<span class="apple-converted-space"> Azorean</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>couples set up missions in the area.
Porto<span class="apple-converted-space"> Alegre</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>was founded in 1769 by Jorge<span class="apple-converted-space"> Gomes de Sepulveda</span>.
It is southern Brazil’s most important port city and is a major player in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> Mercosul.</span> (South American free trade
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It is a sophisticated city with neoclassical architecture and a
vibrant art and music scene. After clearing in with the port captain, we set
about seeing some of the sights and visiting the many art galleries and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We particularly loved Vik Muniz´work. This is a collage of computer components.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> We also had a fine meal at the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mercado Publico has various fresh food markets, a myriad of stalls and small restaurants!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vibrant city life.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlas didn't shrug.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Africa's indelible footprint adds to the vibrancy of Brazil.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another amazing cathedral.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 17.77px;">The city has a scenic beauty enhanced by the nearby hills and the huge lagoons. The area is fertile and plums, peaches and cassava are cultivated nearby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We had hoped to visit the neighbouring mountain town of<span class="apple-converted-space"> Gramado</span>, so the following day we set
out along the beach front with a packed picnic, intending to walk along the
front to the old Gasometer, picnic and then find out about buses to<span class="apple-converted-space"> Gramado</span>. Again we took in the culture
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MacDonald's didn't sponsor the new bridge!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>do<span class="apple-converted-space"> Sul</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the similarities with the gaucho
culture of neighbouring Uruguay and even Argentina are striking. The
Brazilian’s of this southern state are known as gauchos and the ubiquitous mate
is a shared Guarani heritage, although in Brazil, mate is more commonly known
as<span class="apple-converted-space"> <i>chimarao</i></span><i>.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We had decided against going by bus to Gramado. It was a two-hour bus ride and
the weather didn't look too good. Instead we planned to spend the weekend
catching up on jobs. On Saturday morning I hopped ashore to use the facilities
and found a Brazilian man admiring ‘Oryx’. He spoke very little English, but between
us I managed to answer some of his technical questions about the boat, before
referring him to Pete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mauro poses with the model of a sculpture he has been commissioned to do.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Pete, I think, has a bit of a phobia about speaking foreign
languages badly, dating back to an early childhood experience where he taught
his French Canadian kindergarten class to speak English. However, he is fluent
in<span class="apple-converted-space"> nautuguese</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> boatuguese</span>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> Nautuguese</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is the language of sailors, which I
used to find pretentious…you know galleys, heads, abaft the beam etc. These
words now trip off my tongue, unheeded.<span class="apple-converted-space"> Boatuguese</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is the ability to discuss boats in all
languages. The draft, the beam, the length, the keel etc. After a short
conversation in<span class="apple-converted-space"> boatuguese</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Pete had made a new friend. When Mauro
heard that we had not yet been to<span class="apple-converted-space"> Gramado</span>,
he quickly arranged to fetch us the following morning.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Buddhist Monastery of Chagdud Tulku Khadro Ling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wendy this ones for you.</td></tr>
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eager to get underway. The first stop was at the small town of<span class="apple-converted-space"> Tres Coroas</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>where we visited the Tibetan Buddhist
monastery.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> This monastery nestles amongst the mountaintops. The craftsmanship and the setting rendered us speechless.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Next stop was the Brazilian Alpine town of<span class="apple-converted-space"> Gramado</span>. This may seem a contradiction
in terms, but the resort town bills itself as being ‘naturally European’ and
indeed it does not resemble the rest of Brazil much. In 1824 the Serra<span class="apple-converted-space"> Gaucha</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Mountains were settled by German
immigrants, who were soon followed by Italians and then Swiss. In this area of
Brazil, German is still widely spoken.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshly baked bread and cake at stall in Gramado selling like hot cakes.</td></tr>
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reflect the Alpine theme. We stopped at the town center and bought chocolates,
freshly baked granary bread from blue-eyed vendors with <i>lederhosen</i> Mauro snapped up the last
apple strudel and we settled for a coconut cake instead. The town has a Disney
feel about it and caters to children with a variety of theme parks. We stopped
at the steam train museum, before heading for nearby Canela.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Canela is a small town centered on a leafy square with a beautiful
Gothic stone cathedral. People in winter attire were out in full force. The
midday temperature reached 18 degrees c. We stopped for lunch at a restaurant
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Mauro then took us to Novo Petropolis where we visited the original German
settlement. Which is now incorporated into a park know as the Park of
Immigrants. Mauro arranged for us to pose with the local<span class="apple-converted-space"> Umpah</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>band,
or is it<span class="apple-converted-space"> Opa</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>band?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In this area of Brazil there are vineyards, too, but in keeping
with Brazil’s zero tolerance we gave them a miss. Instead, Mauro introduced us
to <i>pinao </i>which, when cooked are similar to chestnuts. Mauro stopped once more at a
butcher specializing in German sausage and after sharing his apple strudel with
us, back on board ‘Oryx’ left us with a couple of sausages, which we had to Google to cook! We were due to leave the next
day, but when Mauro came to say so long, our plans had changed. The wind was
heading us, so we stayed another day.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our friend Mauro and his boat.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Mauro took the opportunity to show us his
boat, introduce us to his mother and his eldest son and show us the home he is
building. His kindness knew no limits – he presented Pete with a guide to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> Lagoa dos Patos</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
eagerly accepted a copy of ‘Building Badger’ in exchange. Unfortunately Mauro doesn't do the Internet, so we may never see or hear from him again, but we will always
remember the experience. He managed to explain that despite the communication
barrier we were speaking with our hearts and also that we were living his
dream.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete and Mauro in the galley...oh, sorry, kitchen.</td></tr>
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motored out of the Yacht Club after extending our thanks to Carmen, the Club
secretary. Soon we were able to hoist the sails and sail through the slowly
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We spent the night near the lighthouse where we had
experienced out Scylla and Charybdis effect, but anchored off a new beach. All
was calm. There was one other yacht in the anchorage.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun sets on Blackbeard's Island.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Pete has allocated a certain amount of time to explore each area,
but Aeolus doesn't pay much attention, so when we had a good wind abaft the
beam we sailed within the shipping channel overnight, hoping to catch up with
Brian and Marta on ‘Saoirse Mor’.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b><u><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 24pt;">Pelotas.</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching Pelotas.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Our timing in the channel was perfect as we reached the narrows
with the staked shoals just after dawn. We stopped briefly in<span class="apple-converted-space"> Pelotas</span>, but misread the date on
Brian’s message and headed back to Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande, only to find ‘Saoirse Mor’ well on
her way north.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelotas in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big ships manage narrow channel into Pelotas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht Club Pelotas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht Clubhouse.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When we arrived at the Oceanographic Institute the ‘Bucaneiro’
was out on a trip, so we anchored off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" reefed down on leaving Rio Grande. Photo Sergio Klaes Roig.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Checking the forecast, Pete decided to cut our visit in Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>short and to make use of the
southerlies to get us up the coast. We left just after nine thirty on the Monday
morning. A friend of Joao's had taken some photos of us when we sailed into Rio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from<span class="apple-converted-space"> Pelotas</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">He had shared them via facebook Coincidentally Sergio was on a ferry as we were leaving and took some more
fabulous photographs of ‘Oryx’ under sail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" under sail. Photo by Sergio Klaes Roig. Note the bird!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Although the southerly breeze shifted to the northwest by
midnight, the first day’s run was promising. We were hoping to call in at<span class="apple-converted-space"> Tramandae</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and Torres, both with tricky entrances
exposed to the north and east. Unfortunately the wind died down and although
Pete tried to make up time and distance by motoring at night, this proved to be
useless as the wind and seas soon built up and I now like motoring to windward
far less than sailing to windward, which we duly did for the next three days.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another yacht tacking against the north wind off Torres</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Of course<span class="apple-converted-space"> Tramandae</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and Torres were out of the question
and even<span class="apple-converted-space"> Laguna</span>,
where we sheltered last year, was unreachable. We sailed on, eventually
finding shelter off<span class="apple-converted-space"> Cabo</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Santa Marta<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grande.
The headland looked beautiful, but going ashore was impossible due to the huge
swells.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b><u><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 24pt;">Cabo Santa Marta.</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabo Santa Marta was a welcome sight after days on a blustery sea.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We sailed on the next morning, as the wind was shifting but were
unable to shelter at the next headland, because there were fishing boats and
crashing waves. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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overnight. A couple of fishermen came to offer to ferry us ashore and of course
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">However, when we watched them land in the
surf, we quickly changed our minds about going ashore and set sail once more
for<span class="apple-converted-space"> Garopaba</span>,
where we spent the night and the next day.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Garopaba was once a small Azorean like fishing village, but is now a surfing hotspot with many trendy surfshops and restaurants catering to the summer tourists. The town is beautifully situated surrounded by forested hilltops which sweep down to the sea.We managed to row ashore and land on a tiny beach, despite the swell and our captive audience.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We explored the town, did some shopping and then laden down,
relaunched ‘Crake’. Pete was timing the sets of waves, while I waited to push
off, when a nearby fisherman came to help us. He helped me aboard and then
launched us between the sets. Brazilian’s of all walks of life were making our
stay even more memorable than usual.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>J.H. </b> How your direct-drive
wind-vane self-steering worked out? <span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Pete </b>The wind-vane steering works very well and is as
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<b>J.H.</b> <span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span>How have
the rudders worked out?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Pete</b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b></span> I
have gone back to the original rudders as the 'new' ones did not work out
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<b>Carly </b>With
these rudders she almost sails herself to windward. They also ‘pop up’ when
caught on drift nets.<br />
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<b>J.H.</b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b></span> Where you are with your junk sail experiments?<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Pete</b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span> The
new sails are wing junk and they work OK, but I was expecting better<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span>performance than they give so I am not completely happy. Oryx struggles
to tack through 100 deg. but we have had big problems with the useless
anti fouling paint I put on. I have been trying for a long time to get hauled
out or finding suitable tides to put new anti fouling paint on. I can clean the
sides from the dinghy but the water has been too cold to scrub underwater and
maybe the performance will be much better with a clean bottom. Where it is warm
enough to scrub the weed grows like fury!<br />
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</b> How Oryx compares to CHINA MOON?<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Pete </b>I think that China Moon
has better sailing performance, closer winded and tacks much more easily than Oryx does. Not sure why this is the case as Oryx is much lighter and has
relatively more sail area and the hull shape is very similar. The accommodation
on Oryx is much better than China Moon's with the bridge deck.<br />
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<b>J.H.</b> Whether insulating CHINA MOON was
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<b>Pete</b> China Moon is a
better boat for being insulated, but I chose not to insulate Oryx because of
the time and weight. We have been having some cold weather recently and
condensation has been a problem but I still do not regret not insulating,
so far.<br />
<b>Carly </b>I find the
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<b>J.H.</b> Is a 10 m catamaran (compared to CM's ~11 m) large enough for safe ocean passages? Will
you sail Oryx at high latitudes, and in the Southern Ocean?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Pete </b>I
do not have the experience to comment yet, but we plan to sail from Brazil to
Cape Town via Tristan de Cunha later in the year which should be a good test.
Obviously I feel Oryx is seaworthy enough to safely do the trip, but time will
tell.<br />
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<b>J.H. </b> What do you like about ORYX, what would you do
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<b>Pete</b> Oryx is a very comfortable
cruising home and she attracts favourable comments where ever she goes. I think Oryx would be a better boat if the hulls where fatter. The present waterline
beam to length ratio is a little over 12:1. This is probably needed with
the anti vortex panels, but they did not work very well on Oryx. Mr. Kohler talks of his average speed on his 'Pelican' as 9.6 knots! Maybe the
anti vortex panels work at those sorts of speed, but Oryx's average is somewhere
around 5 knots. Wider hulls (perhaps 9 or 10 to 1) would give less wetted surface and be better load carriers, we rarely get into double digits and will
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‘Oryx’ average speed in a decent force 4 with reasonable seas is 6 or 7
knots, with an average of 5 – 6 going to windward. Our auto helm isn't installed yet and the self steering is good up to 8 or 9 knots, but we usually
slow down to have a more comfortable ‘ride’. We rarely use our sea berth,
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pausing to wish the crew of Mollymawk goodbye. We had over indulged with food
and wine at Guillermo’s the previous evening, but the wind was favourable and
we were keen to make the most of the receding tide. As usual I left Buenos
Aires with a heavy heart. By this time you will have come to realise that, much
as I love to travel, I am a lingerer, too. Buenos Aires has surpassed more
interesting and more beautiful cities and is currently the city I love the most
in all the world, as Saint Expery might have said. Along with the suadade, I had
the faintest tingling of a sore throat. The sail was pleasant and it is
pleasing to leave by sea, as the withdrawal is so gradual, that the pain of
leaving is always replaced by the curiosity about the next place and the next
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cockpit. The modified wind vane self-steering was working perfectly, but I had
to dodge between the anchored ships awaiting entry into B.A. The sailing on the
Saturday was similarly pleasant, but as the day progressed the wind picked up
and my sore throat worsened. By nightfall I was feeling ill, but we still had
some distance to go. On my watch I examined the charts and saw that there were
breaking waves at the entrance leading to our next anchorage, where we would
await daylight and a rising tide. We arrived just before midnight and once
again I had to put full trust in Pete. The visibility was poor, my night vision
leaves a lot to be desired, it was raining and all around waves were breaking.
I followed Pete’s directions as best I could, but veered either side of the
course due to the swell and the conditions. We anchored at the chosen spot and
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crawled into bed. In the morning light everything looked benign, although we
had dragged a little and were now on the edge of a sandbank. We waited for the
tide to turn and edged our way between the shoals and marshes to anchor in the
river off General Lavalle. The area is completely flat, but has a beauty of its
own as pampas meets marsh meets the sea. Migratory birds abound and enthralled
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When we initially arrived in General Lavalle, Pete thought
it might have been where Donald Crowhurst had laid low in Argentina, but we
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The town is named after Juan Gallo Lavalle who was born in
Buenos Aires in 1799. Amongst his claim to fame is the fact that he fought
against Artigas, the Uruguayan national hero in 1815. He had a colourful
military career and fought alongside the liberator Jose’ San Martin. He was
accidentally shot by fellow Unionists. He is buried in Recoleta. The town was
founded on the Rio del Ajo in 1861. The port was initially dredged to ship
grain. A railway link was built to connect General Lavalle to Dolores, once
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Today the river has silted up and it is only possible to
gain access on the tides. Once a year there is a regatta from San Isidro in
B.A. to General Lavalle. The town has an end of the line feel and is
beautifully kept and quiet. There is an interesting museum and a few simple
shops. It was a good place to lay up for a few days. My cold had worsened into
typical complications of a common cold and for more than a week Pete had to put
up with my raucous sounds. Unlike a friend I am not ‘ladylike’ with the
coughing and spluttering, but as always Pete was kind and caring, although he
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The authorities were very friendly and helpful on clearing
in; the formalities rounded off with a cup of coffee with ‘El Jeffe’. A front
was forecast with strong westerly winds and we wanted to be safely tucked away
near San Clemente del Tuyu, but we had to suffer a safety inspection. Once
again our Spanish let us down, but the young Prefectura officer was very
patient and amused when we hauled out a tea towel to show him the semaphore
flags and their codes. Thanks to Graham and Monica’s kind gift and a booklet
donated by Navenka and Deon, we passed, if not with flying colours. The delay
had cost us an hour or so, so we left sharply, motoring until we cleared the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving Lavalle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Argentina's coastal fishing boats are all orange and the deep sea ones are bright red.</td></tr>
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We then sailed towards Cabo San Antonio expecting to have to
wait for the high tide before entering. We kept a close eye on the echo sounder
and managed to sneak over the sand spit and anchored off the yacht club at
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht club Tapera del Lopez.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These fishermen came by to ask if we were well and then led the way across the sandbank.</td></tr>
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Tapera de Lopez is on the outskirts of a small tourist town
called San Clemente Del Tuyu. The point on the southern side of the huge
Samborombom Bay is known as Punta Rasa and the whole area of wetlands is a
designated nature reserve. It serves as a flyway for migratory birds from as
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Magellan’s expedition was the first of the Europeans to land
here in 1520. In 1580 Hernando Arias de Saavedra evangelised the Guaranies in
the area. Tuyu is a Guarani word for mud or clay. A significant battle was
fought against the Brazilians in 1820 – the Battle del Tuyu. Early Spanish
settlers abandoned their estancias leaving behind cattle and horses, which soon
became feral. The cattle and horses thrived on the pampas grass and gave rise
to the gaucho legacy when these neo hunter-gatherers competed with the
indigenous Indians for a foothold. After independence meat salting plants
sprang up all over the region and the area was initially developed to export
meat and hides. In the 1900’s grain took precedence and the area today has many
co-operatives farming grain amongst the huge estancias or cattle ranches.<br />
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On the Saturday we arose early, hoping to beat the front by
going into San Clemente in the morning. There was a fishing competition on the
go at Tapera de Lopez and despite the inclement weather, there were many hardy
fisher folk competing. We breakfasted and while I was washing the dishes, Pete
happened to look up. We had dragged and were almost aground beside the concrete
steps where the people were fishing. We quickly averted disaster by using the
engine to motor away from the shore. Pete hauled up the anchor, whilst I headed
into the wind. The anchor broke out,
but it was obviously fouled on something, and when it eventually broke the
surface Pete saw that it was entangled in a mass of broken fishing lines! He
then spent several agonising minutes hacking them off with a large knife,
before we could re anchor safely. The wind continued to pick up and we deferred
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We rode out the gale without dragging again and so felt safe
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We walked the several kilometres into
San Clemente del Tuyu to find the beach town windswept, sand strewn and devoid
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We did find a beautiful beach and then wandered around the town,
lunching at a Spanish restaurant decorated with posters giving evidence of the
owner’s annual holiday to Spain. Dining out in Argentina is always a treat; not
only is the food excellent and the wine divine, but also very affordable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sand swept after strong westerlies of the weekend.</td></tr>
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We hotfooted back to ‘Oryx’ and set sail just before high
water only to run aground on the same spit we had previously crossed
successfully. It wasn’t a hardship though; we simply waited for the tide and
sailed on, admiring the beautiful flamingos while we waited. <br />
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We were initially heading for Viedma, where Pete hoped to
dry out so that we could clean the bottom and antifoul, but the weather was
conspiring to keep ‘Oryx’ covered in barnacles and so we sailed overnight to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seals and birds off dolosse on Necochea side of entrance.</td></tr>
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We arrived at the entrance to Quequen around noon and as we
sailed into the harbour we were met by the sight on sea lions and seals
frolicking in the waves. Next we found lines and lines of fishermen fishing
amongst what we initially took for rocks – more sea lions!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing amongst the sea lions.</td></tr>
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As we motored slowly
up the Rio Quequen we had a good view of the twin towns. Necochea, the second
biggest beach resort after Mar del Plata lies on the south bank and Quequen on
the north bank. The port of Quequen is very like East London and the Prefectura
building looks similar to the harbour master’s house in East London. Juan de
Garay landed in the area in 1582 and in 1748 Thomas Faulkner set up a Jesuit
mission in the area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Club Nautico Necochea.</td></tr>
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We came to a bridge that was destroyed several years ago
when a boat broke free and collided with one of the pillars, taking the bridge
down with it. The wreck and the remains of the bridge are still clearly
evident.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All that remains of the bridge and the boat.</td></tr>
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Later we met the friendly Guillermo ,Commodore of the Vito Dumas Yacht
Club and he told us that when there is flooding upstream the current is
sometimes as much as 15 knots and the river recently swept the clubs jetty and
all the yachts on moorings out to sea. We anchored just beyond the moorings of
the club. The marinero came over in a small launch to welcome us. He remembered
Pete and ‘China Moon’ from the visit twelve years before.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht Club Agrupacion Vito Dumas.</td></tr>
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We couldn’t wait to get ashore and avail ourselves of the
hot showers, which the marinero obligingly fired up for us. We have a solar
shower on board, but it is always a pleasure to have a hot shower ashore. The
club is small, but has a lovely atmosphere and has several flags on display,
including Pete’s worn Union Jack donated on his previous visit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yachts on moorings at Y.C. Agrupacion Vito Dumas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vito Dumas.</td></tr>
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After the
shower we headed into Quequen (which Pete pronounces like the Afrikaans for
chicken – kuiken.) to visit the Prefectura. En route we found several grand
houses indicating the towns previous prosperity, unfortunately those days are
long gone and many of the houses are derelict.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former glory of Quequen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prefectura building reminded me of my home far away.</td></tr>
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Near the Prefectura is a grand
monument commemorating those who lost their lives in the Malvinas (Falkland
Islands)conflict. The monument was completed in October 1999. The sculptor is
one Andres Oscar Mirwald and the monument depicts a huge Argentinean flag, with
the figure of a woman depicting the motherland. At her feet lie the two main
islands that make up the Malvinas. An inscription from a poem called ‘<i>Hijos
de la Gloria’</i> (Sons of Glory) by Daniela Laura Gonzalez completes the
picture. It is both awesome and terribly tragic.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Necochea!<br />
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As I said before, Necochea lies on the opposite bank of the
Rio Quequen. On Good Friday we packed a picnic lunch and headed for the beaches
of Necochea. The wind was blowing fiercely from the south and although it was
the start of the Easter weekend many of the beachfront restaurants were closed
for the winter and there were few people about. We were warmly dressed and Pete
recalled a wooded area, which provided some shelter from the biting wind, so we
enjoyed our picnic and then strolled through the town. We spent the weekend
there, exploring both towns and enjoyed the hospitality of the club.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Renovations of historic hotel in Necochea.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awaiting the restoration.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the picnic spot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge to Quequen.</td></tr>
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Time had caught up with us and we found that we had to head
north to Mar del Plata to clear out of the country, rather than heading south
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The sail to Mar del Plata was an overnight sail.
By nightfall the wind had dropped right down. A blanket of cloud blotted out
the stars and all that remained was the sounds of the sea slapping the hull as
‘Oryx’ chuckled along, slowly but gracefully. The lights of Miramar glowed like
Queen Victoria’s necklace does in Mumbai. Fortunately near sunrise the wind
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As we neared Mar del Plata a fishing boat diverted to come
and have a closer look. We spent several moments taken mutual photographs as
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering Mar del Plata.</td></tr>
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We picked up a mooring just outside the entrance of the
Yacht Club Argentina. Pete had previously been alongside in ‘China Moon’ and of
course with ‘Pelican’, but this time we opted for the mooring. Mar del Plata is
the top beach destination in Argentina and between December and March the
inhabitants of the city more than doubles in size with the visitors
outnumbering the locals. Prices go up and accommodation becomes scarce. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weekend activities of Yacht Club Argentina in Mar del Plata.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oryx by night.</td></tr>
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Mar del Plata is the first place I did a trans Atlantic
crossing from. When I met Pete in 2007, I was a seasoned sailor: - I had
floated about on a small boat called ‘Dee’ on Hartebeespoort Dam one Sunday.
There were so many people on board, that we never even hoisted the sails, I
then sailed from East London harbour to Nahoon Reef and back on board ‘Misky’
and my training seemed complete with a sunset champagne cruise on board the
‘Spirit of Victoria’ a Hout Bay 50 and sister ship to ‘Mollymawk’! I knew that
if my relationship with Pete was going to <i>float</i> I should sail back to
South Africa rather than fly, so in March 2008, while Pete prepared ‘Pelican’
for the crossing, I sat tying 107 cones onto something called a ‘series drogue’
thinking <i>this is a serious drag,</i> but when we had to deploy the drogue as
a sea anchor I quickly reviewed my thinking. The drogue we have was developed
and tested by a Mr. Jordan who then provided the information free on the
Internet. If it weren’t for Mr. Jordan, I probably would’ve kissed the shore at
Granger Bay and never set foot on another boat again! (And Pete’s calm
confidence and competence, of course!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Mar Del Plata from the water tower.</td></tr>
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Basically, for my non-sailing friends,
when the wind and waves get too much and you have to drop the sails, you deploy
this drogue from the stern. It is attached to the back of the boat and has a
small anchor to weigh it down. The cones then open and slow you down, keeping
the stern into the wind, until the weather moderates. It stops you from
broaching side ways to the waves or pitch poling.<br />
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As far as the history of Mar del Plata goes it was a late
developer. Jesuits settled in the area in 1747 and then the Portuguese
investors developed the port known then as <i>el Puerto de Laguna de los
Padres.</i> They built a pier and a <i>saldado </i>(meat salting works) in
1860, but sold out to Patricio Peralta Ramos who founded Mar del Plata in 1874.
He combined industry with a beach resort. Many upper class <i>Porteno</i>
(B.A.) families owned summerhouses in Barrio los Trencos. Mar del Plata is
known as the <i>Pearl of the Atlantic.<o:p></o:p></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mar del Plata's beach front.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Architectural diversity.</td></tr>
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We love the city and this time we were out of season so we
walked the city flat. Unfortunately the autumn in Argentina was quite severe
this year, so at night we fired up our ‘Pipsqueak’ stove and perhaps even
remembered last Christmas in Paysandu fondly! We stocked up and scrutinised the
various weather reports setting out on a Tuesday afternoon for southern Brazil.
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The favourable southerly wind forecast was more easterly
and rather light and the passage was to be Pete’s slowest passage ever. The
days at sea flow seamlessly into one another. They are quiet and mostly
peaceful renditions of blue and white on green or grey on grey. There is the
occasional ship or fishing boats and there are usually birds about.<br />
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Somehow the differences get lost between the pages of la
Plante or Kingsolver, but each night is unique. We do three-hour watches at
night and so we live parallel lives, intersecting at meal times. Our routine is
different too. Pete does the last night watch, so he follows the dawn with
breakfast. We have a second cup of coffee after his rest, just before noon. We
have some fruit and water at about two and then have an early supper at four or
five. We snack on our watches at night.<br />
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I usually do the first night watch, which starts around sunset. We do a full lookout every
ten to fifteen minutes, keeping an eye on the course in between. The night we
left Mar del Plata was a little eerie. The cloud had formed a low bowl and the
loom of Mar del Plata seemed to mushroom around the cloud. It was very still.
We were close hauled, but laying the course. Coastal towns beckoned ahead,
lightening the mood somewhat. I caught up on listening to music and musing.</div>
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The following day the wind headed us and we were forced to
put in some long tacks. There were some fishing boats about. Mayday started with
us being becalmed, but during the early hours of the morning the wind filled in
and by dawn it was SSE and we had our best days run. There were many small
albatross enjoying the thermals and we identified them as Black Browed
Mollymawks, which brought back fond memories of our friends. There were also
several Shoemakers about which re enforced my annual thoughts about the loss of
Ayrton Senna. My thoughts are often tangential and perhaps more so on passage.<br />
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At night the stars were out in full force and the space
station rose spectacularly. I stood in the dome sipping some hot chocolate and
recalled nights of my early childhood when my Dad had made me a cup of Milo and
we then went into our back garden to stare at the sky and look for ‘Sputniks’.
South Africa only acquired television in 1974 and at the time I felt it was a
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The Friday we were alternatively becalmed or headed by the
wind, but we had a small brown hitchhiker who stay with us throughout the day
and overnight. We named him Lyndon B. Johnson and took care to move slowly when
adjusting the sails of the wind vane self-steering. Overnight we drifted with
the current, mostly in the wrong direction. L.B.J. deserted us once he realised
he was near land and could fly faster than we were sailing.<br />
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Saturday was much of the same, but as we were nearing Cabo
Polonio on the Uruguay coast and we decided to head there. One entire watch I
drifted back and forth over what is marked as a dangerous wreck. The night was
stunning. There was virtually no moon and the Milky Way looked like a swath of
mist. I spent a lot of time in the cockpit. The night was balmy enough to sit
outside and enjoy the experience. I heard the loud exhalation that chilled my
blood the very first time I’d heard it, but now enthrals me. Mammals. In this
case it was a school of inquisitive seals! They moved about the stern like
wraiths, illuminated by the phosphorescence.<br />
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We eventually put the engine on after breakfast and made
for an anchorage off the lighthouse. En route we saw the massive form of a Fin
whale. We caught up on sleep and watched a movie, setting off once more on the
Monday after breakfast. Tuesday we were becalmed again! It would’ve been
quicker to walk, if one could walk for twenty-four hours a day. However, the
sun was out and we had a glorious day, watching seals frolic in the sunshine.
They sometimes seemed to exhale just below the squatting Shoemakers, sending
them into the air with what seemed more like delight, than fear. Another game
was to come up through the ring of bright water with their eyes tightly closed,
moving their whiskers through the water as they basked in the warmth. Never did
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Aeolus continued to tease us, but finally we sailed into
Rio Grande de Sul and headed for the Oceanographic institute, where we hoped to
tie up. As we neared a traditional Brazilian boat approached and it was the
director of the institute, welcoming Pete once more. Soon we were tied
alongside their motor schooner ‘Bucaneiro’ with its festive flags flying
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We left Salto with heavy hearts, just after midday. The sail
to Concordia in Argentina was swift and thrilling. We hoisted the sails, lifted
the anchor and sailed sideways across the river. The current was so strong that
we had to use the engine to ensure that we negotiated the narrow shoals without
ado. The sail across took all of 20 minutes. We dropped out anchor in fairly
deep water off the Yacht Club Concordia and we were still checking to see if it
had set, when the sky darkened to the south and a fierce little Pampero blew
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The storm was short lived and no sooner had it abated than
the Prefectura rolled up. They requested that we tie up alongside a wall and
then clear customs and immigration. We duly complied although with trepidation
as our astern gear was not always compliant. However we tied up without
incident. Pete went ashore and did the necessary paperwork and then I went to
immigration. Whilst Pete was ashore a friendly vendor admired “Oryx” and then
offered me a soft drink. After we had cleared in we motored upstream against
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Concordia is set well away from the river and again the
waterfront has been converted to beautifully maintained parkland, with a free a
wifi zone. The small arroyo feeding into the Uruguay was an unhealthy looking
liquorice colour, although it still seemed able to support fish and bird life.
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We walked into the town. Gone were the tranquil motorists of neighbouring Uruguay. In Argentina the motorcars outnumber the scooters and motorbikes and one has to be alert when crossing the roads. Concordia is what Pete calls a <i>real town</i> as it doesn’t cater to tourists.</div>
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Mariano Jorge de Castillo founded Concordia in 1832. It is the second largest city in the Entre Rios province and is renowned for its citrus and fishing festival. The city has many lovely museums and galleries. Dining out was inexpensive and as always the Argentineans we met were friendly and helpful.</div>
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Many of the houses were large and opulent, but they were interspersed with smaller more average homes. All the street names are either historical dates or historical characters and as we walked along I was delighted to see that I could add the matching Christian names:</div>
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We sorted out a new mobile service provider. We had become complacent about our excellent Internet via cell phone in Uruguay and found the service in Argentina a little frustrating. Argentina has many free wi fi spots, but the Internet by telephone is not very good. This meant going ashore to email! How inconvenient. How quickly we had become used to the recent advances in technology.</div>
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We stayed a few days in Concordia and then set off downriver, hoping to stop at the tiny town of Nuevo Scotia. When we arrived there, there were many people swimming and enjoying the beach, but although we had recently told Mick Cooper how pleased we were with our Kobra anchor, here it let us down. It sounded as if we had anchored in a swimming pool, the anchor just rattled along the bottom and we floated by Nuevo Scotia ever down river. Pete looked bemused, but conceded to the current and smooth bottom! We anchored for the night at km 275 (that is km from the S end of the river). As always the trip downriver was much swifter than upriver, with the current helping us on our way,</div>
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The following day we sailed to km 262 and anchored off the National Park del Palmar. This national park was established in 1966 to preserve the palm trees indigenous to this area. The palms are called Palms de Yatay, or yacht palms.</div>
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We rowed ashore and took one of the circular hikes to the ruins and through the forest to a nearby beach. There was a small museum and there were many people camping and enjoying the park. We stopped for a beer, but it was a bit early for lunch, so we returned to “Oryx” and set off for a favoured anchorage on the Argentinean side of Isla Chica.</div>
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Next stop was the resort town of Colon. We had sailed along the beaches when we were sailing upriver and they had been teaming with people. Although I share Pete’s appreciation for <i>real towns</i>, the child within also loves seaside resorts. I don’t personally enjoy the crowds, but I do love to see shops selling beach balls, buckets and spades and all the paraphernalia, as well as people having fun. Colon seems like a great place to chill out and enjoy a holiday.</div>
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There is the magnificent customs house on the riverfront that has been turned into a tourist information centre. We anchored off a beach, just north of the small harbour, which was crammed with boats. On the beach was an old wreck that features prominently in adverts for Colon. </div>
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Concordia, Colon and the next town Gualeguaychu have thermal springs, but sadly we didn’t indulge ourselves again. We kept delaying and then the weather was unsuitable.</div>
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Instead I led Pete on a wild goose chase in search of Molino Forclaz, the areas first flour mill, but the distance on the map was deceptive and after wallowing in the mud for several kilometres we asked a couple of young women for directions, which they gave, but added that it was still <i>mucho legos de aqui.</i> We gave up and wandered back into town. Perhaps I should add that since leaving Uruguay, the weather had changed and the rainy season had begun with a vengeance. There was evidence of flooding everywhere.</div>
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Pete befriended three young fellows from a tripper boat and they paid us a visit just before we left Colon. Martin spends the summer months taking visitors on river trips and the rest of the year squid fishing in southern Argentina.</div>
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Next stop was Conception del Uruguay, which, despite the name is in Argentina BUT is on the Rio Uruguay, naturally! The entrance was interesting, we sailed up a tributary and into the town’s dockland, before motoring along a narrow, shoal creek with pontoons of jam-packed boats on either side. </div>
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We found a suitable spot deep into the Yacht Club Entreriano, where we were made welcome. It is a relatively small club, by Argentinean standards, but the facilities were excellent. We showered and then headed into yet another real town. We arrived in the centre of town during siesta, so everything was quiet and we took a long walk around the pedestrian area and explored the parks, before shopping for supplies and rounding the expedition off with yet another fabulous ice cream.</div>
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Gualeguaychu’s (pronounced <i>wally-wha-chew, perhaps with a hint of a g at the</i> <i>beginning</i>) name alone made it a firm favourite from the first time I heard of it at Luis’ all those months ago. The town was not a disappointment, although the name merely means <i>big river!</i> The rain clouds had shifted slightly and we negotiated the narrow channel, where we had to anchor before seeing the Prefectura to clear in.</div>
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We then motored for several kilometres before reaching the outskirts of the town. It was a Sunday afternoon and the riverfront was teaming with people. We motored slowly along the front, intending to anchor at the yacht club. When we got there however, it was too deep and the current was too strong so we circumnavigated the little island of Isla de la Libertad and then anchored near the Prefectura’s boat. In fact they came up alongside and asked us to move a little as where we were intending to anchor, the ground was foul.</div>
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Gualeguaychu is driven by industry and tourism, although most of the tourists are not international. Carnival in Argentina is fairly low key in comparison to Brazil, but in Gualeguaychu they are trying to change that. The town celebrates carnival every weekend from mid January to late February rather than the more traditional days of fiesta leading up to lent. There is a huge stadium and most of the processions and revelry takes place there. Along the riverfront there are many old warehouses, specialising in costume rental, every day of the week.</div>
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We were hoping to take a bus over to Fray Bentos in Uruguay, to renew our visas, but the trips were too infrequent and we would have had to spend a night in Fray Bentos, leaving “Oryx” unattended. The river was in spate, so this was not a good idea. Instead we explored the town and relaxed in Gualeguaychu for a couple of days.</div>
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Before heading for boat repairs and Buenos Aires we wanted to call on the island of Martin Garcia, which is in the delta of the river Plate between Tigre (suburb of BA) and Carmelo in Uruguay. The area in the delta is very shoal in places and a direct approach was not feasible, so we sailed around the sandbanks, but within lobbing distance of Isla Martin Garcia a nasty squall came up, so we turned tail and spent the night sheltering off Isla Oyarvide for the night. The next morning we retraced our steps and anchored on the south western side of the island, near the ferry dock and village.</div>
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The island is owned by Argentina, although it is 37,5 km from Argentina and only 3.5km from the Uruguayan coast. Since 1973 it has been a nature reserve. Juan de Solis, the explorer who ‘discovered’ the Rio de la Plata in the 1500’s, named the island after one of his crew who died en route to the island and whom they buried there.<br />
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It served as a penal colony and quarantine station from 1811. In 1814 under the direction of Admiral William Brown Argentina built fortifications that helped them ward off a Brazilian onslaught in 1826. The prison has housed many illustrious prisoners including several of the Argentinean politicians, including most recently Arturo Frondisi who was president from 1958 to 1962. He spent 339 days as a prisoner on the island. Juan Domingo Peron who was elected as president of Argentina three times, spent four days as a prisoner here. In 1945 Marcelo do Alvear was imprisoned and before him the famous Hipolito Yrigoyen in 1930. It seems as if it is part of the political process of Argentina to spend a spate of imprisoned on Martin Garcia.</div>
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Fortunately the day was overcast and quite cool, necessitating long trousers and jackets. Pete had been browsing the ‘Lonely Planet’ guide and had read about the mosquito problem on Martin Garcia. Pete belongs to the school of thought that if you own mosquito repellent it ought to be enough to ward off the little buggers, but here we not only took the bottle with us, but actually <i>applied </i>it and somewhat lavishly. The island is verdant and lush.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About 50 families now live on Isla Martin Garcia.</td></tr>
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The day was cool and muggy but the mosquitoes were out in full force. We explored the island, debating on whether we should risk a picnic, but opted for the safety of a restaurant instead. We chose the small de Solis restaurant where we had fried fish and vegetables along with an excellent bottle of wine for a great price. This is the only restaurant to my knowledge where the waitress routinely offers clients insect repellent!</div>
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On leaving Isla Martin Garcia we set sail following the ferry track through the delta for a while, before sailing into the bay and entering the channel to San Isidro. It was weekend again and yachts of all shapes and sizes were sailing about. If you ever have time, look at the aerial photographs of San Isidro and surrounds on Google Earth. You will be amazed at the amount of yachts in the area.<br />
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We puttered down the channel and anchored among the fishing folk of San Isidro’s Puerto. This is a now defunct port and is nicknamed ‘Puerto Pirates’. We initially stumbled on it through Shirley Carter of ‘ Speedwell of Hong Kong’. Who in turn was invited to stay by Roberto Ramos on the junk rigged ‘Pampero’. Roberto and ‘Pampero’ are long gone, but we befriended Julio on ‘Robinson’ and when we took our overnight trip to BA to renew our visas, we came and asked him if we could return to the port to do some work on ‘Oryx’. He has subsequently acquired a second boat and was quite happy for us to tie up astern of ‘Robinson’.<br />
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Due largely to the recent flooding Puerto Pirates was a little less salubrious than I remembered. The water was inundated with plastic and looked very unhealthy. Bubbles would rise from the mud and it appeared fairly stagnant, although the ebb and flow of the river Plates eternal contest with the wind probably proves otherwise. As does the number of large fish the fishermen pull out. However, I wasn’t tempted to go fishing or sailing in ‘Crake’ either. San Isidro is the first place I tried to sail in a dinghy. It was a little folding dinghy called ‘Yellow Peril’ that Pete put together in San Isidro in 2009. I had a lot of fun sailing up and down, especially down (downwind) and often had to be rescued by Pete after trying to tack my way back to ‘Pelican’ to no avail.<br />
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San Isidro is our ‘home’ in Buenos Aires, much like Jacare Village is our ‘home’ in Brazil. We spent a winter preparing to motor sail from Buenos Aires to Asuncion in Paraguay. It is 1600km upriver and was one of our fun trips a few years ago, and then we spent Christmas and New Year of the same year in San Isidro, before sailing ‘Pelican’ back to England so that Pete could start building ‘Oryx’. So we have a dentist in the area, we have a laundromat and I have a coffee shop with wifi access hangout as well as a few favourite restaurants.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our favourite restaurant in San Isidro.Wood fired pizzas and empanadas. Open weekends only. Have live music.</td></tr>
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Pete immediately set to work on’ Oryx’. He returned the masts to their former glory. He dismembered the rudders and returned them to their designed state. When Pete changed the rudders in Jacare, he wasn’t sure what was causing our leeway, so he made many changes. We had damaged both rudders en route south, so it was a good time to make revert back to the previous rudders. We are both happy with Mr. Kohler’s flip up rudders and Pete has even sorted out the rattle. Pete changed the removable self-steering vanes to permanent fixtures and we are both delighted with the new vanes performance. Pete had spent many hours laying out our mahogany cockpit flooring, but the sun in Brazil had caused the wood and glue to crack and the cockpit was a bit of a mess. When Pete lifted the wood, he found a bit of damp, so our intended trip to Mendoza was cancelled. There was more work to be done.<br />
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Our time in Buenos Aires was not all work. We took a day off once a week to explore the city and we socialised. Friends Brian and Marta Kane and their lovely children Seamus and Bianca (Missy) were in the nearby club of Barlovento. We were invited to a barbeque on board Saoirse Mor, before they hauled out and started on their refit. We met Brian and family in Recife when Bianca was only two or three, she is now a beautiful young lady of eight! Seamus, who is ten, is just as delightful and must be the most huggable child around. His generosity holds no bounds either and as I’m typing this I’m recovering from an exacerbation of his cold! Joking Seamus, by the time it got to me it had been intensified elsewhere!<br />
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Every time we visit Buenos Aires we rush over to the Theatro Colon, hoping to view the interior. This time we were in luck. The renovations were started in 2005 and were scheduled to take two years. The theatre reopened on May 25<sup>th</sup> 2010. The budget had quadrupled, the number of labourers had trebled and the time taken doubled, but the finished product was well worth every penny spent. To see an opera or even a ballet at the Teatro Colon has become an item on my bucket list.<br />
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The Teatro Colon or <i>Columbus Theatre</i> to anglicise the name is the main opera house in Buenos Aires. Acoustically it is rated as amongst the top five opera houses in the world. The original theatre was opened in 1854 and there were as many as 53 operas held there in a year. The new theatre was opened in 1908 when Argentina was in its heyday, at the time it was the 8<sup>th</sup> richest country in the world and that opulence is evident in the magnificent theatre. Designed by Carlos Pellegrini, the auditorium is horseshoe shaped and seats 2,487 people. (More than the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.)</div>
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We ended our excursion with a tour of the National Art Gallery. This gallery is exceptional and as far as I’m concerned can rival the Tate and perhaps even the Louvre for its fine collection. This was my third or fourth visit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Famous landmark near the gallery.The petals open and close with the sunlight.<br />
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Other visits took us to La Boca. We simply caught a bus in San Isidro and after several hours alighted in la Boca. Public transport in Argentina is excellent and exceptionally cheap. This several hour trip cost us the equivalent of 30 pence or R5.00! The trains are even more reasonable priced – an hour trip from San Isidro to Retiro in the centre of BA costs 15 pence but you can almost halve that if you buy a Sube card!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheap efficient public transport makes exploring BA a delight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mural near Retiro.</td></tr>
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We were delighted with the non-touristy bit of La Boca, but a friendly elderly couple called aside and warned us of the dangers of being mugged and directed us to the tourist beat. We were looking forward to a meal in a traditional pub type restaurant, but unfortunately the restaurant had closed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <i>real</i> La Boca.</td></tr>
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La Boca is a colourful precinct of Buenos Aires near the original harbour. Most of the inhabitants of the area were Italian immigrants from Genoa. Story has it that the majority were dockworkers and they originally painted their houses in the bright colours replicated today, using left over paint from the shipyards. Caminito is the area most favoured by tourists. The name itself means little path and the area, once a landfill and eyesore, was revamped by Argentinean artist Quinquela Martin who painted several murals. His friend, Juan de Dios Filiberto. a tango composer made Caminito famous by composing the tango of the same name.<br />
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Today every restaurant has a tango duo dancing for the tourists and on our recent visit we were a little taken aback by how touristy La Boca has become.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tourist heaven.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even the trees in La Boca are multihued these days.</td></tr>
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After a disappointing search for our now defunct restaurant we walked back towards the city. We passed the famous football stadium of Boca Juniors and had lunch in another local restaurant.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La Boca once seceded from BA.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boca Juniors!</td></tr>
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The meal was inexpensive and the ambience good, but we had to settle for a view of Carrefour, rather than the bridges of La Boca.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridges old and new at La Boca.</td></tr>
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We ambled through San Telmo, another famous barrio of Buenos Aires. The streets are lined with antique shops and vendors ply their trade in street markets. On Sundays the atmosphere is even more festive and this is the place to appreciate the Argentinean tango, as many couples dance in the streets for the pure pleasure of dancing, rather than just touting for tourists.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The streets of San Telmo are alive with music.</td></tr>
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We reached the far end of the microcenter of Buenos Aires and stopped to admire the Presidential Palace or Casa Rosada. The Casa Rosada faces onto the Plaza de Mayo, scene of political turmoil and protests seemingly throughout the history of Argentina. The first time I visited BA Pete brought me to the Plaza de Mayo on a Thursday afternoon to witness the weekly demonstration of the now elderly mothers of the ‘disappeared’.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The aging mothers of the disappeared still gather in protest on Thursday afternoons.</td></tr>
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As mentioned briefly in the blog about Uruguay, many, many students and other young men, suspected of left wing inclinations in the 70’s, were loaded into Ford Falcons by Government agents and then tortured, killed and their bodies dumped into the Rio de la Plata from helicopters! No wonder the famous silver river now runs to a reddish brown! There is a public holiday now to commemorate their needless deaths. This time there were indigenous people from the Chaco camped out in protest. Of course Andrew Lloyd Webber has managed to romanticise the Casa Rosada for me and this is the name given to our cabin on ‘Oryx’.<br />
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They day had become progressively more overcast, but we headed for the port. This waterfront area has been tarted up and has many splendid restaurants lining both banks. We walked up along south side of Puerto Madeira and then back down the north side where we found what seemed to be an Argentinean version of celebrity chefs being televised. The beautiful pedestrian bridge was the venue for a lavish dinner being prepared and televised as we wandered by!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The south bank of Puerto Madeira with its restored warehouses.</td></tr>
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I won’t give you a blow-by-blow account of every excursion we took to town, suffice to say we roamed the peatonal of Florida and Lavalle and bought various electronic gadgets at the computer centre. The Buenos Aires we both love seemed little changed although the touts offering cambio now out number the touts for tango shows and on Lavalle some cinemas have closed down and in there place there are a couple of Charismatic sounding churches!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why I love Tigre.</td></tr>
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Another excursion took us to Tigre. Although San Isidro is ‘home’, Tigre is my favourite suburb of Buenos Aires. There are river buses that ply the waterways and explore the delta. We visited Tigre frequently, as the customs and immigration and the Prefectura are there.<br />
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We visited the splendid Maritime Museum, which has a logbook from the H.M.S Beagle amongst it treasures. It also houses the famous Argentine sailor Vito Dumas’ ‘Lehg II’, in which he circumnavigated in 1942/3.( his book of the voyage is ‘Alone through the roaring forties’).<br />
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We picnicked on the banks of the Lujan and whilst we were sipping and supping our friends on ‘Mollymawk’ sailed into view. We watched them go about, but they were too distant to photograph. We spent the afternoon in the Tigre Art Gallery. Again we were surprised and delighted by the fabulous collection housed in a magnificent building, which was once a casino.<br />
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Pete had sent me to visit Brian and Marta and to do a recce of Barlovento. I had all of ‘Oryx’ specifications and Brian’s fluent Portunol. We wanted to haul out to antifoul the bottom.<br />
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In the meantime our visas were running out and Pete’s birthday was coming up so we decided to sail over to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay for a few days. I was also embroiled in a clinch with my bank trying to change my postal address, so we attended to that in Colonia. The forecast for Pete’s birthday was a bit grim so we stocked up with goodies and sailed to the nearby island of Isla Lopez de Este to seek shelter. En route we sailed into the storm and a bolt of lightening struck the water about 100m from our starboard bow. The strike was so close that we saw and heard the water sizzle with steam, but it happened so quickly that there was no time for fear or action. Unfortunately the strike fried our echo sounder. We had a good time in Uruguay, Pete continued to repair the cockpit and we took a bus trip to Carmelo and said ‘Hi’ to Kenn again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht Club Barlovento in San Fernando, BA.</td></tr>
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We spent the night there and then motored to the Yacht Club Barlovento to haul out. We arrived on a Thursday and there was the complicated rigmarole of clearing immigration, customs and the Prefectura. We were supposed to haul out on the Friday, but Pete had to return to customs to get an interdict to work on the boat. Monday was a holiday so the haul out was scheduled for Tuesday.<br />
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We were not supposed to live on board, so we tried keeping a low profile, which included a late night barbecue with the Kane’s and Frans and Anna whilst we awaited the return of the Schinas family. Nick and Jill then threw a party for thirteen or fourteen onboard ‘Mollymawk’ and showed us photos of their interesting and very muddy inland trip.<br />
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We met an interesting naval architect who also produces concrete furniture. His name is Guillermo and he brought one of his ‘camping cruiser’ across to ‘Oryx’ the next day. He kindly invited us to visit his show room and to a party at his home the following Thursday. This hectic social whirl was the feast after our social famine of the previous several months.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guillermo assembling the canopy of his camping cruiser.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jill and Poppy from 'Mollymawk' come to say 'Ola!'</td></tr>
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We had been to several barbecues and had met a number of interesting sailors and prospective cruisers. Our final week in BA was one social event after the other. The night of Willy’s (Guillermo) party was a little disconcerting as an electric storm raged overhead once again, but as soon as it abated we piled into our dinghies and rowed like crazy to Barlovento, where Willy met us and drove us to his home for a lovely meal and socialising.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This trimaran is one of Guillermo's projects currently being constructed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of Guillermo's concrete furniture.</td></tr>
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Guillermo Ribera trained as a naval architect and has worked on many exciting projects worldwide. These include the America's cup, Volvo 70' and an interesting project in Malaysia on a 120' radical racing boat called 'Maiden Hong Kong'.<br />
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He now works in Tigre and also builds concrete indoor and outdoor furniture.<br />
<a href="http://www.estiloribera.com.ar/" target="_blank">www.estiloribera.com.ar</a><br />
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We left Soriano a little
sadly, but the wind was fair and we sailed blithely away. When we reached the
Riacho Yaguari we had to use the engine to negotiate the narrow channel that
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It was a beautiful day; the
weather was just starting to simmer but the breeze kept us cool. I had recently
made ‘friends’ with someone I’d known and admired all my life and my thoughts
kept meandering to the distant past. I was listening to music while I wallowed
in nostalgia and a sudden yearning for South Africa grew fierce. My infatuation
with Uruguay was still flourishing, but suddenly I was longing for mountains of
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No sooner had the longing been acknowledged, than the banks
of the Rio Uruguay started undulating, gently at first and then with more
fervour, until rocky cliffs appeared. Once again my heart sang in anticipation
and all thoughts of home and the forthcoming holiday season evaporated.</div>
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It was a long motor sail
to Fray Bentos, but the town exceeded our expectations. The brand ‘Fray Bentos’
was my favourite meat spread as a child. The brand has changed names, but the
meat extracting plant with its statuesque building dominates the approach from
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The huge letters spelling ANGLO greeted Pete and we couldn’t wait to
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and their meat products had been such a part of our youth, that it was like
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We anchored near the
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had explored the banks and bay beyond the harbour, which were unsuitable, as we
couldn’t land ‘Crake’ anywhere. The holding off the harbour was described on
the charts as stony, but our anchor gripped firmly and we had no problems. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" anchored off the squid boats.</td></tr>
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Fray Bentos has a vivid
history. The area has borne the name since the 1600’s and it is thought to be
the name of a hermit monk (Fray Vento). Across the river in Argentina, the city
port of Gualeguaychu – don’t you love it? Pronounced <i>Wally what chew</i> –
could no longer cope with existing trade and was hampered from expansion by the
shallow water surrounding the city. So in 1855 a deep-water dock was built at
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processing plant. They decided to establish the first plant in Uruguay because
it could be started at a third of the cost of setting up in Europe. The Liebig
Extract of Meat Company started in Fray Bentos in 1863 and dominated the
economic landscape of Uruguay for more than fifty years. Villa Independencia
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Liebig Company was bought by a British concern called the Vestey group and the
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Fray Bentos supplied beef
extract and later corned beef for soldiers in the Franco Prussian war, the
Crimean War, World War 1 and World War 2.There were various name brands such as
‘Liebig’ and ‘Oxo’, but the town’s name became synonymous with meat products
and pies. The name Fray Bentos was used by the soldiers as nicknames for their
tanks or in the case of an F41 as the aircrafts name, as the soldiers felt they
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The products are featured
in the films <i>‘The English Patient’ </i>and<i> ‘Gallipolli’ </i>as well as in
Jules Verne’s ‘<i>Trip to the Moon.’ </i>Henry Morton Stanley took supplies of
processed meat with him when he was exploring in Africa. Scott ate corned beef
in the Antarctic. Florence Nightingale fed patients beef tea.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The start of the
industrial revolution in South America is said to have begun with the Liebig
Company. In it’s heyday they employed more than 40,000 people and slaughtered
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It takes 32kg of beef to make 1kg of extract.
The company produced beef extract, corned beef, leather, organic fertilizer,
bone meal, salted beef and conserves. The only thing they didn’t export was the
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In 1964 a typhoid outbreak
in Aberdeen was traced back to Fray Bentos and the company never recovered and
then continued to decline with the introduction of the common market in Europe.
Trade dwindled to such an extent that the plant was abandoned in 1971. It now
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explored the defunct buildings afterwards before heading to a nearby beach
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this time Pete and I had both abandoned slacks for shorts. I was dubious at
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Christmas celebrations were well
under way and we left Fray Bentos before the weekend, because we were
intimidated by the size of the speakers ashore. Perhaps we were unfair, but
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solitude. Pete had started cooling off in the river and it is here where I
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agricultural settlements along the Rio Uruguay. Richard and Karl Wendelstandt
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">We were hoping for some apple strudel, but
the small town is decidedly South American and aside from some murals on the
walls, there was little to connect the town with its heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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but as always everyone was friendly and courteous. The weather was just
starting to get beyond the mid thirties and we were combating the heat with
chilled beers and in Nuevo Berlin – ice-lollies.<br />
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During the Russian
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Espalter, the then Uruguayan president gave the land to the refugees and
initially the town was called Colonia Espalter, but the name San Xavier used by
Jesuit priests in the area came back into use, trans morphing into the Spanish
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about the ‘Dirty War’, which plagued Argentina and Uruguay to a much smaller extent in the 1970’s (Argentina had 13 000 people 'disappear', but Uruguay had dozens, according to my research.) This is the place to mention it though, since San Javier’s Russians were
suspected of communist sympathies. In the mid 1960’s Uruguay’s economy was in a
mess, due to corruption and political unrest. Jorge Pacheco Areco became president.
The country slid into a military dictatorship. Those were the years when Commie
phobia reigned supreme through much of the western world. Uruguay was no
exception. Pacheco outlawed leftist parties, closed newspapers and invoked a
state of siege. In 1971 Pacheco’s hand picked successor, Juan Bordaberry gave
control to the army and anyone suspected of left wing inclinations were rounded
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San Javier’s residents
fell under suspicion, simply because they were Russian, despite the fact that
they had, effectively, fled communism to settle in Uruguay. During these crazy
years the spoken Russian was discouraged and many books and documents were
destroyed, the cultural centre was closed and Russian folk festivals were banned.
One of the residents, a Russian–Uruguayan doctor named Vladimir Roslik was
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Perhaps because of the
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spirit of democracy the Gorky Cultural centre was re opened and the Russian
language is being reintroduced, with the help of the Russian embassy.<o:p></o:p><br />
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San Javier is similar in
size to Nuevo Berlin and Villa Soriano. It is a neat, slow paced town. The area
immediately north of San Javier is a designated nature reserve and the bird
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tablet with its newly installed Navionics application yielded a previously
undisclosed place en route to Paysandu. Keeping a close eye on the echo sounder
we took the detour to Casa Blanca.The small historic town of Casa Blanca was founded in 1811, when a salting factory was started. Casa Blanca also had the first refrigerated storage facility, which is seemingly still going. The approach to the town from the south reveals high cliffs with some magnificent houses.<br />
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strip down to the bare essentials and slather on sun block, wear funny hats and
at times It seems that the body can only cope well up to the mid thirties or
slightly above the normal body temperature, but when it gets to 37.8C it starts
to suffer. I sometimes wished for a Saudi Arabian style headdress to escape the
sun. Similarly, Pete’s tablet suffered from heat exhaustion and ceased to work.<br />
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Paysandu is the second biggest
city in Uruguay. It is famous for its carnival and beer festival. The city was
named after a Jesuit missionary – Pay Sandu – who farmed with cattle in the
area in the 1700’s. The city grew up around the port settlement where hides and
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It was besieged three times by the Brazilians
and Leandro Gomez is a national hero whose statue is prominent in the park. He
evacuated the elderly, women and children and then resisted the onslaught for
two months, before negotiating a favourable settlement. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht club Paysandu.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" anchored off the fishing club at Paysandu.</td></tr>
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We anchored off the
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Like many of the riverside
towns, the city of Paysandu is set well back from the riverbanks, to avoid
flooding. This means that the area adjacent to the river lends to beaches and
parkland. Paysandu has a pleasant slow pace and the only evidence that we were
now in a city was that the teenagers didn’t make eye contact and a plethora of
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clubs and restaurants in the port area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Record of the floods near the prefectura.</td></tr>
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Many of the young men in Paysandu seem to sport a strange variety
of hairstyles ranging from outdated mullets, Mohicans and dreadlocks. One
chap’s dreads were so newly twirled and clean that I initially took him for
Hasidic. It was the only place in Uruguay where piercings and tattoos were
fairly common. Except for the extreme heat, we could have been in a London
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As we walked towards the
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street wise and didn’t appear to be feral. Once again I was sorely tempted to
adopt, but there are always the complications of travel to other countries
involved and “Oryx” is not only something that floats, but a boat that is not
particularly kitten friendly. So, sanity prevailed, although with difficulty.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We spent three long weeks
in Paysandu. Pete’s tablet was dispatched back to Montevideo just before
Christmas and we had to stay put until it was repaired. The city itself was
lovely, but after three weeks we knew every inch of paving.</div>
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To compound matters
a heat wave started just before Christmas and only let up around New Year. You
will have read, that I like it hot…well, I do, but this was even too hot for me
to handle. Uruguay practices daylight saving in the summer and this means that
the sun only sets after nine in the evening. From midday to nine we suffered.
Pete avoided being in Brazil in the summer, because he doesn’t do intense heat
well. We had read that northern Uruguay would be hot, but at times the cabin
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We rigged up a sarong over
the dome, we put cushions at the windows, we took frequent dips in the river,
but that was warming up too. Little fish nibbled at our skin, something I first
experienced in rock pools on Fernando de Noronha. I quite like the sensation,
but every now and then a bigger one would nip a little less gently and I’d haul
myself out of the water with thoughts of piranhas in the forefront of my
imagination and dignity abandoned. I laughed at the absurdity, until we had a
message from Luis saying that there are sometimes piranhas in the river when
the level is low and the temperature high! (Guess who resorted to buckets of
water and showers to cool down, at least
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I always compare our lives
on board “Oryx” to comfortable camping, but during the heat wave it was awful –
there were no trees to anchor under. We often went ashore for ice cream and
cold beers, but by noon we were the token <i>mad dog and the Englishman</i> on
the deserted streets. Due to the festive season people were partying all night
and all that was missing was the Bee Gees ‘S<i>taying Alive’!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Packed beaches as the people cool down before Christmas.</td></tr>
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though. We put “Crake’s” rig on and sailed across the river to an Argentinean
island, which appeared idyllic in the distance. On close inspection the smooth
beaches were actually corrugated, with shallow pools of water, but this helped
traversing the hot sand.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dany left us this beautiful Christmas message in "Crake" when we left her on a public beach.</td></tr>
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Every day boats streamed out of the yacht club and the
fishing club and sailed or motored to the nearby island. Someone had set up his
houseboat on the island with generators, tents and all and although the river
level kept rising he was still high and dry when we finally left.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We experienced three
pamperos whilst we were in Paysandu. During one we were ashore and got
drenched, the second one we had just made it back to the boat, but the third we
saw welling up along the horizon and then creeping towards us. By this time we
were confident that the holding was good and we took out the cameras and
waited. The approach is furtive, but once the wind reaches you the water whips
up and the downpour is torrential. It is an impressive sight to behold, but
terrifying to experience unexpectedly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic cigar shape forms over Paysandu port as the pampero approaches.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By New Year we had abandoned the saloon for el fresco and cold meat and salads!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was an open air concert here around New Year and a magnificent tenor serenaded us from the distance.</td></tr>
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With some intervention from Luis, the repaired tablet was finally returned and we could set off again. (Thanks!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old pump station.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ribs of a wreck visible as the water level dropped.</td></tr>
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Luis’ friend Ruben Pena had provided Pete with charts for the upper
river and some local information, so we set off for Arroyo San Francisco. We
anchored in the mouth of the arroyo, because our engine decided to play up, but
rowed up the creak. We saw Ruben’s boat on mooring, but unfortunately he wasn’t
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gunk holing in "Crake" up the Arroyo San Francisco.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruben Pena's boat: "Enomis".</td></tr>
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sail up the Rio Uruguay by day and anchored by night. Going up river the
current was becoming more pronounced so we were delighted when by lunch time
the wind filled in from the east and we could sail swiftly onwards. As would
happen, I was at the tiller when a prefectura boat approached signalling for us
to slow down. Pete had been happy when the prefectura in Paysandu hadn’t asked
him for a schedule, but there they were looking for us. I called to Pete and we
turned the boat about, putting out fenders so that they could come alongside.
They then asked us to call Paysandu by VHF – to no avail. Our aerial is short
and stubby and the range isn’t optimal. Anyway they phoned through on their
mobile and after a long while and much loss of ground, we were free to go. As
always they were polite and friendly.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We continued up the river
anchoring in secluded spots along the way. At times we were now sailing along
the Argentinean bank of the Rio Uruguay and near Colon the beaches were packed.
We earmarked places to stop on our return trip on the Argentinean side. We
anchored off an uninhabited island with a lovely little beach and saw a stray
chicken roaming about!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Argentina to the left, Uruguay to the right. The river stretches on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defunct factories en route to Atrigas monument.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The monument in the distance.</td></tr>
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The Artigas monument dominates
the east bank and is visible for miles. We anchored near it for the night and
then stopped there mid morning. The monument to Uruguay’s greatest hero is a
bust on a pedestal mounted on a cliff overlooking the Rio Uruguay. Other more
egocentric nations would have had Artigas looking back over all of Uruguay, but
the Uruguayans afforded their nations hero a view of the river and Argentina
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The museum at the foot of the monument.</td></tr>
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The rivalry between Spain
and Portugal led to Uruguay’s independence. General Jose Gervaiso Artigas allied
with the united provinces of the River Plate against Spain, but was unable to
stop Uruguay’s takeover by the Brazilians. He sought exile in Paraguay where he
joined forces with General Juan Lavalleja and inspired the Uruguayan patriots
now known as the 33 Orientals. Together they launched a campaign to liberate
the Banda Oriental (East Bank / Uruguay) from Brazil. After a three-year
struggle the British mediated a treaty establishing Uruguay as an independent
Republic. Hence Artigas’ heroic stature and statue!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" visits the monument.</td></tr>
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We climbed the 49m
hillock, explored the museum, dodged the prefectura (our documents were on
“Oryx”) and admired the view from the monument. It was too early for lunch, but
shaded by General Artigas statue we had crisps and a beer before descending to
the beach. Four nubile young girls were sunbathing beside “Crake”. We struck up
a conversation and took photographs. The one young girl had a smattering of
English and asked us to post their picture on Facebook, which we duly did and
also share it here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The rest of the passage to
Salto was tricky. The depth of the river was reasonable, but the current was
horrific and the channel was very narrow in places. Usually when we have to use
the engine it is on ‘tick over’ to conserve fuel, but for the bad stretch just
before Concordia on the Argentinean bank we had to engage full throttle. It
brought back memories of the Raz de Seine, in Brittany, but is of course
incomparable. Nevertheless, I gritted my teeth and dodged the buoys as Pete
examined the passage, the charts and took the photographs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Beyond the narrows we
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current was worse later in the day, depending on the electricity usage of Salto
and Concordia, so we set the alarm and at first light motor sailed on a fairly
tranquil river to Salto. We anchored off, as usual, and had breakfast. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Salto is as far as the Rio
Uruguay is navigable and always has been. The source of the river is much
further north, in the depths of Brazil, but before the hydroelectric dam was
built, the Rio Uruguay leapt across the rapids at Salto Grande and Salto Chico.<o:p></o:p></div>
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People have been living in
the Salto area for over 10 000 years. The Spanish arrived in 1750 and by 1756
there was a small settlement of 100 Europeans. The area is historically
significant as General Artigas and his band of exiles camped in and around the
caves of Salto Chico en route to Paraguay. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We cleared in and headed
for the tourist information centre. From Paysandu northwards there are many
thermal springs. We wanted to visit, because I’ve always liked hot water
springs since my first experience at the Royal Swazi Spa, when it was just a
muddy hole in the ground. However, we had delayed our visit as we were
struggling to cope with the excessive heat and didn’t relish bathing in hot
water. The weather in Salto was not any cooler, but we could delay no longer.
We also wanted to see the hydroelectric dam, which is thirteen kilometres north
of the city, and were put off when the ‘Lonely Planet’ suggested the only way
to get there was by taxi. The Tourist information confirmed this, to our
disappointed. We don’t use taxi’s and didn’t relish taking a taxi and then having
to hurry at the dam whilst the driver waited, so we scrutinised the map and
found that one of the thermal spas was fairly near the hydroelectric dam and
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It was a long walk across
Salto to catch the bus to Salto Grande Termas, but once we were on the bus
things went well. The bus was a free ride, provided by the water park, but
stopped at the international bridge and when we asked if we could get off to go
to the dam, the driver and several passengers insisted that we stay on board
and then dropped us much closer to the dam!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First glimpse of the magnificent dam.</td></tr>
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The dam is a magnificent
feat of engineering. It was the first bi national project of its type in South
America. In 1938 Argentina and Uruguay started discussing the possibility of
building a hydroelectric dam on the Rio Uruguay. In 1946 the two countries did
feasibility and impact study on building the dam at Salto Grande, where the
bigger cascade was situated. The energy crisis of 1973 gave the project more
momentum and construction was started in April 1974. Many foreign investors
were involved and more than 5000 people were employed. By 1979 the lake was in
situ and the first turbine came into use. By 1982 the bridge linking the two
countries was completed and the dam was officially inaugurated on the 27<sup>th</sup>
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The dam is 69 metres high
of which the wall is 39 metres above the level of the river and a further 30m
is below the riverbed. The dam produces 6% of Argentina’s electricity and some
sources say as much as 60% of Uruguay’s electricity. There are 14 turbines – 7
on each side of the dam. Enough said - we enjoyed our tour in Spanish, which
included a quick trip to Argentina.<br />
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We then headed for the lake, but the only
beaches that appealed were close to the five star Salto Grande Hotel, so we
headed for the back end of the water park. We found a shaded spot in the woods
and had our lunch.<o:p></o:p><br />
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After lunch we rallied our
energy to hike to the entrance of the aqua park, but to our delight saw an open
back gate. We headed there and had we not been honest, we could have gained
free entry, because the gate was unmanned. We duly paid our dues at the front
entrance and changed before heading for the rides. The water park is much
smaller than the Wild Wadi in Dubai, but has a nicer ambience in that it is in
the midst of a small forest and people are encouraged to bring picnics, instead
of having to pay exorbitant rates for fast food. We systematically tried all
the pools, although Pete found the thought of the hottest one dire and kept to
the tepid ones. We had a lovely time and caught our free bus back to the city,
where we rounded off the experience with an ice cream.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Unfortunately Pete hadn’t
worn his hat in the pools and we’d banged our heads on one of the rides, so he
felt a bit crook on the Saturday, which was our second anniversary, but he
rallied in time for the celebratory dinner.<o:p></o:p><br />
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On the Sunday the weather
was unbearably hot again, so much so that we went to the zoo without a picnic.
We simply stocked up on water and cold beer. In principal we don’t approve of
zoos, especially where large animals are kept in smallish cages, but we had
never seen a jaguar in the flesh before and I must admit that we admired the
lions and tigers, too. However, hot days are not ideal for visiting zoos either
and we were both glad that we hadn’t packed a picnic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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water and when we returned
to “Oryx” children and families were swimming about. We heard a knock on the
hull and it was a young man asking if he could pose with the boat. Later three
children swam over and asked something similar. We helped them climb aboard and
there they perched momentarily before diving back into the river. A couple of
little urchins were playing in the mud and I took a picture. The little girl
kept calling to me to take another photo, which I gladly did. I felt a pang of
remorse at their innocence. I worried about them falling prey to paedophiles,
but then Pete pointed out that their parents are always nearby, which they are.
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and scooters than cars in Uruguay and the first time I saw a family of three or
four on a scooter without helmets, I cringed in fear, but over the years I have
grown accustomed to the sight. Nowadays more and more<br />
helmets are being worn and
the traffic in Uruguay is generally light, due to the small population, which
makes it akin to Europe in the sixties. However the sight of a breast-feeding
mother and infant riding tandem in Paysandu did raise twin responses: fear and
the wish that I had had my camera ready.<br />
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silencers of the multitudes of scooters and motorcycles we had loved our stay
in Uruguay. It is a country that has risen above the horrors of the past and
now exudes an aura of hope and joy.<br />
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The food, wine and cheese are excellent as
is the ice cream. Above all I loved the children. Where else could you sit in
an ice cream shop and have a young father bring his two kids and their little friends
(all under five) and go through the process of buying ice creams for all,
whilst the kids sit quietly and patiently wait and then thank him? Solo en
Uruguay.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Some more facts about Uruguay to
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Guardian voted it the top Latin
American travel destination for 2013.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Economist voted it top holiday
destination for 2013.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CNN has added it to its top ten
“ethical destinations” for 2014.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cannabis is legal.</span></li>
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We set out for Juan Lacaze
or Puerto Sauce around eleven with a light wind heading us. The distance is
only about 7 miles and we tacked back and forth against the current. The wind
started picking up, heading us more and more. I don’t think I actually said it,
but I’m sure I was just starting to wear my ‘<i>Are-we-there-yet?</i>’ face,
which always results in Pete’s ‘<i>We have no engine,
it’s-just-an-extra-weight-in-the-stern</i>’ face, when a black cloud formed to
the south west and the wind started blowing a hoolie, against us of course. We
were no longer sure if we could anchor safely in Puerto Sauce. The inner
harbour was almost full and our manoeuvrability was hampered by our iffy
astern. So we turned around and flew back to the safety of Boca Rosario, where
after the exhilarating downwind run, we sat out the storm.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boca Rosario, as inviting as ever.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The level of the Rio de la Plata was much lower than on arrival. This wreck is sometimes barely visible.</td></tr>
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We had run out of
data, so I sent a text message to my daughter to check Wind Guru for the
following few days forecast. She did, but in my ignorance I directed her to Laguna
Sauce, which is actually on the Atlantic coast, some distance from Puerto
Sauce!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The harbour at Puerto Sauce.</td></tr>
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The next day we put the
engine on and motored to Puerto Sauce. (Different day, different rules. Pete’s
rule I think is – if there is a breeze we use it, even if it is heading us.) We
anchored off and spent several pleasant days there, shopping and stocking up.
Puerto Sauce is named after the small arroyo that flows into the Rio del la
Plata. It is flanked by willow trees or sauce. (Pronounced sow see not like the
ketchup!) According to Wikipedia Juan Lacaze, the industrial town with its
cellulose factory has acquired city status, but even calling it a town, seems
to stretch credibility. Although the factories belch smoke and spew debris, the
town has a slow pace and we’ve always been fond of the place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cellulose factory at Juan Lacaze.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commemorating Juan Lacaze, whose family farmed in the area and who recognised the safe harbour.</td></tr>
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The harbour with
its small yacht club is safe and has become very well utilised, as it is one of
the cheapest places to leave a boat. Juan Lacaze is close enough to Montevideo
to be convenient and so the yacht club was virtually full when we were there.
“Lynn Rival” the British boat that was taken hostage by Somali pirates a number
of years ago was on one of the moorings. We had briefly met the couple when
clearing out of Praia in the Cape Verde Islands, but didn’t see them this time.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: lime; font-size: 26pt;">Riachuelo.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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On leaving Puerto Sauce we
had a pleasant five-hour sail, under an overcast sky, which took us to the
mouth of the arroyo Riachuelo. We motored up river for a short distance and
found a shaded jetty with people fishing and just beyond lay several boats. Two
large catamarans dominated the left bank, with several smaller monohulls
alongside the right bank. We found a suitable spot and anchored, pulling “Oryx”
out of the channel and tying up to some trees, before going ashore.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Riachuelo is only about
12km from Colonia and is a favourite spot amongst Argentine visitors. 40 years
ago, a hydrographical officer recalls, there were no boats, but in recent
summers there have been 150 or more at a time. The jetty, with its water and
electricity was built in 1978 and since then the visitors have streamed in.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the large catamarans tied alongside the bank.</td></tr>
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We took a walk through
along the road through a wooded area to the main Colonia road, which was lined
with palms. The nearest village has two tiny supply stores and a butcher, but
the buses to Colonia are frequent.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ceibo, the national tree in full glory.</td></tr>
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Colonia del Sacramento.</u></h1>
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Colonia, which is also
apparently known a Cologne, is the first and oldest city in what is now
Uruguay. It is also way up there amongst my favourites. A number of years ago
we sailed into Colonia in the afternoon spent the night and then cleared out
the next day for San Isidro in Buenos Aires (we had been there before). Not my
idea of a visit, but the wind was favourable and we had friends to see.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first visit to Colonia was in January and the boats we three deep in the yacht harbour. </td></tr>
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Then,
to add insult to injury, when we left San Isidro on the long passage north to
Brazil, we spent hours tacking back and forth amidst a overabundance of wrecks
and cruise ships just abreast of Colonia. Pete ignored my pleas to head there
then, but promised to spend some time in Colonia on our eventual return to
these waters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rio de la Plata showing its true colours in Colonia.</td></tr>
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One of the highlights of
Colonia is the Barrio Historico, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. The
town was founded by Manuel Lobo in 1680. He was Portuguese and had been a
governor in Rio de Janeiro. Colonia is situated very strategically on the east
bank of the River Plate exactly opposite Buenos Aires. It became a trading post
for the Portuguese and the British who were trying to undercut the Spanish
monopoly of the area. Traders and smugglers alike exchanged sugar, snuff and
cotton for Peruvian silver. Spain besieged Colonia for decades. An agreement
over the cessation of Colonia to Spain in 1750 fell through, but Spain finally
captured the city in 1762, but only held it from 1777. The city’s commercial
importance waned, but its proximity to Buenos Aires makes it a favourite for
tourists.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the level of the water.</td></tr>
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On arrival we anchored in
the outer harbour beyond the mooring buoys. The level of the river was
exceptionally high and some parts of the pontoons were flooded. We planned to
stay a number of days, although the tidal fetch made the anchorage fairly
uncomfortable. We went ashore eagerly the next morning and evidence of spring
abounded, at that stage we were both still wearing slacks and occasionally
light sweaters. We roamed around the Barrio Historico, taking in these sites...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ceibo in Colonia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cathedral near harbour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horse and cart rides around Barrio Historico.</td></tr>
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and then set off along the river, where we had our picnic on the grassy shores.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back toward the harbour from our picnic spot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faking a workout.</td></tr>
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After a brief rest we wandered on to Real de San Carlos.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Real de San Carlos</u></h2>
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At the turn of the 20<sup>th</sup>
century a Dalmatian immigrant called Nicolas Mihanovich built a bullring seating
10,000 people as well as a jai alai fronton seating 3000, a hotel, a casino and
a racecourse to attract Argentinean visitors. Unfortunately for this
naturalised Uruguayan entrepreneur, bullfights were outlawed in Uruguay a few
years later in 1912 and then the hotel and casino failed in 1917, so all that
remains in use is the racecourse.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bullring at Real de San Carlos.</td></tr>
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Gambling remains fairly
popular in Uruguay as most towns of any size have casinos, but in true
Uruguayan style it is understated.<o:p></o:p><br />
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However, the wind had picked up and the Rio de
la Plata was showing its surly side. Rowing back to “Oryx” was a mammoth task.
Safely back on board we then spent an uncomfortable three days pitching about
as a storm raged. The photographs will give you an idea, but somehow doesn’t
capture the true dimensions.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stormy skies over Colonia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waves viewed from galley windows. Small island in background. Remember this is a <i>river!</i></td></tr>
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Once the storm had abated
we were both keen to get underway. We set off sailing for Conchillas, but the
wind went light and with the strong current against us we found ourselves going
backwards. We motored and sailed intermittently, but decided to anchor on the
edge of the River Plate, near the Arroyo San Juan. We anchored off the
President’s summerhouse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">´Tower near the president´s summer house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El president´s summer house. The alternative to the two bedroomed place that President Pepe Mujica favours in Montevideo.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.viralnova.com/poorest-president/" target="_blank">http://www.viralnova.com/poorest-president/</a><br />
(please check out the link - he is an interesting man.)<br />
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Twenty years previously Pete had anchored in the
arroyo and gone ashore, but we had been told that the Arroyo San Juan was now
off limits, so we merely anchored and spent a quiet evening on board. There was
no sign of anybody at the President’s home and there was no indication that
access to the area is restricted.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Puerto Conchillas.<span style="color: #ccffff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New cellulose factory near Conchillas is drawing people back to the lovely little town.</td></tr>
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The population of
Conchillas is less than 500 today, but in 1908 there were more than 3000
people. The town started as a British trading post but then grew at the time
that Buenos Aires decided to replace their harbours’ wooden framework with
stone. In 1918 the British company C.H. Walker won the bid to supply the stone
and imported machinery, trains and many Italian, Greek, Creole and Bulgarian
labourers. Conchillas became a company town and even minted it’s own money.
Conchillas was the first town in Uruguay to have electricity. The old port in
Buenos Aires is named after Eduardo Madero the engineer, involved in the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quay at Conchillas.</td></tr>
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Conchillas fortune changed
for the worse after WW2, and in 1951 the entire town was sold to two Uruguayan
businessmen. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mate´and motorbikes, fishing under the Ceibo.</td></tr>
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Nowadays there is a brand
new grand hotel set squarely amidst the dirt roads and some evidence of
prefabricated housing for the employees of the nearby newly opened cellulose
factory and many, many houses and stands for sale.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht club Conchillas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dirt roads lead to this new hotel and spa.</td></tr>
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Perhaps Conchillas is
overdue for a rebirth. We admired the dusty streets, with their many flowering
trees, the beaches, and the nearby arroyo and then had a cold beer in a quaint,
deserted restaurant. Near “Oryx” people swam, fished and sipped mate’.<span style="font-size: 26pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver river.</td></tr>
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Carmelo</span></u></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another sunset... off Punta Piedras.</td></tr>
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We anchored for a night at
Punta Piedras before contending with the tortuous channel and shoals that
caused our friends on “Mollymawk” some concern. Fortunately for us the level of
the river was fairly high and the shallowest bit was 2m, which gave us a meter
to spare! The entrance to Carmelo is narrow, but just beyond is a popular dock
to tie alongside a wall, with ablutions, water and electricity. There were a
handful of boats on arrival, but on the weekend the place filled with yachts
and motorboats from neighbouring Argentina.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Jose Gervaiso Artigas –
Uruguay’s national hero, founded Carmelo in 1816. It lies astride the Arroyo de
las Vacas. (Arroyo of the cattle.) Tourism, livestock, and agriculture are the
driving forces behind the town. In February there is an annual Grape Festival.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arroyo de las Vacas or just cattle country anyway?</td></tr>
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Carmelo has another famous swing bridge, the Punte Giratorio de Carmelo that
opens to allow vessels through to the river and boatyards beyond.<o:p></o:p><br />
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One of our primary reasons
for spending some time in Carmelo was to visit our friend Kenn Back. Pete met
Kenn in the Falkland Islands in 1994. Kenn is originally from Exeter and has
led an interesting life. He has over wintered in the Antarctic more than anyone
else, whilst he was attached to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) usually as a
base manager. He also started off with Gerry Clark from New Zealand on
“Totorore’s” epic adventure to study the bird life around the southern ocean I
winter. Unfortunately Kenn suffers severely from seasickness and had to be
dropped off early in the expedition. Kenn spent many years travelling around
the world, before retiring to Carmelo where he lives in a cottage and tends his
lovely garden. I initially met Kenn in San Isidro a few years ago, when he was
attending an antiquarian book fair.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kenn Back´s lovely art deco abode.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Al fresco at Kenn´s.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corner shop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">En Route to the boatyard we spotted...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this puppy called out to me, but the owner had other ideas, to Pete´s relief.</td></tr>
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We are
still looking for somewhere to haul out inexpensively, to redo the antifouling
and Kenn took us to a nearby boatyard, where veteran Antarctic charter skipper
Alain Caradec was refitting “Kotick”, a sister ship to Jerome Ponset’s
“Damian”.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alain Caradec´s "Kotick" looking very smart.</td></tr>
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Pete had also met Alain on Beaver Island in 1994. Alain and Claudine
do charters year round, these days. They spend the austral summer in the
Antarctic and then head north for the Canadian Maritimes! Alain discouraged
hauling out because of the bureaucracy and red tape involved due to inspections
and the opening of the swing bridge. Kenn then took us to the Caradec’s rental
home, where we enjoyed tea and cookies with Claudine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacarandas in full bloom near ferry dock.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Central park, Carmelo.</td></tr>
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Kenn joined us on the
banks of the Arroyo de las Vacas for a braai the next day. He was keen to look
over “Oryx” and we ate in comfort down below. Kenn was going away for a few
days to visit friends in Piriapolis, so we said ‘hasta luego’.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Museum at Carmelo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What makes Carmelo famous?</td></tr>
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Our Uruguayan
visa was coming up for renewal, so we left “Oryx” safely in Carmelo and took
the ferry to Tigre in Buenos Aires, where we stayed overnight.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise over Parana Delta en route to Tigre in Buenos aires.</td></tr>
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We caught up
with old friends Julio and Nestor in San Isidro did some shopping and browsing.
I’m not going to waffle on about our time in Buenos Aires, as this blog is
dedicated to Uruguay and we will be returning to Buenos Aires in the New Year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buenos Aires by night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asadito?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas is coming.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The population of Buenos Aires numbers more or less the same as ALL of Uruguay... and it shows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comemorating the soldiers who died in the Malvinas. (Falklands.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another monument at Tigre.</td></tr>
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Instead I will share a fable according to Carly:<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Webs drifting from the mast</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>All along the River Plate there
are small spiders that live in the rain clouds. When the wind blows across the
pampas from the south, these spiders slowly unravel the clouds and swing down
to earth. Sometimes they rappel down on the end of a long thread of cloud;
sometimes they use a fragment of cloud as a parachute or paraglider to come
down to the ground. As the south wind gains momentum, more and more spiders are
released until the fluffy cumulus cloud is thin and cigar shaped. The wind
blows harder and harder in short bursts, trying to disperse the fleeing
spiders. This is a Pampero.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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On our return Carmelo was
thrumming with Argentinean visitors, so we set off the following morning for
Nueva Palmira.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: lime; font-size: 26pt;">Nueva Palmira.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marking the confluence of the Rio Uruguay at Punta Gorda or km0.</td></tr>
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The actual start of the
Rio Uruguay is a few km before Nueva Palmira at Punta Gorda. It was here that early explorer Juan de
Solis met with death. He had sailed up the Rio de la Plata, which he named
‘Dulce Mar’. He then continued up river with two officers and seven men to the
confluence of the Rio Uruguay where the band apparently met with the Charrua
Indians who practised cannibalism. According to a sole survivor Juan de Solis
was the main course at a primitive asado! One of the crew was spared and made
prisoner. He later escaped and related the tale to explorer Sebastian Cabot.
One has to wonder why he was not served up on a platter. Could it be he was not
appetising enough? Did he suffer from low self-esteem after this or did he
thank his lucky stars?<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luxary living near Punta Gorda.</td></tr>
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We arrived at Nueva
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entrance to the small harbour, plumming for an anchorage off the beach instead.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to yacht harbour at Nueva Palmira.</td></tr>
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Nueva Palmira was founded
in 1758. It was named after an oasis in the Syrian Desert. It is a delightful
small town and we took a long walk around, picking up the fixing for our
habitual picnic on the beachfront. We met a friendly woman who runs a Pousada
who admired “Oryx”. She says that most of her visitors are from Argentina as a
small ferry runs across to the delta. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bar at Nueva Palmira.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small harbour of Nueva Palmira.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Jacarandas than palms...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First decisive battle against the Spanish near Mercedes.</td></tr>
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could enter the Rio San Salvador, but we didn’t know how far we’d get. We had
no charts and had to rely on the echo sounder. We had few problems after we
skirted the shallow entrance. The heady scent of spring was once again evident
as we meandered up river. The banks were alive with verdant foliage and the
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Occasionally we glimpsed the wheat and grain farms
that provide the main agriculture in the area. We managed to get as far as a
small town called Dolores, 23 kilometres from the entrance. The river was
bursting its banks and youngsters were fishing from the docks. We anchored off
and went ashore. Dolores was an unexpected bonus and it proved to be a fair
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" in Dolores.</td></tr>
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Historically an island
near present day Villa Soriano lays claim to being the first European
settlement in Uruguay. Jesuit missionaries established a mission on Isla del
Vinzaino in 1624. There were some earlier settlements at a fort in San Lazaro
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching Villa soriano on the Rio Negro there is a ranch on a small island.</td></tr>
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We had now entered the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Rio Uruguay, where the water is considerably darker, much like the ‘black water rafting’ in the Tsitsikama. We anchored off the jetty, which is currently closed and is being upgraded. A couple of foreign boats were anchored off and seem to have been there for a while. Foreign boats were becoming scarce as we ventured further north.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The level of the Rio Negro was very high on our trip up to Mercedes. Flooded picnic area at Villa Soriano.</td></tr>
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Once again, flooding was
evident. We rowed across to the nearby picnic spot where the pontoons were
surrounded by water. Several picnic tables were under water. We tied “Crake” to
a tree and set off. Soriano is tiny. It has two main streets that stretch back
from the riverfront for about two kilometres. The streets are neatly paved,
there are several small schools and parks, but if one looks in either direction
the tarred roads give way to gravel and town and country merge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our favourite supply store and first calendar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small chalet for rent. The custodian invited us in and showed us around. Well recommended.</td></tr>
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There is a
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kind and helpful gentleman, who gave us our first calendar for the New Year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We spent several pleasant days soaking up the sunshine and relative silence. It is a charming town and the only negative was when I accidentally stood on an ant nest, concealed by newly mown grass. Ouch! The ants were tiny and black, but their bite was worse than any South African red ant I have come across.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtyard of museum at Villa Soriano.</td></tr>
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Pete cleared out with the
prefectura who were concerned about our draft. We draw just under a metre and
this seemed to satisfy the officer, but he cautioned Pete to stick to the
buoyed channel in the shoals.<br />
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When leaving Soriano we encountered an obstacle!
A waterlogged tree root (antiquated anchor?) had snared our chain and it took
Pete at least half an hour to free our own anchor.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Meandering up the Rio
Negro, we stopped at Isla del Infante for lunch, and then we continued on to a
remote spot and anchored for the night. We remember it fondly as Km 32! At
times we could see why the prefectura had voiced concern, the river is very
wide, but even with some flooding the shallows were just that. The wind was
very light and the current was against us, so we had to motor most of the way.
On the final day we had a fair wind a cruised into Mercedes under sail!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Km32 sunset!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whaat? view from trampoline when sailing!</td></tr>
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<b><u><span style="color: #cc99ff; font-size: 26pt;">Mercedes.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" visits Mercedes.</td></tr>
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We arrived in Mercedes in
the late afternoon and anchored between Isla del Puerto and the town. We spent
just less than a week in Mercedes and in that time it grew to be a firm
favourite. Once again the river level was exceptionally high and a causeway
linking the mainland to the little island was submerged. People fished and swam
from the riverbanks. Whilst we were exploring the public dock a marinero came
up to us and welcomed us, directing us to the free ablution facilities and
inviting us to tie up alongside the wall. We explained that we preferred to
anchor, but made use of the shower facilities daily. We also topped up our
water supply.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Mercedes from the esplanade. the houses are well back from the river front.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bugler protest the proximity of the brick block of flats.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our favourite park. (The icecream shop is just across the road and they have wifi.)</td></tr>
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Mercedes was founded in
1788. In the early 1800’s the Banda Oriental, as Uruguay was then known, was
chaffing against Spanish rule. Jose Gervaiso Artigas, Uruguay’s national hero,
allied with the United Provinces of the River Plate against the royalists. In
1811 with the aide of Buenos Aires approximately 100 men met at the Arroyo
Ascensio and in a battle known as ‘Grito de Ascensio’ or ‘The Cry of Ascensio’
they captured Mercedes in the morning and nearby Santo Domingo in the afternoon
of the same day. This was the first victory against the royalists.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Mercedes has many
buildings of interest and with a tourist information guide we did the circular
walking tour in stages. We visited an interesting art gallery where the
custodian gave us an in depth guided tour (in Spanish), describing the history
of the artists, most of whom were local, and showing us some of the paintings
and objets d’art not on display. He rounded off the free experience, by taking
us through the library with its array of antiquarian books. We enjoyed a
similar experience at the Casa Cultura. In the centre of the town next to the
cathedral there is a lovely park, where we spent happy moments devouring
humungous ice creams. My only criticism of the town is that someone gave
permission to build a high rise building so close to the cathedral that a wedge
had to be omitted so that the cathedral didn’t touch the building! (And the
building has no real architectural charm, whatsoever!)<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uruguay has it right!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Designed and built by Fransisco Matosa in 1936. Studied modernism under Gaudi.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Built in 1902, typical of 'Art Nouveau'.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hotel Colon featured in our personalised tour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casa de la Cultura with its Masonic influences.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one not on the tour and it is for sale!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sculpture outside Casa Cultura.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commemorating the first victory of the Latin American war of Independence.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighbouring dredger.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama of Francisco Matosas house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These lads caught this magnificent Dorado.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He dearly wanted us to pose with his fish, but that would´ve been cheating!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Alberto Zanzi, neo classical, built in 1903.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This historic building fscade is being kept, but they are building modern apartments.</td></tr>
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When we sailed into
Mercedes we passed a landmark known as Castle Maua. From the shore we saw
nothing of note, but Luis had encouraged us to visit it. We packed a picnic and
set out early for what the Lonely Planet said was a six km walk. It isn’t. It
is more like 2km or possibly 3km and was well worth the visit.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These ruins date back to 1722.</td></tr>
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The castle isn’t a castle in the European sense of the word. It is a grand house and vineyard. It was the home of a remarkable man.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Irineu Evengalista de
Sousa Maua was born in Arroio Grande in Brazil in 1813. He became a business
magnate and investor and some sources call him the Rothschild of South America.
His titles of Baron and then later Viscount were bestowed on him by the
Portuguese Royal family for services rendered. He built the first railroad in
Brazil. He founded the first bank in Uruguay, known as Banco Maua y cia. He
financed coffee plantations, railroads, shipyards; cast iron works and then
commissioned the first submarine telegraph cable between South America and
Europe. He owned steamboats, which plied the Amazon and Guiba rivers. At the
pinnacle of his career he was one of the richest men in the world.
Unfortunately he lost most of his fortune after the war of the Triple Alliance,
where Paraguay took on Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’d never heard of Baron Maua before.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Winery still runs,
although it has downsized and is managed by the municipality of Mercedes. The wines were very well priced and we bought a few bottles to sample later.<br />
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The
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explored the small zoo on the grounds.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Alejandro Berro was the
palaeontologist who excavated the area. The museum has a fine display of local
dinosaur remains and again I think I’ll let the pictures do the talking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Palaentologist Alejandro Berro.</td></tr>
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After
we had browsed the museum, we asked the guide about Baron Maua and he fetched
some keys and let us explore the stately home. The upper levels are in a state
of disrepair and some areas are restricted. Health and safety, Uruguay style,
allows for some flexibility.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We left Mercedes the next
day to retrace our passage down the Rio Negro back to Soriano. In retrospect it
was easy to identify the palmed paths leading to Castle Maua. Luis had
recommended some wayward anchorages and we found a few of our own.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tight squeeze.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Luis recommendations.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">arroyo de las maulas</td></tr>
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We spent a
day anchored in a remote spot, swimming and gunk holing with “Crake”. Pete had
a close encounter with a wild orange tree, which unwillingly yielded some
fruit. They looked like oranges, but peeled like tangerines and tasted like
grape fruit! We named the species <i>Pedrinho’s easy Peel Pomelo</i>, but our
pips have yet to sprout. However, you’ll be pleased to hear that we have
Rosemary, Basil and Mint harbouring crickets in our cockpit, thanks to Kenn.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" at Banco Barrientes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scavaging for wild oranges.</td></tr>
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was quicker with the current helping us, but the water level had dropped and at
one of the tortuous points we cleared the bottom with inches to spare. Soriano
was still the same sleepy little town, but we had to move ever onwards and back
to the Rio Uruguay and the north.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011268972209536691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057997375309343868.post-7324384184127265802013-12-04T10:35:00.001-08:002014-01-27T14:36:25.075-08:00OLA URUGUAY!<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" leaving Piriapolis. Photo courtesy of Jill Schinas.</td></tr>
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<b><u><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 26pt;">Uruguay or Utopia?</span></u></b></div>
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You
will have gathered that I am infatuated with all that is Brazil and I can
honestly say that I love Argentina, so what about Uruguay? In 1984 when I was a
student nurse I worked with a Uruguayan doctor and all I knew was that Uruguay
was somewhere in South America and has a coast line, as opposed to Paraguay
that is. Now I know a little more.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Uruguay
has a population of about 3.3 million of whom about 1.8 million live in
Montevideo, the capitol. Uruguay was the first country to host the Fifa World
Cup (1930) and the first country to win it! The countries motto is <i>With
liberty I offend not, I fear not.</i> It is a stable, peaceful country with
friendly, unobtrusive people. The teenagers and indeed people of all ages sip
away at their mate. <o:p></o:p></div>
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They
are more reserved than the Brazilians, but the country’s crime rate is low and
it is one of the few countries that appeal as a place to retire. The current
president is Jose Mujica and he has earned the epithet of the world’s poorest
president.<br />
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Some
of our Uruguayan friends do not approve of his broad use of the media to
project his favourable image, but he is a politician after all – and we know
what to expect from them!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
full name of the country is “The Oriental Republic of Uruguay” or the republic
east of the Uruguay (river) The name <i>Uruguay</i> itself is a Guarani word
meaning “River of painted birds.” What could be more beautiful?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are the birds we see most often. This was in Punta.</td></tr>
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Before
the arrival of the conquistadors and explorers, the Charrua tribe who were
driven south by the Guarani, populated Uruguay. They were hunter-gatherers and
fished extensively and were hostile to outsiders, discouraging settlement for
more than a century by killing Spanish explorer Juan de Solis. (Mas tarde.)<br />
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In the 17<sup>Th</sup>
century the Charrua acquired the horse and prospered on wild cattle, eventually
trading with the Spanish. Never numerous they now number less than 1% of the
population.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harbour at La Paloma</td></tr>
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The
eastern side of Uruguay is dotted with innumerable beach resorts and the vast
dunes and dramatic headlands stretch all the way to the Brazilian border. The
area attracts hoards of Argentinean, Brazilian and Paraguayan tourists in the
summer, but it is virtually empty after March.<o:p></o:p></div>
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La
Paloma is a sleepy seaside town on the Atlantic. It occupies a small peninsula.
To the north it has fine surfing beaches and due to the front that had just
passed the Uruguayan surfers were out in full force. Our stay in La Paloma was
very pleasant. We sorted out our sim card, wandered around the town. The people
in Antel were very helpful and I met the mother of one of Uruguay’s famous
surfers named Guzman who was at the time surfing in South Africa in <i>Londra
del Este</i>. (Doesn’t it sound great?)<o:p></o:p><br />
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have an Argentinean friend called Roberto Ramos who has a junk rig boat called
“Pampero”, whom we met a number of years ago in San Isidro. We know that
Roberto has built a small log cabin on the outskirts of La Paloma and set off
with a packed lunch, in search of him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking for Roberto we found these quaint cottages with their top curls.</td></tr>
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We skirted the beach and headed inland,
but although we saw many log cabins, we didn’t recognise Roberto’s, so we
picnicked on the beach and then headed back. Later we found out from a sailor
who knows Roberto that he was back in San Isidro for the winter. We passed on
our regards.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach bar in La Paloma catering to surfers et al.</td></tr>
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We
have many friends in Brazil, but they are widely scattered and we hadn’t met
many cruising boats during our six-month stay. In La Paloma we befriended a
French couple who recognised “Oryx” from Cedeira in Northern Spain. We invited
them for a meal, which proved to be very interesting and was a melange of
French, Spanish and English! Pete provided our French, Natasha their English
and Roger and I struggled in Spanish. (Roger less so than me – he is a
polyglot.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roger and Natasha's Boxer on guard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yachts, fishing boats and a small ship, cheek to cheek in La Paloma's harbour</td></tr>
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Next
stop was Punta. Punta del Este is the most easterly point of the River Plate.
The River Plate again is a misnomer for a huge confluence of several rivers,
amongst them the second biggest river in South America, namely the Rio Parana,
as well as the Rio Uruguay and a plethora of other small rivers and streams.
The Rio del la Plata (River Plate) is funnel shaped and very shallow. It is 2km
wide at its innermost part and 220km at the mouth. Some geographers consider
the Rio de la Plata to be a gulf or a marginal fresh water sea. The Rio del La
Plata has small tides for approximately 190km, but the huge water mass is more
affected by the wind direction and forms a tidal prism. South Easterly winds
blow the water in and the North Westerly blows the water out of the estuary. It
is a vital factor to consider, while navigating the area. The River Plate is
strewn with wrecks of many eras, amongst them the infamous “Graf Spe” that was
scuttled by the crew off Montevideo during WW2, rather than be sunk by the
British navy. (The Battle of the River Plate.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
‘river’ was initially named “Mar Dulce” (sweet sea) by the hapless explorer, Juan de Solis. The British
explorer, Sebastian Cabot, changed the name when he sailed up to Asuncion in
modern day Paraguay. We assumed that the name – <i>Rio del La Plata</i> or
Silver River had something to do with the colour of reflected light, which at
times makes the river shimmer. The early conquistadors believed that the Rio
del la Plata led all the way inland to the Andes and beyond to the mystical
city of El Dorado, because of the Guarani warriors wearing silver breast plates
and recounting stories of the riches of the lost city. Whatever the origin of
the name, it has more romance than ‘Vaal’ (muddy grey) which is the actual
colour, most of the time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" off Punta del Este.</td></tr>
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<b><u><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 26pt;">Punta Del Este<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Famous landmark on beach at Punta.</td></tr>
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Punta
del Este is described by <i>The Lonely Planet </i>as Uruguay’s exclusive
showplace. It is situated on an isthmus, much like Varadero in Cuba and shares
some of the glamour. Punta has many fine beaches, elegant seaside homes, yacht
harbour, high-rise apartments, fine hotels and restaurants. It is one of South
America’s most alluring resorts. In the summer it teams with visitors. This was
my third visit to Punta Del Este. The first was in mid summer in 2008. True to
form the town was thrumming and the beaches were packed.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht harbour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the lovely apartments on the esplanade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This lovely building housed the cinema, but is now for sale.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Isla Goritti</u></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" anchored off Isla Goritti</td></tr>
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One
of the many things I like about Punta is the little island in the bay called
Isla Goritti. It is a nature reserve and the first time Pete took me there we
anchored on the far side off Playa Honda with around fifty other boats. We
explored the island, which has a small forest and the remains of a defensive
battery called Santa Ana dating back to the 1800’s. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Near
Playa Honda we found some picnic benches next to designated fireplaces with
evidence of old fires. Uruguay is well known for its meat. One of the cheaper
cuts is asado, which is a length of ribs.
We duly built a small fire and braaied our ribs. We had an unhurried
supper with salads, bread and fine Uruguayan wine. Most of the other boats were
leaving as the sun receded, but we lingered on adding bits of wood to our fire
until we had a large bonfire, albeit in the fireplace.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Braai on Isla Goritti four years ago.</td></tr>
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An irate park ranger
came and reprimanded us. We started tamping down the fire, thinking he objected
to the size. He then came and doused the fire with water. We finished our wine
and rowed back to “Pelican” not thinking much about it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near side of Isla Goritti with Punta del Este in distance</td></tr>
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This
time we bought our fixings for the braai, made salads and sailed across to the
near side of Isla Goritti. We unloaded the dinghy and the first thing I saw was
a sign saying <span style="color: red;">PROHIBIDO HACER</span> <span style="color: red;">FUEGO!</span> No wonder the guy had been upset.<br />
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We stashed
our braai back on “ Crake” taking only our crisps and wine on the walk around
the island. It was a little cool at first, but soon we were peeling off the
layers. There were few people about and it was almost as if we had the island
to ourselves. Some Oyster Catchers
tried to lure us away from their eggs. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oyster Catcher nest.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We braaied on board with our Swanniebraai instead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isla Goritti at sunset.</td></tr>
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The
second time we were in Punta del Este it was winter and a gale was forecast. We
picked up a mooring and spent a terrible night on board. Pete had tied two
lines to the mooring buoy, expecting the wind to turn after a few hours as
forecast. This never happened. In the middle of the night our first line
parted. Blinded by stinging rain I had to motor slowly ahead, whilst Pete leant
precariously over the bow to tie another rope to the buoy. We never slept that
night and kept ‘mooring’ watch. By first light we watched our neighbouring
boats break free. I took a video of a big motorboat sheering its third strand
of rope and then careening into a nearby Benito, shredding its guardrails
before crashing onto several other boats already on the rocks. There were 33
boats on moorings and 18 broke free and were wrecked.<o:p></o:p><br />
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By
midday the storm was abating, slightly and the marineros of the marina came by.
Our other rope was fraying and their divers helped us replace it. They went
about replacing as many ropes as they could. The port was closed for a few days
and by the time we could go ashore the clean up had started. Amongst the wrecks
were boats with ironic names such as “Shelter”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This
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<b><u><span style="color: lime; font-size: 26pt;">Punta Ballena<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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The
sail to Piriapolis was lovely. The weather was fine and we planned to anchor
off Punta Ballena for lunch, which we did and duly saw a whale (a ballena)! It
was just lying near the surface, moving about lazily. No dramatic squirts of
water or splashing of fins, but it was wonderful to see. Punta Ballena has a
distinctive Greek looking enclave called Casa Pueblo, which was built by
Uruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro and Punta Ballena has become an artist
colony. We admired all this from the cockpit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Piriapolis
is one of my favourite Uruguayan towns. On my first visit it was carnival time,
which in Uruguay is less frenetic than further north and the procession was
filled with beautiful costumes, children and laughter. The music was not
unbearably loud and it was fun all around.<br />
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Piriapolis is also the first place
where I met Luis and Antonio (Pete’s Uruguayan friends). They came for a short
sail on “Pelican”. Luis has an 18’ ocean going “Swaggie” with junk rig called
“Atiti” which was on the hard in Piriapolis.<br />
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He also has two
catamarans,“Iopne” (30’) and a Wharram Tiki 38’ called “Kamiloa”. More about
Luis and his friends later.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Piriapolis
was founded in 1893.It nestles against the flanks of three hills – Cerro Pan de
Acucar, Cerro Ingles or San Antonio and Cerro Toro. Cerro Pan de Acucar is much
smaller than its cousin in Rio, but is one of the highest points in Uruguay.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of yacht harbour from Cerra Ingles</td></tr>
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Piriapolis is named after the Argentine investor, Francisco Piria, who built
the beautiful Hotel Argentina along the beachfront and developed Piriapolis as
a tourist resort in the 1930’s. The Hotel Argentina has 350 elegant rooms, a
European type spa with two heated pools, a casino and an ice rink as well as
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Piriapolis
has a small marina that is jam packed all year round, probably due to both the
ambience of the town and the fact that they have a big travel lift courtesy of
the first ‘<i>Whitbread Round the World Race’ </i>to stop in Uruguay. Uruguay’s
entry was called “<i>Uruguay natural</i>”, which is the slogan for the
tourist board.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piriapolis in the summer!<br />
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We took this photo 4 years ago, not knowing we'd be back in Uruguay for my 57th birthday!</td></tr>
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The
weather forecast for my birthday was bleak, but fortunately totally inaccurate,
so we set out in sunshine up Cerro de Toro. Unfortunately there had been a
landslide during the recent rains, so we unable to climb to the summit, instead
we had our picnic on the lower slopes. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Via
Facebook and our friends Brian and Marta Kane we were introduced to the family
and crew of “Mollymawk” who were also in the River Plate. We had come across
“Mollymawk’s” website which gave us much useful information for our visit to
the Cape Verde islands and we were keen to meet them. Nick and Jill had been
building “Mollymawk” in Noordhoek at the same time that Pete was building
“China Moon” in Port Owen, but they never met. We arranged to meet in
Piriapolis. Jill alerted us to the fact that there is a fresh fruit and
vegetable market in Piriapolis on Saturdays and we headed off to this Feira
Sabado (Saturday Fair) and stocked up with fresh foods. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Mollymawk" and "Oryx" in Piriapolis</td></tr>
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On
our return from the market “Mollymawk” with her yellow hull and its frolicking
dolphins, had arrived and anchored near us. Nick, Jill and Jan had gone to the
market, but Caesar and Roxanne invited us on board. Nick and Jill are both from
Chichester and have sailed most of their lives. Although they lived near one
another, they only met as adults when Jill wanted to sail across the Atlantic
and Nick was looking for crew. They have been sailing, boat building and
cruising ever since.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They
have three children Caesar, Xoe and Roxanne. Xoe is currently at university in
London, but Caesar and Roxanne are delightful and a credit to an alternate
lifestyle and home schooling. I won’t attempt to tell their story, but hope
that some of you will look at their website. Jill is an accomplished artist and
photographer and has written a number of books and numerous articles. </div>
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<a href="http://www.yachtmollymawk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yachtmollymawk.com/</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick, Jill, Pete, Roxanne, Caesar and Gean.</td></tr>
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Thus
began a week of socialising. Cruising is strange, it is feast or famine – there
are months at a time when you don’t meet or socialise much and then suddenly
it’s the reverse. After coffee with the two young Schinas’ we arranged for the
family to come across to “Oryx” for tea. We then met Nick and Jill and their
young Brazilian crewmember called Jan.<br />
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They invited us to a barbecue (asado) at
some shore bound sailors’ home.
Piriapolis is a favourite hang out for expatriate yachties. The asado was
basically a ‘bring and braai’ and Pete and I made a salad, and then went
shopping for meat. I convinced Pete that all braais take a while and so we ate
a choripan for lunch. A choripan is the South American equivalent of a
boerewors roll and the Uruguayans do a wonderful version with salad and pickles
added to the roll until you have a handful, which is often more than a
mouthful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saudi Arabian advertising looks different in South America! What will the mutawwah say?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hotel Colon en Piriapolis</td></tr>
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We
found Frans and Anna’s house by mobile G.P.S. They are a delightful Austrian
couple with a small daughter called Malena. They have a 46’ monohull and are
currently renting a place in Piriapolis whilst they do a big refit. There were
many other people: Swedes, French, German, a Scot and even a Uruguayan. Beer
and wine flowed; food was plentiful and as the afternoon unfolded the sea
shanties became more and more daring. All in all a delightful day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frans, Anna and Malena.</td></tr>
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The
Mollymawks, as we collectively called our new friends, were keen to go for a
sail on “Oryx”. They were intrigued by the junk rig and the bipolar catamaran
set up, so we consulted the weather forecast and arranged a sail, followed by
supper for the next afternoon. The forecast was for light winds and we didn’t want
to drag a dinghy so we tied up alongside “Mollymawk” and they transhipped,
leaving their little dog “Poppy” in charge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jill, Roxanne, Gean and Nick from "Mollymawk" floating on "Oryx".</td></tr>
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Unfortunately the wind petered out
and we didn’t have as much a sail as a float about fairly aimlessly. The sun
had appeared and it was great to have them on board, but I don’t think the sail
was convincing enough for them to rush out and join the JRA! Mores the pity.
Roxanne had baked a cake for tea and
they stayed for supper. Once again it
was a pleasant day all round.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roxanne, Gean, Nick and Caesar looking happy despite the lack of a breeze!</td></tr>
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The
15<sup>th</sup> of October dawned brightly. It was fraught with tension for me
though, my daughter Irene had recently passed her written exam, but was due to
do her oral exam that day. If she passed she would be a consultant anaesthetist
and all those years of slog would pay off… if not – it would be several more
gruelling months of study. Fortunately I was distracted when Nick came by early
to see Pete about charts, and then Caesar stopped by to give us technical
advice on electronic tablets. We had just had lunch when Frans, Anna and Malena
called. Each time I made a strong pot of Brazilian coffee and by the time my
daughter got her result I was buzzing from the caffeine alone. She had
passed!!!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uruguay has many vintage cars.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in various states of repair!</td></tr>
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We
had dinner on board “Mollymawk” that night and were getting to know and like
the family more and more. The forecast was fair for the following afternoon and
we said sad farewells. It is not often that we meet kindred cruisers and we
hope to meet up again. We arranged with Jill to take some photographs of “Oryx”
with her sails up and we eagerly await them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoisting the sails as we say a sad farewell to friends in Piriapolis. (Photo by Jill Schinas)</td></tr>
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The sail to Buceo in Montevideo
was perfect. The wind was abeam and “Oryx” made such good time that we anchored
off Isla Gaviota by midnight and the next morning went into the nearby yacht
harbour at Buceo, a suburb of Montevideo.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #33cccc; font-size: 26pt;">Montevideo<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harbour in Buceo.</td></tr>
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The
first Spanish settlement in Uruguay was further to the west at Soriano on the
Rio Negro but then the Portuguese established a fort at Colonia del Sacramento,
as a pirate and contraband centre, which posed a direct challenge to the Spanish
authority in the area. So Spain founded Montevideo in the natural harbour in
1726 to counteract this. During the Napoleonic wars Britain tried to seize both
Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Spain
finally evicted the Portuguese from Uruguay in 1777.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hitch hiker.</td></tr>
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The
city itself is attractive with wide streets shaded by Plane trees with their beautiful paint by number bark. Montevideo has all the modern amenities of a
big city, but its busy streets are still plied by horse and pony drawn carts .
It always amazes me to see how superbly the creatures contend with the hustle
and bustle of rush hour. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leafy streets of Montevideo.<br />
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There
are many lovely parks with monuments and sculptures commending Uruguayan and
internationally prominent figures, such as Ghandi. The beautiful rambla, or
esplanade is twenty-seven kilometres long (the longest in the world) with many
fine beaches. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near the esplanade in Montevideo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht club in Buceo.</td></tr>
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We
picked up a mooring next to Ana’s “Papillon” and Pieter and Shanie’s “
Witblits”. We had met Ana at the asado in Piriapolis and “Witsblits” is the
South African Dean Cat with a sloping mast that we’d met in Abraao.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Papillon"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Witblits" downloading their motorbike!</td></tr>
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We went to
the Thursday morning market in Buceo and walked home via Montevideo shopping
where we browsed for a while and then had a choripan at our favourite street
stand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Street market in Buceo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete eating a choripan.</td></tr>
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We
returned to the yacht club and had a wonderful, steamingly hot shower (you
might gather that I like ‘em hot). This was the first yacht club I’d found to
have hairdryers AND they have a scale. As always the scale was disappointing –
my clothes are several sizes too big, yet my goal weight remain just that – a
goal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Atiti" in Buceo, 18' ocean going Swaggie owned by Luis.</td></tr>
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Pieter
and Shanie came across to invite us for dinner, but Luis was calling that
evening and we were uncertain of our plans, so we asked for a rain check. At
around five Luis, Antonio and Arnoldo arrived in the yacht clubs launch. With
them was Ana who promptly invited us for dinner. Luis intervened saying that he
would like us to join him and his family and friends for dinner! So there we
were – three invitations for one night! They came on board and looked over
“Oryx”. Luis’ English has always been very good, but Antonio’s has improved
exponentially over the intervening years and with the help of our bad Spanish,
we could now communicate and fortunately Arnoldo’s English was good, too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonio, Arnoldo and Luis. (L to R)</td></tr>
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Luis picked us up later and took us to his home,
a beautiful apartment on the beachfront, close to Buceo. We met Claudia, Luis’
wife and Francisco, his eight-year-old son, for the first time. Both Claudia
and Francisco are fluent in English, but Francisco was a little shy. Soon after
our arrival Arnoldo and his wife Rita arrived, then Antonio and Cecelia.
Arnoldo is involved in a joint venture with Antonio, building a modified 30’
Wharram Tiki which Antonio fondly calls
their ‘<i>Tiki evolution’ </i>(Or is it <i>revolution</i>?) Good food accompanied fine
wine and sea faring and boat building tales.<br />
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Luis referred to Pete as the
Maradonna of sailing, which we think is a
complement? Luis had also hoped to arrange a mini catamaran rally with
some Argentinean friends, and us, but elections and weather forecast seemed to
scuttle these plans.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skate board park near rambla in Buceo.</td></tr>
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On
the Friday Pete and I set out early. Pete was on a quest to find the perfect
electronic tablet. Caesar had inflamed his enthusiasm with technical
information and know how and Pete could no longer wait for Argentina or Cuidade
del Este and the promise of better prices so we walked to Punta Carretas
Shopping where Pete found his match.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An option for touring the Atacama desert?</td></tr>
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Then we walked into the centre of
Montevideo and then along the pedestrian zone (peatonal) to the old part of the
city and the famous Mercado del Porto, where there are tourist craft shops and
many restaurants of all sizes that provide vast menus of barbecued food done on
huge fires. We celebrated my birthday once more, with rump steak, chips, salad
and a good bottle of Uruguayan wine.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We
still had a dinner invitation aboard “Witblits” so we walked all the way to
Buceo, stopping at the small maritime museum, which unfortunately was
closed. In it’s fore court there is the
bow of a famous Uruguayan yacht called “Alferez Campora.” It has a sad and
intriguing history to it. The yacht was a 35 tonner launched in 1934 by a Dutch
boatyard. It had a varied sailing history and underwent several name changes
along the way. In the second half of the 1950’s four young Uruguayan naval
officers hoped to circumnavigate the world. As an added precaution they decided
to have their appendixes removed before setting off. Unfortunately Alferez
Campora<b> </b>died on the operating table. The remaining three sailors named
the boat after him and then successfully completed their circumnavigation.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The naval museum on the rambla near Buceo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bow of the "Alferez Campora".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Alferez Campora's" successful circumnavigation.</td></tr>
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Uruguay
makes use of daylight saving in the summer months as a result the sun was still
shining when we rowed across to “Witblits”.
“Witblits” port engine was giving problems and when we arrived two local
mechanics were onboard, supping on <i>Witblits</i> and getting merrily sloshed,
we hope they got home safely on their motorbikes. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Shanie
cracked a bottle of champagne and we sipped away as she prepared the meal.
Their motorbike was ashore and the saloon looked even bigger than before. They
had arrived in La Paloma ahead of us and were stuck on board the boat,
alongside the wall, when the huge Pampero blew through.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Witblits</i> (White lightening) is a home brewed, double proof
South African firewater. Pieter had stocked up with many bottles when they left
South Africa. I now had my first taste - it is fiery, but has a pleasant taste
of raisins, and no hangover… as promised by Pieter (despite the champagne)!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Luis
had given us some local knowledge about nearby rivers and anchorages. On the
Saturday we set out for the first of them. The wind was light, but the sun was
shining and we sailed slowly towards the Rio Santa Lucia. We arrived at 2020,
just as the sun was setting and anchored off Isla Tigre.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In Piriapolis we heard the
terrible tale of an Austrian boat that was sailing into Rio Santa Lucia
recently and misjudged the power lines. Their mast struck the cables, the boat
burst into flames and the crew had to jump overboard with nothing but what they
were wearing. The boat burnt to the waterline and sank and they lost
everything, including a priceless violin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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with a buoyed channel. There are two bridges, the modern road bridge clearance
is high enough for most masts, but the old railway bridge is not, but swings
open on prior arrangement. It was built by the British in 1924 and there is a
famous song about it – a bit like the br<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px; white-space: nowrap;"></span>dge in Avignon. The song is by Alfredo
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The power lines dip lower
where the bridge is at its highest point and so was the cause of the
accident as it cannot be approached in
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Pete rowed ashore to clear
in with the authorities and I was still tidying up when I heard a motorboat
approaching. It was Antonio and two friends, Ruso and Daniel. They had spoken
to Pete and arranged with him to meet them at their yacht club. The yacht club
at Santa Lucia is affiliated with the one in Buceo and it is where Antonio and
Arnoldo are building their Tiki.<o:p></o:p><br />
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below the two bridges, I noticed many
fishermen and Ruso told me that fishing here is popular and they are trying to
catch <i>Corvina Negra</i>. The Corvina Negra has varying names according to
its size, but the name literally means ‘black drum’ because they make the sound
of a drumbeat! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Access to the Yacht club
was through a channel cut into the reed beds. Pete soon joined us and Antonio
led us to his mould and the completed hull of his Tiki evolution. Antonio has
also build a larger derivation of “Crake” (a Bolger Nymph) known as a Ruben’s
Nymph.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My idea of a Reuben's nymph... I'm not a fully fledged sailor... remember?</td></tr>
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We were pleased to see Antonio’s progress. He works full time and builds the boat at weekends and is progressing well, he is hoping to launch in a year or two.<br />
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Daniel then arranged
an ‘asadito’ (a small asado / braai/ barbecue) at the club, which was anything
but small! We learned a lot about Uruguay in the course of the afternoon. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete, Carly, Antonio, Ruso y Daniel. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht club at Santa Lucia with it's Ceibo in winter dress... the Uruguayan national tree.. subsequent blogs will be entitled - spot the Ceibo!</td></tr>
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We met a retired fisherman
called Pancho who has a motor sailer. His English was excellent and he had
spent some time in the Falklands (Malvinas) when his boat sank near there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starters for asadito!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quique, Nepe the papagayo, Carly y Daniel (L) and Ruso, Marta and Pancho (R) tucking in.</td></tr>
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Ruso is of Russian
descent, hence the name. He spoke to us in Spanish and most of the time we
understood!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Daniel’s English is
fluent. He is an anaesthesiologist and worked at the British hospital in
Montevideo for many years, where the
Falklands now send their patients.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Among the party was Marta
and her husband, Quique, who is also an anaesthesiologist! Marta is an architect and liked what Pete did with the small
space on “Oryx”. After the asadito,
much wine and coffee on board Pancho’s boat, Ruso took us back to “Oryx”,
towing “Crake” with Pete hanging on for dear life. We gave them the six-penny
tour and then said our goodbyes. We had hoped to see Pancho again on the
Monday, but the weather was foul. We hope to meet up with our new friends
somewhere upriver.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The wind was still fresh
when we left the Rio Santa Lucia in the early evening. The sail to Cufre
overnight was fairly uneventful, because we were sailing in shallow waters and
what ships there were, were lights in the distance. We arrived at first light,
anchored off the beach, caught up on some sleep, had breakfast and then motored
down the narrow channel into the river.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We anchored and then took
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">House on the bank at Cufre.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing from home.</td></tr>
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We rowed ashore and
explored the sleepy little town. It was wonderfully quiet and all that we could
hear was birdsong and gentle lapping of the river. Bliss.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach on the River Plate at Cufre.</td></tr>
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Now we were doing the
sailing I love the most – it was a short day sail to the entrance of the Rio
Rosario.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At night the police came to check if we were "Oryx" and had arrived safely!</td></tr>
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Boca Rosario</span></h1>
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We stayed I the Rio
Rosario for a fortnight. On our first day we took the long walk along the beach
to nearby Juan Lacaze to stock up on fresh supplies. We called in at the
harbour there to have a look at “Kamiloa” (Luis 38’ Wharram Tiki) We first saw
her in Jacare a couple of years ago when Geronimo was delivering her to Uruguay
for Luis. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reflections of Boca Rosario.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiking along beach from Boca Rosario to Juan Lacaze.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misplaced buoy?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picnique spot Juan Lacaze.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another vintage...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art Deco is alive and well and living in Uruguay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis' beautiful Tiki 38' - "Kamiloa"</td></tr>
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The weather was fine and
we caught up with maintenance. Pete took off the sails, one at a time and did
repairs. He also got the epoxy out and patched up “Crake” and the bow roller. I
had a great opportunity to do the washing and cleaning, as the river water was
now fresh.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sails off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain entangled in Boca Rosario?</td></tr>
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The Rio Rosario is another
quiet and beautiful place. We were anchored near a sunken tug and a rusty
barge, which used to transport sand
across the Rio del la Plata used for
the building of Buenos Aires. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning mist at Boca Rosario.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" off defunct sand dredging operation at Boca Rosario.</td></tr>
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We felt as if we were part of this
large Uruguayan family. We met Luis’ in laws and Antonio’s young sons for the
first time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our wonderful Uruguayan family: Antonio, Arnoldo, Nelson and Cecelia. (L)<br />
Luis, Claudia and Isis(R)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sad goodbye to our friends.</td></tr>
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On the Monday we motor sailed
inland on the Rio Rosario, utilising Luis sketch charts and managed to get 18km
up, as far as Puerto Rosario. Spring was much in evidence and the riverbanks
were lined by dense foliage, sporting many Ceibo’s (now starting to flower) and
sprays of wild jasmine, wild honeysuckle and the small white flowers of the
Wattle trees. All combined to enhance the bucolic scene with a fresh and heady
fragrance. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailing up the Rio Rosario.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clearing the powerlines!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brewery on the banks of the river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dredging.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Verdant, but fragile forests.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"He sat upon a river rock and turned into a toad... it seemed that he had fallen under someone's wicked spell..."</td></tr>
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La Paz</span></h2>
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We launched “Crake” and
rowed up to the small yacht club and then walked into the little town of La
Paz. Luis had told us of Swiss émigrés
who sailed up the Rio Rosario to settle land granted by the Uruguayan
government. Most of the emigres settled in Nueva Heletia and the district. In La Paz there is a church founded by the émigrés and this area
has much pride in their Swiss heritage. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">History of La Paz on the butcher's wall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New moon over Boca Rosario.</td></tr>
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and then set off to nearby Juan Lacaze/ Puerto Sauce,
where we anchored in the bay, outside the harbour. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Blog completed thanks to Martiano's at Mercedes y una cerveza.<br />
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Leaving Ihla Grande in Brazil was much
like leaving Rio de Janeiro. “Oryx’s” clean bottom made the progress better,
but initially we had to motor for several hours and then drift with the tide.
Once clear of the island a head wind blew lightly and for two days we sailed to
windward. The clean waterline made progress better and as the wind picked up we
were doing 6 knots to windward, until the seas got up. After that it was a
choppy, rather uncomfortable ride. The visibility was poor, it was hazy and two
ships came as close as ½ mile, before we saw them, but once again AIS proved
indispensable. A fishing boat was also so close that I could see the white of
his eyes. (I jest) Unfortunately our one wind vane worked its way loose and we
lost it at sea whilst I was doing the dishes. Fortunately we have two and
usually only use both simultaneously when we sail downwind.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Then the seas smoothed out and the wind
shifted slowly in our favour. The first two days we had runs in the mid 70’s
and the third day we managed 120nm. We had a good forecast, but the wind was
fresher than anticipated and on Thursday the 5<sup> Th</sup> September we were
flying effortlessly downwind. As the wind increased it was easy to reef down to
keep our speed at a sensible level. “Oryx” was coping with one wind vane and
the visibility had improved.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My evening watch was blissful. The stars were bright and we were well reefed down, but still doing an average of 7 knots, with accelerations to 8 or 9 knots, without veering more than ten degrees on either side of our course. We managed one 10-knot spurt and it felt as if “Oryx” was aquaplaning – which I suppose she was. Foolishly, perhaps, I didn’t reef down any further and on Pete’s watch, just before midnight our port side rudder broke free from its bottom pintle. Pete had reinforced both rudders in Itaparica, when he repaired the starboard one, but we had sustained some damage when we were caught in the drift net off Sao Tome. Pete woke me and went out to drop the sails. He noticed that the rudder had broken free and was trailing behind “Oryx” attached only by the delicate self-steering ropes. “Oryx” was still tearing along with just the tops of the sails showing. He bellowed loudly and managed to hurry me along. I eased the tops of the sails down, we slowed and Pete managed to get the rudder on board.<br />
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Initially,
Pete wanted to press on to Uruguay, but we knew the wind was due to reach force
7 and I was worried about loosing the second rudder and didn’t want to
experience building a jury rudder first hand, so Pete consulted the chart and
we headed for the south end of Ihla de Santa Catarina and anchored off Praia
Pinheira where we unofficially affected repairs. The rudder was ready to hang
within a few days, but the wind was howling so we whiled away the time on board
awaiting a suitable weather window to head south once more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mussel farm off Praia Pinheiro, Santa Catarina</td></tr>
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On the 14<sup>th</sup>
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shopping. We walked to a nearby beach and had a picnic lunch and again said our
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We raised the anchor just before 1400 and off we went once more. By sunset we had a pleasant northeasterly breeze, but by midnight the wind had died right down, we were sailing through thick mist and the visibility was negligible. To exacerbate matters we had a strong current against us and at times we drifted aimlessly.<br />
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Due
to smart phone technology and our proximity to the shore we knew about a deep
depression stalled over the River Plate, but the strong south westerlies
arrived several days earlier than forecast. At lunchtime on the 15<sup>th
September</sup> we anchored off a surfing beach near Laguna. The swells were
huge and we spent an uncomfortable night at anchor. By first light the
conditions had worsened. Pete was all for either heading to the harbour of
Ibituba or sailing all the way back to Pinheira. I was less keen because I
didn’t feel like beating back to anchorages north of us, when Laguna’s harbour
was right next to us, but Pete was worried as we had overstayed our welcome, as
such, in Brazil. We had cleared out of the country with immigration in Angra
Dos Reis. Against his better judgement we headed into the huge swells breaking
near the harbour entrance. Soon we were motor sailing up the river and we
anchored off a small island near the car ferry. We had a leisurely breakfast
and we were just settling down to sit out the bad weather when the Marina Da
Brazil patrol boat came alongside and requested to come on board.<o:p></o:p><br />
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my dismay! Anyway, they came on board, examined our documents and told us that
we couldn’t anchor where we were and that we had to go to the yacht club,
anchor there and then report to the Port Captain. We hauled up the anchor and
motored to the yacht club, anchoring out of the channel. We had a quick lunch,
gathered our documents and set off for the Port Captain. The officials were
still at lunch, but some young sailors were friendly and led us to a lounge to
wait. A more senior sailor led us to the office and here I was convinced we
were going to live out Pete’s worst nightmare. I foresaw a huge fine or worse,
but fortunately my prediction that they would rather have us in a safe harbour,
than hassling them when we run into trouble at sea, proved correct. They quite
happily cleared us in and said not to bother with immigration, unless we
intended to stay for a long period. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dolphins were around every day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small harbour near fresh food market Laguna</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful church in old town.<br />
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spent the afternoon shopping and exploring the quaint historical centre. It
dates back to 1676 and has cobbled streets flanking verdant parks. We went for
a hike up Morro Sao Gloria the following day. The weather was fairly cool, but
dry enough on the Wednesday. We did a circular hike, picnicking off the beach
where we had anchored. The surf was still huge and many surfers were making the
most of it. The lagoon has many dolphins and they were regular visitors. We
went to clear out on the Thursday, because a north wind was due to start after
lunch, only to be told that the seas were too big and that we should wait
another day. We were disappointed and Pete was mourning the loss of the
favourable wind, but we complied and checked out first thing on the Friday. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">House of Garibaldi´s wife</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fruit and vegetable market Laguna</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa Gloria</td></tr>
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I
am still only a fair weather sailor and the final stretch of the passage to
Uruguay proved particularly taxing. The swells beyond the breakwater were immense
and there is a sand bar on the southern side of the entrance, so we motored
slowly into the swell, then turning sharply to the north to avoid the bar. Pete
hoisted the sails and off we set.<br />
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The wind was fresh and the weather was foul
and by sunset the sky was streaked with lightning. I stood for the entire
length of my watches, as the visibility was poor, except when the sheets of
lightning lit the sky. I watched the spectacle with a mixture of terror and
awe. I kept consoling myself that I’d already had a close encounter with a ball
of lightning in 1991 and ‘<i>lightening doesn’t strike twice!’ </i>(As an added
precaution I didn’t listen to Leonard Cohen, Pam!) I have a book called ‘<i>Sailing
– a beginner’s guide</i>’ written by David Seidman which I first read in
Riyadh, where it meant very little. I had resumed reading it and was amused
with his simplification of wind speed tables. For Force 10 he describes the
effects on a small cruiser as <i>‘swear oaths you will not keep once back on
land’. </i>I’m afraid I reach that stage way before force 10!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then,
once again, the wind headed us, so there we were being lashed by storms, tossed
about by choppy seas, and were forced to tack along the coast. One night I was
sailing passed a gaggle of fishing boats heading in shore of them, when one
started flashing a light at me, intermittently. I called Pete, but at first the
fishing boat did nothing. Pete had just settled down again when the fishing
boat started flashing again and then turned around and headed straight for us.
We spotted his dan buoys and their little lights and sailed alongside them for
several miles. Shortly afterwards we saw the dreaded tricolour cross of an
approaching ship. The AIS indicated that it would pass within ½ mile of us, but
it looked deceptively close. Our good fortune returned on the Sunday, when Pete
caught our first fish off “Oryx”. We had sailed over 7000nm without landing a
fish. We lost several lures in the Bay of Biscay, but not even a nibble since.
The fish was a beautiful Bonito and we had fish fried with butter and herbs and
chips, Bonito mayonnaise for lunch and then Pete’s Portuguese fish stew the
next evening.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had calculated spending four nights at
sea, but the wind kept heading us and on the fourth night, in the pitch dark
there was a loud crack and a bang! The starboard halyard’s metal fitting had
broken. Of course as soon as it was light and the torrential rain had
slackened, Pete used the flag halyard as a messenger to reeve a single part
halyard through the spare block at the masthead.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After
yet another day of tacking along the Brazilian coast we crossed into Uruguayan
waters! We were both very exhausted because our night watches in particular had
been filled with too much action and adventure, so Pete consulted the charts
and we anchored off Isla Verde, which is one of three tiny islands inhabited
only by birds and sea lions. The sun rose, but for a while thick mist hung
around, so we had a leisurely breakfast and then set sail for Cabo Polonio.
Initially we anchored on the north side off Cabo Castillo, but didn’t go ashore
as the swells were still large as a result of the passing front. We sailed onto
Cabo Polonio, which is a cluster of fishing cottages, summer homes and weekend
cottages stretching along the coast, but more concentrated around the
distinctive lighthouse. Once again we didn’t go ashore, due to the swells. We
had landed here on the previous occasion and I will include some photographs
taken then.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inquisitive welcome to Uruguay!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light house Cabo Polonio</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Informal cabin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on first day in Uruguay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise Cabo Polonio</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cottage Cabo Polonio</td></tr>
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Friday
the 27<sup>th</sup> arrived with another light mist and some friendly faces of
seals as we hoisted the anchor and set sail for La Paloma. We picked up a
mooring and launched the dinghy. Pete went ashore to contend with the
authorities, whilst I made lunch. My nerves were shot. Our Brazilian airtime
was long gone and my daughter was getting the results of her part two written
exam. Miraculously, I switched on the phone, picked up an open wifi signal and
found out that she had passed! I was more delighted than she was, because she
still had to contend with the oral exam. That night there were celebrations all
around; we were finally in Uruguay, it was Friday and Irene had cleared yet
another hurdle!<o:p></o:p><br />
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Addendum<br />
Those of you who read and enjoyed the blog called "Oryx Explores North Eastern Brazil" might remember the motor catamaran that Brian Stevens' in Jacare took us to see. He was the technical project manager for Claudio - the owner/ builder's team. The catamaran was launched recently and is about to start her sea/river trials.</div>
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Sailing into Rio de
Janeiro from any direction, must be one of the most spectacular experiences in
the world. The ring of mountains form a backdrop to the bay, which has a myriad
of small islands many with fortifications. Probably the first sight, from a
distance is that of the outstretched arms of Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado
as He extends His blessing in all directions. The crest of Sugar Loaf and its
trailing cable cars are a close second, verifying that this is indeed Rio de Janeiro.
There is even a slightly concertinaed <i>Table Mountain</i> like mountain lost
amongst the hills above Ipanema. Rio is a city of outstanding beauty.
Unfortunately one has to sadly acknowledge how polluted Guanabara Bay has
become. Still my heart overflows with <i>suadade </i>– that longing to return.
Rio is known as the city marvellosa and according to the tourism guide was
elected by the New York Times as <i>the best place to go in 2013 – because the
whole world will be there in 2014!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Gaspar de Lemos was the
first Portuguese explorer to enter the bay. His entourage arrived in Guanabara
Bay on the first of January 1502.He mistook the immense bay for an estuary and
so named the place Rio de Janeiro. The Tamoio were the Brazil Indians living in
the area and the French settled along the bay in 1555, but were expelled by the
Portuguese in 1557.The Portuguese victors drove the Tamoio from the area in a
series of bloody battles. By the 17<sup>th</sup> century the Tamoio had been
wiped out by disease or enslaved. Other Brazil Indians were ‘pacified’ by
Jesuits. By the 17<sup>th</sup> century Rio became Brazil’s third most
important settlement, after Salvador da Bahia and Recife-Olinda. In 1807
Napoleon invaded Portugal. The Portuguese Prince Regent (Dom Joao VI) and his
entire court had set sail for Brazil, just weeks before. There was much
celebration on his arrival in Rio, (even in those days they liked to party!)
and Dom Joao fell in love with Brazil. Even after he became king of Portugal he
stayed in Brazil and declared Rio de Janeiro the capitol of the United Kingdom
of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve. This made Brazil the only New World colony
to have a European sovereign ruling on its soil. To this day the descendants of
the Portuguese monarchy live in Brazil.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Five years ago, when we
visited Rio on “Pelican” we anchored off Urca for the night, but were then
based across the bay in Niteroi, as Marina Gloria was a bit run down and
exorbitantly expensive. This time, however, we had met other yachties in
Arraial de Cabo, (Bruce and Jill on <i>Daemon</i>) who told us that Urca was a
safe place to leave our dinghy, during the day. So, as the sun began to set and
the daylight started fading we dropped our anchor off Urca beach, directly
below Sugar Loaf and with Corcovado visible against the backdrop of the night.
Urca is a small, quaint, well-established suburb of Rio de Janeiro. The lower
reaches of the cable car to Sugar Loaf is on Morro de Urca (Urca hill.) Lonely
planet describes Urca as a ‘village’ and whilst it is anything but a village,
it has an ambience of a close-knit community and an almost autonomous feel
about it. The streets are wide and leafy; there are small café’s, restaurants
and bars, a fishing harbour, a small, fairly expensive supermarket and a couple
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Although Guanabara Bay is
polluted, swimming and a host of water sports abound and the two beaches of
Urca are crowded, especially on weekends. Landing with “Crake” is always a
challenge, but in Urca there were no surging breakers to contend with, but we
had to dodge around bathers and small children in the shallows. We found a spot
amongst the other dinghies for “Crake”, locked her oars, removed the rowlocks
and plug and usually she was left undisturbed. People tend to use “Crake” as a
seat, so we learned to invert her, to protect her.<br />
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Central Rio is a short bus
ride away and the bus stop is conveniently close to the beach. On our first
morning we headed for the centre, to clear in with the Port Captain. Pete’s
memory of places visited is uncanny and we hopped off the bus at exactly the
right spot. We had hoped to visit the naval museum, but they only open in the
afternoons, so we earmarked that for another day. Clearing in takes a while and
once we were legal we headed back to the historical centre.<br />
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Lunchtime was
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Rio. I spent several minutes following a bedraggled guinea pig like rodent,
which resembles a capybara but is much smaller. The poor agouti was camera shy
and had a bad prolapse, so I photographed a compliant duck instead and followed
Pete to a bench beneath a luxuriant tree, where we had our lunch. As soon as we
rustled our crisp packet several more agoutis appeared and I could snap away to
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Previously we had followed
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more freely, discovering picturesque side streets and then heading for the
distinctive Petrobras building, which flanks the modern cathedral in central
Rio. Previously, we had admired the cathedral from afar, but this time we
headed inside. My thoughts were very much on my daughter’s pending exam and I
said a silent prayer for her, as I stood admiring the magnificent stain glass
windows. Evidence of the recent Papal visit abounded and the black-market DVD’s
had disappeared, perhaps in deference to him.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The distinctive Petrobras building alongside the modern cathedral.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three of the four stain glass panels within the cathedral.</td></tr>
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Earlier we had seen
advertisements for an art exhibition, so we headed back to that and admired a
private collection before heading back to Botafogo by metro. Here we found a
busy supermarket and did the necessary shop before staggering back to “Oryx”
having to contend with a lack of pedestrian crossings and Friday afternoon
traffic.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some colourful side streets in central Rio</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete combs the Lonely Planet maps whilst Calvin preachers to his attentive congregation outside a Presbyterian church.</td></tr>
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Vincente, our Brazilian
friend, whom we met in Macae, had left contact details for Paulo and Claudia,
who kindly invited us to join them for drinks on Saturday afternoon and then a
drive through Rio on Sunday. We had earmarked Saturday for a climb up Urca hill
and at first we thought of joining Paulo and Claudia afterwards, but then
decided we would probably not be fit company after a long hike, so we declined
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The weather on Saturday
was warm and mild and we set off early, shopping for our picnic bits at the
local supermarket. The start of the walk is near the cable car station and we
managed to get a map of Rio de Janeiro, as well as a couple of guides from the
Tourist Information Centre. We had been lugging around the Lonely Planet guide,
because the information centres had run out of maps during the Papal visit.
Fortunately, this information centre had restocked. We set off for our walk/
climb amongst a throng of eager Brazilians.<br />
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The walk starts near Praia Vermelha
and the climb is about fairly strenuous, but shaded by the encroaching Atlantic
rain forest. The path was steep in places and the packed earth was a bit
slippery after the recent rains, yet many locals climbed effortlessly in what
must be the Brazilian national footwear – flip flops!<br />
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We saw some Marmosets in
the trees and people stopped to share their bananas with the tiny monkeys. The
top of Urca hill is home to the lower cable car station and the view is
spectacular. One can see Botafogo, Urca, the two nearby beaches and the wide
expanse of Guanabara Bay. Wooden seats and tables are conveniently placed and
the only difficulty was finding an unoccupied set to have our lunch. Most of
the people were transient and many were tourists, having taken the cable car
up, so soon they set off to the higher reaches of Sugar Loaf itself. Pete had
taken me to the ‘tourist hot spots’ on our previous visit and we plan to show
them off to visitors next year, so this time we merely walked amongst the
tourists and browsed the shops before hiking back down to the shoreline, where
we completed the trail. Pleasantly exhausted we returned to “Oryx” for
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing up the hill below the lower cable car station.</td></tr>
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Paulo and Claudia arrived
at noon the next day and whisked us off in their car. We were going to the
Botanical Gardens to see the Genesis project exhibition by Brazilian
photographer Sebastiao Salgado. The traffic was heavy, but Paulo is a patient
driver. He is an oceanographer and Claudia is a conservationist. They have both
worked with Vincente on manatee and other projects and are avid sailors.
Claudia has worked for Green Peace and her current project on Albatross
conservation was just ending. They have lived throughout Brazil, but are
currently based in Santos, where their son is completing his schooling.
However, luckily for us, Claudia who is a Carioca (native of Rio) has just started
working in Rio and she and Paulo were spending some time there. Both speak
English very well and Claudia is fully bilingual. The photography exhibition
was astounding; I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. The exhibition is
called Genesis and it is worth looking at on the Internet.<br />
<o:p></o:p><a href="https://www.google.com.br/search?q=sebastiao+salgado+jardim+botanico&biw=994&bih=458&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VQEuUoW2G4762AX0hYGYCQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ">https://www.google.com.br/search?q=sebastiao+salgado+jardim+botanico&biw=994&bih=458&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VQEuUoW2G4762AX0hYGYCQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sebastiao Salgado's Genesis Project</td></tr>
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The Botanical Gardens are
immense. They are situated against the hillsides adjacent to Corcovado and near
the National Park da Tijuca. They stretch over many acres and are said to
contain over 5000 varieties of plant. They were designed by order of the Prince
Regent Dom Joao in 1808. Obviously we didn’t have time to explore the entire
garden and will return on subsequent visits to Rio. We had coffee and cake at
the little café and then returned to Urca.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Paulo and Claudia had an appointment in the evening, but as Paulo was due to return to Santos, accepted our invitation to dinner the following evening. The weather had soured slightly on the Monday so we spent the morning on board. Paulo and Claudia were very complementary about “Oryx” and the evening went well. We hope to see them again next year and perhaps go for a sail. It is very rewarding and reassuring to meet so many Brazilians dedicated to conservation.<br />
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Another excursion took us
to Copacabana, Ipanema and the immense saltwater lagoon Lagoa Rodrigo de
Freitas. Pete was keen to walk the 7km trail around the lake, but I wanted to
see Ipanema beach, so we compromised by taking the bus to the western side of
Copacabana. Copacabana is separated from Ipanema by a small headland, which
lends itself to a decent point break on the Ipanema side.<br />
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The beachfronts here
are reminiscent of Europe, with wide, paved walkways, cycling paths and
intermittent fitness centres. There are of course also the very Brazilian beach
bars. We walked along Ipanema until we reached the canal, which runs from the
lagoon. We had hoped to picnic in a park, but found the park has given way to
some frenetic building of additional metro lines, to link the beaches with the
centre of Rio, probably in time for the World Cup in 2014.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Favella just visible on the slopes beyond Ipanema.</td></tr>
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and found the beautiful lagoon, which at Christmas time hosts the world’s
biggest Christmas tree. We found a shady spot and had our lunch as we people
watched. It was a weekday and a lone disabled water skier practised his art as
we looked on. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Splendid yacht club on the lagoon.</td></tr>
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Further along the walk we saw several beautiful parrots, nonchalantly playing on the lower reaches of a tree. The walk back to Urca was a long one and we spent some time looking for a supermarket that does not exist. We had to backtrack to one we had passed and as usual weighed ourselves down and headed home.<br />
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Urca had an added
attraction; Ella and Milly on board “Muneera<i>” </i>had cracked the log in
process to a wifi hotspot. Bruce and Jill on “Daemon” had shared the
information, so we had free, high-speed Internet access on board. Thanks to
them I managed to publish the blog painlessly, but with errors on the page.
Ella is in her early teens and Milly is twelve, yet they managed to fudge the
site without much knowledge of Portuguese. Nick and Andrea are from Melbourne,
but bought their boat in the Seychelles and have been sailing with the girls
for a few years now. Obviously the home schooling is effective.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The exclusive Rio Yacht Club lies beyond the Urca anchorage.</td></tr>
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IHLA DE PAQUETA</span></h1>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fast ferry from Rio to Niteroi crossed our bows as we sailed to Paqueta</td></tr>
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The small island of
Paqueta is at the top end of Guanabara Bay and is a popular tourist spot. One
can take a 70 minute ferry ride for R$4.50, but we obviously chose to sail
there. The wind in Guanabara bay was fluky, as usual, so at times we had to
motor. We sailed beneath the immense bridge which links Rio to Niteroi and
through a fairly industrialised area, with a plethora of oilrig supply boats
and many other ships of all sizes.<br />
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Gradually the anchored ships grew fewer and
the bay became more scenic, dotted with tiny islets and with majestic distant
mountains to the north and the city of Rio to the south.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slowly industry gave way to small islands such as these.</td></tr>
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Paqueta itself was a
pleasant escape from the bustle of Rio. The island has well kept dirt roads,
but no cars, although there is a municipal garbage truck. The main form of
transport is the bicycle, with tourist tricycles and some horse drawn carriages
to complete the picture. In keeping with the 21<sup>st</sup> century, electric
bikes abound. There is a rather disappointing ‘train’, which is drawn by a
tractor, and we felt a little cheated.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oryx" off Ihla da Paqueta</td></tr>
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It rained heavily the first night and
we collected gallons of water in the dinghy, so before we set off to explore
the island I did the washing. We intended to walk the couple of miles around
the island and set off towards the yacht club. Out circumnavigation was
thwarted by a dead end at a stable, so we backtracked and took a detour across
the island to the other side.<br />
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We explored a shaded park and had our picnic
there. There were fabulous vistas of neighbouring islands, some with a solitary
mansion. We stopped for an ice cream before rowing out to “Oryx” as the sun was
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roads are spotless and the tables have tiled chess boards.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look art the majestic mountains north of Rio in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even laundry looks good at sunset!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recycled plastic used for mussel farming near Niteroi.</td></tr>
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We left in
the late afternoon, when a breeze was forecast, but unfortunately it never
materialised and we motored out of Guanabara Bay and until we had passed the
various little islands before Ipanema. The current was against us and we
couldn’t motor all the way to Ihla Grande, so we shut off the engine, drank in
the silence and drifted slowly by Ipanema at the incredible speed of 0,6 knots.
The evening was beautiful and Pete and I swapped watches, due to obstructions
and a fishing fleet, so the following morning I had the pleasure of greeting
the new day and the gentlest of breezes. We were on our way! <o:p></o:p></div>
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The passage to Abraao
should have been an overnight sail, but it took us longer and we arrived the
following night with the wind screeching and “Oryx” lifting her skirts, despite
her foul bottom. (not such a good image!) I always tend to fret about anchoring
in a busy anchorage in the dark, but Pete uses his binoculars and soon we were
anchored safely and efficiently.<o:p></o:p></div>
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IHLA GRANDE</span></h2>
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ABRAAO</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abraao was the first place I landed with Pete after sailing from Santos. Is it any wonder I'm still popping the occasional Stugeron?</td></tr>
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The island of Ihla Grande owes its pristine condition to its varied history – it was a pirate’s lair, a leper colony and then a prison for dangerous criminals. The island’s unsavoury past kept developers at bay for many years. Consequently beautiful unspoiled tropical beaches and verdant Atlantic rainforest abound. The federal government protects Ihla Grande and it is one of the few places in Brazil that offers camping and hiking trails. There are still few settlements on Ihla Grande and Vila do Abraao is the only town of any size. It was a sleepy fishing village until about 30 years ago, but now is a bustling town with more pousadas (guest houses), bars and restaurants, than actual dwellings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many pousadas in Abraao.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dining al fresco with the sea lapping at your feet.</td></tr>
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Once again Ihla Grande
has no cars, except for the garbage truck, a fire engine and a delivery truck.
By night everyone congregates at the dock and the beachfront and it can be
frenetic, but escape along the hiking trails is a few hundreds yards in any
direction.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Start of the 8.6km hike to Dois Rios.</td></tr>
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I joined Pete on “Pelican”
just after Christmas in 2007. I had spent Christmas with Eurika, a friend of
many years and with Faye, who at that stage was a new friend. We had indulged
in all the trimmings and delights of London at Christmas. Sipping molten
chocolate at Harrods, pre show dinners, post show drinks, a lavish Christmas
dinner at my local pub. Consequently, I was fairly heavy and very unfit. Our
first landfall after leaving Santos was Abraao and our first hike in Brazil was
from the Abraao to Dois Rios. The walk is along a dirt road, up the mountain
and down the other side to the old prison and the beaches of Dois Rios. It is
also 8.6km one way and one has to return. I think I managed the walk there
fairly well, but almost died on the way back. My calves and thighs ached and
there was no option, but to go on. To survive I said a mantra to Annie and
Shirley and a few other brave women, all of whom are slightly older than I am,
but I thought had survived such hikes with Pete. Now Pete tells me that he and
Annie never walked to Dois Rios – it was still a prison and anyway it was 1994
or somewhere thereabouts!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What remains of the prison at Dois Rios.</td></tr>
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This time I knew what I
was in for, I am five years older, but much fitter, thanks largely to Pete and
our healthy diet. We set out eagerly and were soon retracing our steps along
the dirt road. The weather was also a little cooler, which was a boon. As we
strode along we heard an unearthly noise. It was something like a deep guttural
growl. We stopped, astounded. Jaguars? It was Brazil, after all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sebastiao Salgado's jaguar.</td></tr>
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Then we
chuckled at our silliness, more likely Maseratis! As we continued fearlessly we
came to the conclusion that it was Howler monkeys, which we later confirmed on
Google. We didn’t see any, though, which is apparently a good thing, because
they tend to hurl faeces when frightened and Pete armed with a camera can be a
little intimidating.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At Dois Rios we sat on the
beach watching some Brazilian yachties contend with landing their rubber ducks
in the surf. The first lot were pitch poled and the second one unscathed, but
he had immense difficulty in trying to row back to his boat, through the surf.
Dois Rios is named after the two rivers that flow into the Atlantic on either
side of the pristine beach. We had our picnic and then went back to the site of
the old prison, which has been turned into a museum. The original penal colony
was called Colonia Correctional and was established on the old farm of Dois
Rios in 1903. The road, which we had hiked along, was built after 1931 to link
the prison to Vila do Abraao. Initially the prison housed whores and vagrants,
but then more hardened criminals and a smattering of political prisoners. All
prisoners worked the farm. Later the prison housed some of Brazil’s most
dangerous criminals until it was closed and then imploded in 1994. All the
information about the prison is available in English on cards near the
exhibition. One of the rooms had a spectacular display of photographs. Dois
Rios is the first place in Brazil where I wanted to put down roots. Fortunately
for Pete the area now belongs to the University of Rio’s environmental studies
department and it is not a place where there are houses for sale.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back to the hamlet from the prison at Dois Rios</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All that remains of the implosion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An appealing fix'er upper, but she doesn't float.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographs of Brazil's creepy crawlies on display at prison.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">University of Rio's environmental department.</td></tr>
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The return trip was
buoyant. I couldn’t believe that I could hike so far without a single mantra!
To celebrate we had ice cream at the fabulous Finlandia ice cream shop. They
have many exotic flavours and the fig is amongst my all time ice cream
favourites.Shopping on Abraao proved
remarkably inexpensive and some of their fresh produce was cheaper than on the
mainland, although the beers were pricey.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Astounding views like these make the hikes on Ihla Grande worth the effort.</td></tr>
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We next set off from Ihla
Grande to explore the islands to the east. We anchored off a small fishing
village the first night and went ashore in the morning. The sky was grey and
soon after we landed the heavens opened, so we sheltered with of the fishermen
under nearby porch. The fishermen were friendly but hardier than we and soon we
were left cowering with only the dogs. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheltering from the rain on Ihla da Marambaia</td></tr>
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The islands around Ihla
Grande are said to number 365 and it certainly seems as if this can be true. I
will not give you a blow-by-blow account of each little anchorage or every
island, suffice to say that each one is almost more picturesque than the next
and once again the yearning to remain became strong. Fantasies of living on a
little island were curtailed by reality – the islands around Ihla Grande may be
paradise, but the wind is fickle and the sailing is not always ideal. Anyway,
we do live on an island of sorts – it is called “Oryx”.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ihla Jaguarim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Fix'er upper on Ihla Jaguarim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We landed near this beach on Ihla Jauguarim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beach retreat on far side of Ihla Jaguarim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another paradise island.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hotel on an island across the bay from Itacaruca.</td></tr>
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ITACURUCA</span></h4>
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My daughter’s exams were
ending and we headed to the mainland to a town called Itacaruca (eat a cruiser)
in search of Skype. Itacaruca doesn’t get many cruisers and much of the time
spent in the town was spent in the Port Captain’s office whilst they devoured
our papers and after a couple of hours and checking with Macae, they finally
cleared us in. As always the officialdom were friendly and polite and some of
the young sailors had a smattering of English, which smoothed the way. There
was no sign of cannibalism (sorry, couldn’t resist it), but some kids had
dragged “Crake” into the water before realising that her plug was out, we found
“Crake” grubby and muddy but otherwise unscathed. Some little urchins lingered,
but although I questioned them sternly in limited Portuguese, their smiles were
endearing and soon they were waving delightedly to us as we rowed back to
“Oryx”.<o:p></o:p><br />
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There was an Internet café, but they had no Skype so we cleared out swiftly, explored a few more anchorages and made use of a fine breeze to return to Abraao and its numerous Internet cafes. We arrived after dark and had a late dinner. Pete rowed me ashore and after a few fruitless attempts I managed to speak to my daughter and then to my son. All was relatively well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We abandoned this lovely anchorage to harness the wind back to Abraao</td></tr>
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There were three South
African boats in the anchorage and before we could row over to say ‘hi’ and
swap books, the couple from a catamaran called “Witblitz” called and invited us
for cocktails that evening. “Witblitz” is a 44’ Dean Cat and it is so spacious
that Peter and Chanay had a large BMW trail bike in their saloon. Also invited were
Chanay’s parents, Wayne and Tracey, our Belgium friend Luc and another German
South African singlehander called Harold.
As the evening unfolded we found out that Wayne and Tracey too have a
motorbike on the deck of their 34 footer Moody “Margaret Anne”. Pete’s friend
Nick Skeats has motorbike in bits on board “Wylo II”, but this was the first
motorbike we had seen in a saloon. Am I allowed to ask if South Africa has an
abnormally high percentage of eccentrics? Anyway, the evening was pleasant,
beer and Cachaca cocktails flowed and the conversation was interesting to say
the least. A couple of nights later Peter, Chanay,Tracey and Wayne joined us
for drinks. “Witblitz” is heading to Uruguay and “Margaret Anne” northwards to
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Tracey told us of a source of spring water on Abraao and Pete topped up our supplies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruising isn't always cocktails at sunset. Here Pete returns looking like a shrimp cocktail after cleaning the bottom.</td></tr>
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We planned another two hikes for our stay on Abraao. The first was a short circular hike to a nearby waterfall. We followed the path to the right, starting off with a visit to the ruins of an old prison called Lazareto. It was a small, converted farmhouse, now moss covered and inruins. It was used as a prison and also as a quarantine station intermittently between 1884 and 1954. The emperor od Brazl ordered all European immigrants to go into quarantine here, to prevent the spread of cholera. Joshua slocum was one of the many people to be quarantined here and he mentions it in his book "The Voyage of the Liberdade."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The claustrophobic cells</td></tr>
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The mystery of Brazil's black beaches was revealed by an information board on Ihla Grande near their Praia Preto: there are traces of magnesium, aluminium and magnetite and biotite amongst the quartz which gives the beaches some discolouration. We had our picnic at the waterfall and witnessed this couple abseiling down the cachoeira.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rogerio came alongside in his recently launched Tiki 30 with his friend Rui. Rogerio is a skateboard 'n surfboard builder.</td></tr>
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ANGRA DOS REIS</span></h5>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three kings blessing Angra dos Reis is a new addition since 2008.</td></tr>
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our water from their spring and drank our final Caipirinha at the bar.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh spring water piped to the middle of the bay off Praia da Tapera on Ihla Grande.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting up our Jordan's series drogue is an indication that we are sailing beyond the 1% gale zone.</td></tr>
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We left Salvador on
Saturday the 22<sup>nd</sup> of June in the midst of the Sao Joao festival. The
breeze was light initially, but the sun was shining and the sailing pleasant.
The Brazilian navy were out in full force, doing some sort of exercise and at
times it seemed as if we were part of their exercise. Two frigates and a patrol
boat came close to “Oryx” before wending their way back towards Salvador. While
Pete was napping another patrol boat came nearby, deployed their dinghy with
six combat ready marines. They circled “Oryx” awakening Pete, before coming
alongside to ask for our details. After ascertaining that we had life jackets
(we never wear them) and where we were headed, they wished us a safe journey
and headed back to the patrol boat!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We spent the next several
days going to windward. The forecast northerly never materialised. Our progress
with the newly cleaned bottoms continued to please, but Aeolus just wasn’t
playing along. It was a little like being back in the doldrums. Fierce squalls
were interspersed by periods of being becalmed. The pounding to windward took
its toll again, loosening the tri colour navigation light fixture on top of the
starboard mast. Pete noticed it nodding madly at first light and broke the news
at breakfast. We were going to stop again to repair the light. He had selected
Coroa Vermehla as it was nearby and had a sheltered anchorage behind the reefs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 26pt;">COROA VERMEHLA!!!</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Coroa Vermehla (red coral)
is a small village. Beyond the reef lies a long beach with barracas (beach
bars). It is considered to be the very first Portuguese landfall in Brazil and
there is a monument to commemorate the landing. It is also renowned for its
nearby indigenous Indian reservation. The Brazil Indian tribe here is the
Pataxo and walking to the town from the beach, one passes through a piazza
lined with Indian craft stalls.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Four years ago, when we
first stopped here, I inadvertently photographed a little Pataxo boy of about
five. I was photographing the monument and there he was reflected in the
marble, in full Pataxo regalia. One is supposed to pay one real for the
privilege, but I had no change. I almost acquired the little boy, as he
wouldn’t let me go. I tried picking him up and although he was slender he was
not a lightweight. I promised to pay him on our return, but it started raining
and he was no longer there. This time I searched the faces for the gorgeous
little kid, but four years is a long time and none of the nine/ ten year old's resembled him. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pete spent no time
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by replacing the dislodged nut and securing it with <i>lock tight </i>and <i>sikaflex.</i>
Pete decided to stay for a few days as we both like the place.<br />
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We were well
sheltered behind the reef and Porto Seguro was a short bus ride away. When we
explored the coast four years ago, we sailed into Porto Seguro on “Pelican”,
but couldn’t stay, as there was nowhere to anchor. The coast between Coroa
Vermehla and Porto Seguro is filled with hotels and pousadas and swarms with Brazilian
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Three years after Pedro
Cabral’s landing at Coroa Vermelha, Goncalvo Coehlo’s expedition placed a
marker at Porto Seguro. (Porto Seguro literally means secure port another
example of the prosaic nature of some of the Portuguese names.) The local
Brazil Indians were the Tupininguin. They were rapidly conquered and enslaved,
but the Aimore, Pataxo and Cataxo tribes resisted and retook Porto Seguro
twice, reducing it to rubble in 1612.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the historic city</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tourists browsing through Brazil Indian handcrafts under shade of tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down at the lower modern part of the town of Porto Seguro</td></tr>
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the historical city lies. We explored the beautifully restored buildings and
then picnicked with a panoramic view of the bay.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the beautifully restored churches.The upper city is a World Heritage site.</td></tr>
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We then headed down the steps
to the lower part of the town and the harbour. Porto Seguro was still
celebrating the Sao Joao festival and their streets abounded with colour. After
checking out the anchorages we headed to the main drag with its many
restaurants and bars. The road is called “Passada do Alcool” (Alcohol Alley)
Don’t you love the aptness of the names? We caught the bus back to Coroa
Vermehla.<o:p></o:p><br />
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This is the biggest
group of Brazil Indians in the Bahia region.
They number approximately 3500. The name is pronounced Pa tash o.<o:p></o:p></div>
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subsistence farmers, fishermen and hunter-gatherers. They utilise local
plants for medication. Their traditional pharmacy is bio diverse and utilise
more than 90 different plants. They have remedies for colds, asthma, fever,
toothache and rheumatism to name but a few. Their healers are revered, but
they are struggling to maintain the tradition. Many healers are over sixty
and so this knowledge could be lost within as little as two decades.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We left Coroa Vermehla on
a Friday and sailed to windward again, but managed to lay the course. On Sunday
Aeolus and his promised north wind arrived just after sunrise. We were sailing
off the Abrohlos islands (Open your eyes islands! Low lying, hard to spot!)<o:p></o:p><br />
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watch and then starts breakfast. I was starting my watch and did the usual look
around for ships and boats etc. I called to Pete that I had seen “something
big!” It was a Southern Right Whale. Thereafter, between 0700 and 1700 we saw
whales on almost every point of the compass. We were enthralled. I stopped
counting after the tenth pod of three. Most were distant fountains of water,
but some were close enough to see them breaching, slapping the water with their
side fins and also flashing their tails! Unfortunately my slack jaw seemed to
impede my photographic skills and I shot mostly views of the sky.<o:p></o:p><br />
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becalmed and Pete and I relaxed on the trampolines enjoying the sunshine and
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By the Tuesday a front was coming through and we
reached our intended destination south of Vitoria. We had to sail through
several small islands and breaking rocks, dark clouds were obscuring the
horizon ahead of us. Fortunately we dropped anchor in an unknown bay, near Guaripari and took cover. The topography south of
Vitoria is stunning. There are tall blue mountains and some of the shapes seem
to be precursor of the sugar loaves of Rio. We were now in the state of Espirito
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abated we launched “Crake” and rowed to the nearest beach, but as we approached
we saw that the beaches were private and part of a walled condominium, so we
headed for the public beach, but unfortunately the surf was not quite Hawaiian,
but getting there. We tucked our tails and returned to “Oryx”. The following
day we sailed to the next bay – Enseada de Cerca and anchored there. We managed
to get ashore, but the return to “Oryx” after exploring the town was
reminiscent of Lagos. Pete was drenched. We were swept by two waves; our
groceries were floating on the bottom of the dinghy, but on the bright side:<o:p></o:p></div>
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The day after we sailed slowly and blissfully around
the point, which is a nature reserve and anchored off the town’s main beach,
which proved to be one of the nicest anchorages yet. (Enseada de Guaripari.) We
rowed ashore and landed in a corner with virtually no swell. When we were stowing
the dinghy, a Brazilian chap from the Nature reserve came and chatted to us.<br />
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went off to get the fixings of a picnic and then returned to have our picnic on
the beach before heading for the reserve. The reserve charges the princely some
of R$2.00 (60p) and when we were about to pay, the nature warden approached and
let us enter without payment, because we are “Estrangeros”!!! The nature
reserve was well maintained with paved pathways and verdant foliage.
Unfortunately, the path is not circular, so we couldn’t view the Praia Cerca
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailing around from Cerca we seemed to pass into a parallel universe! (A 'Fringe' moment)</td></tr>
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Guarapari is a very ordinary Brazilian town with few foreign
tourists. The mountains that form the backdrop to the town add to the aesthetic
beauty. We tried out another anchorage, in the centre of town, near the fuel
dock and bridge, but found the one a little short of space and the other not
ideal for overnight.<br />
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The Lonely Planet describes the sands around
Guarapari and Meaipe as ‘black’ so I was expecting sand similar to that of
volcanic beaches. (Myrtos on Crete comes to mind.) The beaches however are
golden with the occasional black streak. A bit like oil pollution, but nothing
that was very obvious, even in places called Praia Preto. (Black Beach.) According
to LP these beaches are said to be ‘healing’ but are actually radioactive. My
Geiger counter was on the blink, but my hair texture seems to have change and
Pete now glows in the dark!<br />
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Ubu is the recorded first landfall for the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who gave his name to the Americas. Ubu today is a small town where the
locals are apparently reticent because they don’t want an influx of developers,
but the swells were so big, that Pete braved the natives alone and returned
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old town of Anchieta. We had to anchor ¾ miles from the shore, because the bay
was so shallow. Anchieta is one of the oldest settlements in Espirito Santo
State. It contains many relics of the 16<sup>th</sup> century Jesuit priest
Jose’ de Anchieta.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree in square where walk culminates.</td></tr>
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The popular 100km <b>Steps of Anchieta </b>walk along the
beaches from Vitoria to Anchieta takes place in June. Local Indians built the
church walls. There is a statue of Jose’ de Anchieta giving a blessing to the
Goitaca warriors. These Brazil Indians stirred my sympathy and evoked remorse.
According to Lonely Planet these fierce warriors were longhaired, tall and robust.
They lived on the coastal planes of Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro region.
The early Europeans found the Goitaca almost impossible to capture. They were
outstanding runners and swimmers and by all reports were equally at home on
land or on sea. According to legend they could capture a deer with their arms
and disembowel a shark after wedging a stick in its jaws. In the 18<sup>th</sup>
century this tribe, never defeated in battle – around 12 000 people- were
exterminated by a small pox epidemic, apparently introduced deliberately! And
we talk about chemical warfare and ethnic cleansing in the 21<sup>st</sup>
century. Imagine what splendid footballers and Olympic athletes the Goitaca
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Iriri was yet another splendid anchorage. Huge rocks
surrounded the small beach. One of the disadvantages of Brazil is the noise.
People having parties and having fun like it <b>LOUD</b>, but Iriri’s beaches
forbid excess noise! Even in Joao Pessoa noise pollution is being addressed in
the form of contact numbers on the local trains.<br />
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As we sailed overnight to Macae, rounding Cabo Sao
Tome, Pete reminded me of an incident four years ago when we almost ran into a
fishing boat with no lights. I thought the likelihood of history repeating
itself, highly unlikely, but guess what? Not only did we almost run into
another trawler, but at 0300 we got caught in a drift net. Pete spent the next
two hours trying to free us without damaging the net too much. Our boat hook got
horribly ensnarled and at times Pete was severely doused by waves on the stern
deck.In the end we had to cut the line and later found
that the net had cut into the leading edge of the new rudders. Usually the
fishermen stand watch and warn off approaching vessels with a spotlight showing
the lie of the net, ‘our’ fishermen were sleeping and no one witnessed our
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This fisherman came to welcome us to Macae, just off Ihla Santana</td></tr>
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Free at last we sailed on to Ihla Santana off the
city of Macae. Not many yachties visit the oil fields of Macae. Both a fishing
boat and some Brazilians on a powerboat welcomed us to the anchorage off Ihla
Santana on a Sunday afternoon. We had a quick lunch and then joined Pierre and
his family ashore. Pierre lives in Macae and extolled the virtues of the place
with its fabulous islands, coast and the nearby mountains. He said that the
people of Macae always have the choice of seaside or mountains on the weekend.
As the oilfields drive Macae, perhaps this is affluent privilege. Pierre plied
us with beer whilst his fisherman friend gathered fresh sea urchins and
introduced us to sea urchin roe cured with lemon juice. Sea urchins are better
eaten than sat upon. <br />
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The island of Santana belongs to the Brazilian navy, but the beaches are open to the public. Pete had a yen to see the lighthouse, so Pierre spoke to the chap in charge and we rowed ashore the next morning with a packed picnic. The marineiros couldn't have been more friendly, but had to escourt us to the lighthouse and where expecting a boat with supplies. Pete and I explored the beach and the rocks on either end and had a relaxed picnic basking in the winter sun at noon, watching the supplies being unloaded.<br />
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A pleasant young Brazilian called Daniel escorted us to the lighthouse, stopping to show us all the viewpoints along the way. He then duly unlocked the lighthouse and up we climbed. He allowed us to snap pictures to our hearts content, but asked us not to publish a photo of him.</div>
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Macae is the city closest to Brazil’s offshore
oil rigs and the majority of the people work in the oil industry. There are few
tourists who visit Macae and we found the people very welcoming and interested
in “Oryx”. Whilst clearing in with the port captain, he asked to see
photographs of the boat. We explored the city before having lunch at a kilo
restaurant, and shopping for supplies. At dusk we saw an interesting interpretation
of a jangarda. The sailor was an environmentalist called Vincente, who was as
interested in “Oryx” as we were in his jangarda. He came alongside and came on
board. Unfortunately the language differences made communication difficult, but
fortunately not impossible. Vincente has worked on the manatee projects and had
just sailed in from Buzios on the fringes of a front. He capsized at one stage,
but managed to right the boat. Light was fading fast and he had other
commitments, but we exchanged contact details and have subsequently met friends
of his in Rio. <br />
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There is a small yacht club up river in Macae, but
the entrance is dotted with rocks and without local knowledge, we didn’t
attempt to enter. We simply anchored off the Enseada Macae, which provided
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En route to Buzios we anchored alongside a fishing
boat off the island of Feia. The next morning we heard a squawk, which I
attributed to the fishermen, but was actually coming from a pair of Magellanic
penguins. In the 20 odd years that Pete has been visiting Brazil, he has never
see penguins in Brazil before. We consulted his bird book to find that these little
fellows were some 1500km north of their northernmost hangout – the river Plate.
Ihla Feia is uninhabited, but the bay has clear water and some good
snorkeling, so tripper boats from Buzios come out regularly.</div>
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Buzios is a favourite amongst Brazilian and
international tourists. It is in the Rio de Janeiro state and is a short drive
from Rio. Unlike the majority of Brazilian beaches, Buzios has 17 small beaches tucked away in coves all around the peninsula. The beaches
almost disappear at high tide, but they have a cosy intimacy. The snorkeling
all around seems good. Buzios is known as the Brazilian Riviera. In the 1960’s
Brigitte Bardot and her Brazilian boyfriend ‘discovered’ Buzios. There is a
street on the seafront named after her and various café’s and cinemas bear her
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We initially anchored off the northern side of
Buzios off Enseada Tartaruga. We headed for the town after breakfast, just as
the crowds were starting to arrive at the beach. We had packed a picnic and
after looking around the tourist shops we walked to a beach on the far side, Praia Forno.
The tide was high and the beach a little crowded and as it was still a little
early we walked across a hill to Praia Brava, one of the main surfing beaches
and had our picnic there. It was no less crowded, but we found a spot on the
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The next anchorage was off the main beach of Buzios
at the yacht club, at Praia dos Ossos. The yacht club made us welcome and we
enjoyed there shower and filled up ourwater containers. We wandered around the town again
and found a bookshop selling second hand English books for R$1.00! We were
starting to run low on actual books, as most yachties have gone the ebook way
and we haven’t started exchanging ebooks yet. After buying some books and an
ice cream, we went back to the yacht club and bought a Caiparinha to drink as
we watched the sunset. The commodore came over to welcome us and told us that
the club was only for sailing boats! Unfortunately, most of Brazil is overrun
with powerboats and yachts are often a rarity. Because of the pollution in the bay at Rio de Janeiro, it looks likely that the Olympic regattas will be held here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Central Buzios with tourist shops, restaurant along pedestrian streets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Praia de Ossos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishermen. (Lifesize sculptures)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht Club Buzios</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bus shelter Buzios</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oops?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wouldn't these tripper boats be perfect for kids birthday parties?</td></tr>
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A cold front was approaching so we headed for the
bay near Cabo Frio. We anchored in a sheltered spot called Enseada do Forno, which is
surrounded on three sides by high cliffs. The town is a kilometre further and
the path between the beach and town is well utilised. It is steep in places but
affords great views. The fishing harbour is packed with fishing boats and
tripper boats and on the days when the weather was good, the tripper boats
brought visitors in droves. <br />
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After crossing the hill we did the usual - explored
the historic part of town, the beachfront and then raided the supermarket for a
suitable picnic and some beers. We knew the cold front was imminent so we
headed for a beach on the exposed Atlantic side and had our picnic there. Once
again we were back to the Brazilian norm of long wide beaches stretching for as far as the eye can see.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even in the midst of all the joy, there is always a hint of homesickness!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another beautiful Brazilian beach.</td></tr>
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We spent a week in the bay near Arraial do Cabo,
Pete scrubbed the bottom, I caught up on laundry… all the mundane things that
need doing. We found some splendid ten-year-old Argentinean wine at a
reasonable cost and stocked up our now diminishing cellar. Once the front had
abated we explored the bay around Cabo Frio. The Portuguese explorers who named
Cabo Frio were a little disorientated, as Cabo Frio (Cold Cape) is not a cape,
but is an island. Still it looks like a cape,just like Rio’s Guanabara Bay look
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We anchored off Cabo Frio lighthouse, where we met a
singlehander called Luc. Luc is a Belgium polyglot who is currently working in
Sao Paulo. He went to explore Enseada do Forno, but returned just before
nightfall with a bucket full of red grouper, which he shared with us. He had
asked local fishermen what their catch was like and they showed him, literally!
He joined us for my version of Pete’s Portuguese Fish Stew.<br />
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We left Cabo Frio in the late afternoon, to utilise the
afternoon breeze and also to ensure arriving in Rio by daylight. Just beyond
the Cape like island we saw a flock/ school of penguins swimming in formation! <br />
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Rio, the city that is named after a non-existent
river is surely one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I have never
visited by air, but sailing into Rio de Janeiro from the west in 2008 filled
me with <i>suadade –</i> the indescribable longing to return. Approaching from
the east was a little different and just as beautiful but unfortunately we were met by a tide of
litter, which dampened my enthusiasm somewhat. Our first port of call was the village of Itaipu, where the surf was tremendous. The following morning we
hastened to go ashore, but after examining the surf, decided to skip the
landing. The village has a unique service, in that the one restaurant brings out a
menu and should you desire then delivers a meal of your choice to your cockpit! The next morning we sailed into Rio de Janeiro itself, but that will follow.<br />
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Traditionally Pete takes
his friends for a sail on the river at Jacare, but this year Theo, his young
Swiss friend, was leaving for Switzerland before our new sails were quite
ready. Theo, Lucy and their two girls have become regulars and it didn’t quite
seem the same without them. Pete was determined to take Brian for a sail, but
we were both concerned about Silvia, as she becomes motion sick and isn’t too
keen on boats. We decided to invite Brian to sail overnight with us and to have
Silvia meet him at Fort Orange for lunch the next day. Pamela his daughter was
going to join us, but then fell ill. <o:p></o:p></div>
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due to the time constraints we motored for a couple of hours, until we were
clear of Cabo Branco. The rest of the trip was slow but steady, pounding
lightly to windward. Unfortunately, my sea legs supported me whilst preparing
supper, but then became wobbly when it came to serving dinner! How
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six hours of uninterrupted sleep. Brian was very impressed with the self
steering’s ability to keep us on course and I think he enjoyed the sail
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We sailed into the river
mouth at Fort Orange and then had breakfast. We had arrived with plenty of time
to spare and took turns to shower and freshen up, before Silvia and Pamela’s
arrival.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amphibious vehicle on beach at Fort Orange</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silvia, Carly and Brian with Bruna the beagle (she's a girl) and Othello the yorky</td></tr>
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We booked a table and
ordered lunch at a beach restaurant before exploring the fort that gives the
place its name. Fort Orange was by the Dutch for their small garrison, but was
taken over by the Portuguese in 1654 after the capitulation of Recife. The fort
was restored in 1991. After a lovely lunch we said our farewells and returned
to the boat, whilst Brian and family drove back to Jacare.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Fort Orange has a
rehabilitation facility for manatees, which we visited on a previous occasion.
These shy sea mammals, who gave rise to the mermaid legend, often get injured
in the muddy waters of the rivers by speedboat propellers. The rehabilitation
facility introduces them back into areas that are protected reserves.<o:p></o:p><br />
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SUAPE</h5>
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We stayed overnight in
Fort Orange, getting up early to catch the tide going out. We then sailed
overnight to our next port of call - Suape. Again the wind was heading us, so
we had to tack down the coast.<br />
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Suape is a large international port serving the
Recife district. It has grown tremendously in the past four years. It now has a
fully functional shipyard. We called into this port in 2009 on our way down the
coast and we entered the river through an area of shoals that now shows up on
Google Earth as having silted up! Beyond the shoals was a little paradise. We
spent a lovely couple of days anchored off Ihla Frances. We ate a lovely fish
and chip meal at a bar called “Bico’s” sitting on logs with our toes in the sea
sand. The bar was still there, minus the sign, but only does meals for the
employees of the Suape docks. We did have a chilled beer though. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We anchored off the hotel. Examples of Brian's tripper boats alongside the jetty he repaired.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three generations fishing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Crake" on ihla Frances while we enjoy a beer at Bico's bar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shipyard beyond the bar.</td></tr>
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We were repeating some of
our previous stops because Pete is still continuing to write and update
existing guides of the Brazilian coast for the pilotage foundation. Suape
needed a second look, as the entrance we came in was the trickiest. This time
we sailed in from the north, through a gap in the reef and then left by sailing
all along the reef until we reached the harbour entrance. All exciting stuff,
as the timing of the tide and a good echo sounder are crucial.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Between the reef and a shallow place!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We sailed through the gap in the reef to the left of the photo.</td></tr>
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Our next stop was to be
Maceio, as we needed to renew our visas and wanted to visit Raul and Nidia who
live nearby. The wind was heading us again and one tack found us off the
entrance to Maragogi, where we anchored for the night. We sailed to Maceio and
arrived just after midnight. Fortunately there was enough light to anchor
safely. Maceio is a lovely small city with many beautiful beaches and colourful
jangardas. (Small, flat bottomed wooden boats, often stuffed with polystyrene
to aid buoyancy.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maceio has always been a
favourite of mine, but this time the beach where we landed spoiled the city for
me somewhat. We land at the yacht club and leave our dinghy safely within their
yard, free of charge. They are always very welcoming and have basic shower
facilities and a small bar. However the yacht club is sandwiched between two
favellas and the beach is strewn with plastic bags and decomposing dead cats,
as well as shrimp remains and fish offal. The municipality clean the beaches
daily, but for some reason stop at the first favella and leave the mess to
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Praia Frances is 22km
south of Maceio. It is a beautiful place with a safe anchorage tucked behind
the reef. The beaches are pristine and the sand is fine and white. The reef is
literally just offshore and so it provides sheltered bathing too. The beach
beyond the reef provides the best surf is the Alagoas state, so there is
something to suit everyone. Beach bars line the front. The town has grown over
the years, but generally everything shuts down after sundown when all the
day-trippers return to Maceio.<o:p></o:p></div>
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the restaurant where we
enjoyed a magnificent buffet. Everything is organic and the focus is on health.
Please spread the word, there aren’t many vegetarian restaurants in Brazil and
only two that we know of in Maceio. The restaurant is called “Sera fim” <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Serafim.Maceio">www.facebook.com/Serafim.Maceio</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We spent the evening with
them at Nidia’s brother’s pousada at Praia Frances. Nidia and Raul are both
Argentinean, but have lived in Brazil for many years. Over the years Nidia’s
siblings have joined the couple and her brother and sister and their families
now live in Praia Frances. Nidia’s brother made fabulous empanadas (savoury
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We invited Raul and Nidia
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Maceio we stocked up on groceries and tried to sort out our phone and Internet
connection problems. We now have a lovely Samsung smart phone that provides a
hotspot for our computer connections, but the speed seems too slow for Skype or
blog building. It is nice to have a reliable smart phone again. I killed the
Blackberry on the passage over and we have been using a very old, but very
reliable Motorola Razr that my daughter gave us many years ago.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I also reverted to my past
stunts and measured my length on the pavement Fortunately a papaya in my bag
cushioned the fall and apart from grazed forehead and knees, a stiff left wrist
and bruised dignity I was fine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Time was marching on and
because neither Pete not myself are particularly superstitious (it’s bad luck
to be superstitious) we set out on the Friday. As usual the prevailing wind was
from the southeast and off we went, almost laying the course, but close hauled.
The passage was slow and we spent a few days sailing from squall to squall. The
sailing was rough, but I had resolved not to complain for the next 700 nm. The
first night was filled with ships and boats and we sailed around a huge
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0630 Co216 Wind ESE5 1
reef in each – went over a big wave and the wind gen pole broke – managed to
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I was sleeping and heard a
load crash. It was the radar reflector smashing into something. In my dream
befuddled state I thought it was an old aluminium pan we had discarded. Pete
called to me and at first light, in soaring seas we managed to haul the broken
pole on board. We had meant to strengthen the pole in Jacare, but the time
constraints and other jobs got in the way. We sailed on. We rarely use the wind
generator, as the sun and the solar panels provide more than enough electricity
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between heavy rain showers Pete managed to repair the rudders. (Fishermen in
Maceio had wrapped their net around the port rudder and when Pete was checking
the rudder he found some damage!) We scrubbed the bottom and I finally found an
Internet café and called my son and daughter without the frustration of Skype
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ITAPARICA</div>
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Itaparica is a favourite
amongst yachties and a South African family sailed in on a forty-foot steel
boat called “<i>Mojo”</i> and swallowed the anchor. They run a bar called “<i>Gringo’s”</i>
and now also run a restaurant called <i>“Amigos”.</i> They enjoy meeting
sailors and once chilled a bottle of champagne for me, for Pete’s birthday. We
saw evidence of other acquaintances, but unfortunately we were so busy with
repairs and scrubbing the bottom, that we didn’t stop to socialise. We met up
with Roy, a Liverpudlian on a ferrous cement boat called (). He has been
sailing since the 1970’s and has completed three circumnavigations, by just
travelling around. He is a talented artist and designs jewellery and is a
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We sailed back to Salvador
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Salvador is a city not to
be missed. It was the original capitol of Brazil in colonial days and is an
Afro Brazilian jewel. It has fine examples of 17<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup>
century architecture and churches laden with gold. Tome da Souza landed near
the Praia da Barra. He founded the city on the cliff tops and the original
inhabitants numbered 800 – 400 soldiers and 400 settlers. The city thrived on
sugar cane and tobacco production. The first slaves were brought in the mid
1500’s. It was seen to be the second most important city in the Portuguese
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It earned the nickname of
“Baia de Todos os Santos e quase Todos os Pescadores” (Bay of all Saints and
nearly all sins!) Today Salvador is often just called Bahia, which is also the
name of the State. The bay is still called All Saints Bay and is a wonderful
cruising ground. The city is divided into Cidade Alta (Upper city) and Cidade
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down at the lower town (Cidade Baixa) from the upper level of elevator.</td></tr>
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The Mercado Modelo or
custom’s house was built in 1861 to receive shipments of new slaves awaiting
auction. The building was partially destroyed by fire and was rebuilt in 1986
and now serves as a tourist market. It is in the lower city just beyond the
marina and in front of the Elevador Lacerda. This art deco elevator building
houses four elevators, which connect the Cidade Baixa to the Cidade Alta. The
charge to use the elevator is nominal and the views of the bay are magnificent.
The elevators travel 72m in 20 seconds!<o:p></o:p><br />
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The upper city contains
the historic heart of Salvador – Pelourinho or simply “Pelo”. It is the heart
of tourism and nightlife. The area of Pelourinho is a Unesco world heritage
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Salvador was in the midst
of celebrating a festival. The <i>Festa</i> <i>San Joao</i> is a big festival
held in the northeastern Brazil. The streets were decorated with bright
streamers and people were celebrating the build up to the finale, but there was
also a forecast for reasonable northerly winds, so we left the festivities to
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The adventure continues.
Crossing from Itaparica to Salvador, we sailed to windward for the first time
since we had cleaned the bottom and Pete’s adjustments To “Oryx” in Jacare seem
to be paying off. We are tacking at about 100 degrees, the leeway seems to be
down to about 10 degrees and our speed, going to windward is approximately 4 –
6 knots, depending on the wind. So Pete is relaxed and smiling for the first
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Big, <span style="color: blue;"><strong>bold, </strong></span><span style="color: lime;">beautiful,</span><span style="color: magenta;">brazen </span><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Brazil</span></strong></span></span></div>
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We arrived in Brazil on the 7<sup>th</sup> of March 2013, just as the sun was fading. This is Pete’s tenth visit to Brazil and my fourth. On the occasion of my first visit we sailed upriver after dark, with me peering nervously at what seemed to be land all around. This time we anchored off the beach in Cabedelo and then sailed up river the next morning after breakfast. <br />
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We celebrated Pete’s birthday the following week, by packing a picnic lunch and some cold beers and sailing <i>“Crake”</i> up river and then having lunch on a drying sand bank.</div>
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Pete arranged with Brian Stevens to haul out at the next spring tide, which was the following Monday the 18<sup>th</sup> March, first thing in the morning. The haul out itself was nerve wracking, but went smoothly, although the tide wasn’t as high as anticipated and Brian’s trailer couldn’t go into the water as far as needed, so we tried to assist by using our engine to pull the trailer into the water. However the engine not only veered to the left as usual, but also seemed not to recognise neutral. We were surrounded by tripper boats and I suggested that Pete use astern at one stage, which we did and promptly ripped off the self-steering tiller attachment!<br />
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Whilst sailing across the Atlantic, Pete had pondered over <i>“Oryx’s”</i> light air and windward performance and had decided to extend the keels, but once we were safely ashore he decided to tackle all the issues at once. We can’t really afford to haul out every now and then to make the necessary changes, time or money wise. So he removed the anti vortex panels. They seemed to work once <i>“Oryx”</i> was doing over 5 knots, but when we were going slowly we were sometimes sailing sideways. Pete then extended the low aspect ratio keels, so that we now draw 0.9m. Having looked at the other boats in the yard Pete also decided to enlarge our existing rudders. He added a tiller bar, repaired the self-steering attachment, which we ripped off when hauling out and then redesigned the sailing rig to ensure that the rig is now fully balanced. The other rig worked well, but the horseshoe fittings around the mast were taking excessive strain, so Pete returned to his original idea for <i>“Oryx”</i> – a wing sail with articulating battens. This proved to be a mammoth task. There were also alternators to repair, the engine to coax, the kiwi prop to adjust - the jobs seemed endless. <br />
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My main task was cleaning off the Cape Verde Island grit and making “Oryx” mosquito proof. I could then take my time and start putting up various drawings and paintings, such as Jannette Watson’s painting of “China Moon”. Shirley Carter’s “China Moon” and some paintings of “Badger” await our attention. We re launched with the springtide on the 24<sup>th</sup> April and motoring “Oryx” seemed much more manoeuvrable with the new rudders. <br />
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Brian came to Cabedelo in a sixty-foot west country trading ketch called <i>“Isabel”</i>. He and his family were headed for South Africa but destiny brought them to Cabedelo thirty-eight years ago. Brian is semi-retired, but his boat yard is still functional whilst he completes some final orders. He has helped many a stranded sailor over the years. He and Pete have been friends for twenty odd years and we have spent many pleasant weekends barbequing with him and his wife Silvia at Grange Monica. It is a smallholding just south of Joao Pessoa. Brian’s son and daughter in law (Monica) bought it as a holiday home some years ago and Brian and Silvia manage it for them.<br />
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Jacare is a small T shaped village, which lies along the river Paraiba that runs from Cabedelo to Joao Pessoa. It has one main street with a bread shop opposite the church, two small mercardinhos selling basic foodstuffs, meat and vegetables, a restaurant and bar, a health clinic and two schools – all in the one block leading from the river to the railway station. <br />
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There is also a very good hairdresser, who welcomes drop by business and does a very professional job of wash, cut and blow dry for R$20.00 (Less than £7.00) The shops and bakery are all family owned and all the children pitch in. A young girl of about four, still sucking a dummy, helped unload processed meat from a truck! If one faces the river Cabedelo is to the right and Philipe’s Marina is nearby. Philipe offers wifi, a bar, which does meals on Friday nights, showers, a swimming pool and laundry facilities. <br />
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To the left is Peter’s pier, a powerboat marina and Brian’s boatyard and beyond that lies the touristy section of Jacare. Despite it’s tiny size, most tourists visit Jacare from all over Brazil for one reason only. To see the sunset. If this sounds crazy, just think about it a bit. Brazil faces east. It has a long coastline, but almost entirely east facing. Brazilian’s love life. They celebrate life with music, festivals and revelry. Most of the partying gets done in the afternoon and early evening – but the sun sets over the land! However, in Jacare, because of the river and a curvature in the coast, the sun sets over the water. An enterprising saxophonist called Jurandy do Sax capitalised on this many years ago. Each evening, as the sun begins its descent He dons a white suit and his ferryman rows him out onto the river, just beyond the bars and he plays Ravel’s “Bolero” to the setting sun.<br />
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Over the years the beach bars and restaurants have grown, along with tourist<br />
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Cabedelo is a small town, which now serves as the main harbour for the area. It used to have a thriving fruit and vegetable market on the streets, but in recent years a new municipal building is in situ. It may be an improvement health and cleanliness wise, but it is disappointingly poorly utilised. Cabedelo’s claim to fame is that the Trans Amazonian Highway starts there. This ambitious scheme was hatched in 1970 when the government of the day decided to build a highway from Cabedelo to Bosquerao do Esperanza on the Peruvian border, some 5600km away. Just under half is completed and the last 1000km is badly maintained. Over the years support for the highway has dwindled as environmentalists have become more vocal. A highway into the jungle facilitates illegal logging and mining.<br />
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Colonial church near port captain Cabedelo <br />
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Joao Pessoa is the capital of the Paraiba state. It is known as the city where the sun first rises in Brazil. In fact, one of it’s upmarket suburbs, Cabo Branco (white cape) is situated near the most easterly point of Brazil, or in fact the most easterly point of both Americas. The point is known as Ponta do Seixas and here one is considerably closer to Senegal in Africa than to Southern Brazil! Gives you an idea of the size of the country! <br />
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Joao Pessoa has a attractive old colonial quarter. There is a lovely local restaurant that offers a pile your plate buffet load with assorted salads, fruit, locals dishes like feijoada, two portions of meat and a fruit juice for R$7.00 (a little more than £2.00). Joao Pessoa has some beautiful beaches, Tambau being the most famous.<br />
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There is a narrow strip of land between the river and the Atlantic and Pete and I often enjoyed a beer on the beach at Intermares before doing our shopping. At Easter we packed a picnic lunch and spent the Sunday on the beach watching the kite boarders and wind surfers. I had a swim, whilst Pete dosed and we think a dog ran off with my glasses! This meant several trips to Joao Pessoa to get a new prescription and glasses. There are a plethora of opticians in Joao Pessoa, but the young woman who served me was outstanding. Due to the inability to communicate effectively with her in Portuguese she took me to the place to have my eyes tested and then when my debit card failed to work, showed and directed me to various bank machines. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Towards the end of our stay in Jacare some yachties asked Brian to organise an inland trip, which he duly did. We decided to take a break and go along. The intended trip was into the interior and being on a boat, we rarely get to see much of the interior, unless we can get there by river. Brian’s wife Silvia doesn’t speak much English, but we coerced her to come along and for company and conversation she brought her niece Alvina. The rest of us were all off various boats. Gary and Vicky and their two children are Australian from Tasmania on a boat called “Majumbo”. They were the family who approached Brian to organise the trip. Then there was Keith on “Saddiqi”, a single hander from Perth, an American family – Tom, Kim and Emily on a power boat called “Emily Grace”, another single hander James on “Rhapsody” from Texas and finally Jan who hails from Olympia in Washington state. We had met Jan a few weeks before. She and her husband Tom were on a schooner called “Ambler”. They had just returned from a whistle stop tour of Brazil by bus and plane, but Jan couldn’t resist the extra trip.</div>
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We set our from Philipe’s marina in a chartered minibus. We headed west from Joao Pessoa to a small town called Areia where we stopped at a historical building that was used as a slave market. The slaves were kept ten to a room, much the size of a single cell in a prison. We lingered in the town exploring the main drag and then set off for a sugar cane processing museum, which was unfortunately closed! The caretaker had gone for lunch, although it was only 11.00, so we went for lunch ourselves. Brian took us to a traditional Brazilian place, which offered a buffet of local dishes and one paid by the kilo. The food was good and met with everyone’s approval and the view over the valley was spectacular.<br />
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Unfortunately the day held another disappointment, the cachaca brewery closed <span style="color: black;">early </span>for visitors on a Tuesday! Cachaca is a rum like drink. It is a bit more caustic or fiery than rum and a bit like cane spirits. <i>Cane for the pain</i>, as they used to say in South Africa. It makes a very nice base for the cocktail called Caiparinha, which usually has crushed ice, sugar and many limes. Anyway, the grouped grumbled in unison about our disappointment, but then encouraged Brian to do some brainstorming or surfing to find a way to fit the cachaca brewery into the next day’s itinerary. The next part of the journey was a two-hour drive to the Fazenda Pai Mateus. The tour bus driver had been given strict instructions on the route by his boss, but unfortunately followed the GPS shortest route, which was along a poorly maintained B road. <br />
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This all sounds a bit bleak, but we arrived at Pai Mateus in time for sunset and set across the rocky outcrops to see the topography that makes Pai Mateus special. In Portuguese the name is Lajedo do Pai Mateus that translates to the place of many stones of Father Mateus. Pai Mateus was a hermit who made his home in one of the rocks. People would come from all around for his blessing or for his herbal medication. Historically there is not much known about Pai Mateus, other than that he was a black man and possibly a runaway slave. The stone that he lived beneath still bares threads of evidence of his habitation. There are some cave drawings and a crude bed and table. Another interesting rock nearby is called the Helmet Stone or Pedra Do Capacete. The stones are hollow and sound like a gong when struck. The sunset was spectacular and we watched the sun disappear, before making our way to our chalets. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A friend of Brian’s had come along for the tour on his motorcycle and he took us on a detour to show us some ‘old machinery’. Some of the women weren’t too keen on this as everyone was keen to get home, but we stopped anyway. The old machinery was in fact a working steam engine for crushing the sugar cane at another privately owned Cachaca factory. It has been operating sine the 1800’s. We had missed the bottling process at the other factory, but here we got to see the whole process and to sample some more Cachaca! We enjoyed the trip immensely, but it was great to be back on board “Oryx” and we both still feel that travelling by boat at your own pace, is the way to go.<o:p></o:p></div>
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noon the forecast easterly was with us. Usually we seem to plan our crossing to
coincide with the full moon, but this time was the exception. There is little
more serenely beautiful than the starlit sky at night and the first evening the
moon was a tiny crescent, a glimmering cuticle of light. By Sunday the wind had
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arrived at the island of Sal and anchored in the harbour of Palmeira. Sal is
one the “<i>low lying” </i>Cape Verde islands and the first surprise was how
very African the landscape looked from “Oryx”. Thorn trees and a few palms
fronted the brownish beach. The locals all seemed to be Black and as a Eur-
African I felt a twinge of homesickness and when this abated, I felt as if I <i>were</i>
at home. There were many boats at anchor. Some were cruisers, such as Heinz on
“Lotte” with his dog “Bak”, but most were local and there were a couple of
catamarans and a schooner to charter. These went out frequently filled with
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is a small village with several shops catering to the visitors, but there are
no grocery stores of note. Pete managed to find a bread shop and there is a
fresh water supply, which is open in the mornings. The locals are friendly and
probably quite poor, but they are all fairly well dressed and are obviously
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walk or ten minute bus ride. It is the capital of Sal and the traffic hub.
There are a couple of reasonable size grocery stores with adequate supplies. On
the outskirts of town there is a fish and fresh produce market, but the best
supply of fruit and vegetables are from the street vendors. The airport is just
beyond Espargo and Pete was sent there on the first day to clear into the Cape
Verde islands, along with an aeroplane load of a Thomson’s charter. This,
needless to say, took a fair amount of time. I manage to sew together our
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village of Pedra de Lume itself has a few houses, a church on the hill and the
skeletal remains of the salt loading facilities as well as a small harbour. We
had our picnic on the grassy verge with some thatched umbrellas outside a
lovely, but very shut restaurant. </span></span></span><br />
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salt panning is still done on a small scale as a tourist attraction and the
pans are in a volcanic crater. Here one can swim in the pools floating
weightlessly in a Dead Sea of sorts and the site has its own restaurant, which
probably took the trade from the beachfront place. We climbed the crater and
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We had noticed that most of the locals were wearing their flag colours and when
chatting to a mildly inebriated gentleman we were told that Cape Verde Islands
soccer team, who have amateur status were playing Bafana Bafana at that very
moment! As we sat basking in the sun we heard roars and cheers and the entire
island began celebrating. They had drawn their match against South Africa on
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excursion by minibus took us to Santa Maria on the southern end of the island.
This small town caters completely for the tourist and there are many hotels and
holiday apartments. Both sides of the bay have splendid, long white beaches,
whereas Palmeira has the more traditional volcanic blackish brown beaches. The
holiday makers seem to make the most of the north easterly trade winds and kite
boarding seems to be the favourite pastime, with wind surfing a close second.
Apparently Sal is <i>the</i> top kite-boarding destination in the world with
the brisk onshore wind blowing daily. The pier was teaming with tourists as
local fishermen were displaying and selling their ‘catch of the day.’<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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inclined to swallow the anchor there, too much sand, too much wind and costly
supplies all served as deterrents. We met up with an old friend called ‘Salomon’
a three masted topsail schooner of approximately 120’. We first encountered her
in Bermuda when we explored the dockyard. Pete guessed that the boat served as
a home to troubled teens, due to the crews’ rather severe haircuts. We met up
with her again in Falmouth, both when we arrived in England on ‘Pelican’ and
again when we left on ‘Oryx’. However our closest or most interesting encounter
was in Palmeira, when some men in an RIB called us away from our movie. Two of
the lads had jumped ship and we were warned to stay alert, as they were
‘dangerous’. We never heard more about what transpired, but we speculated about
why anyone would jump ship on an island like Sal, as it is small, barren and
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was my least favourite Cape Verde Island, but in preparing the blog, some of
the photographs do look alluring, so I’ll include one of a dusty ‘Oryx’, just
to remind myself.)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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about 70 miles away and we wanted to arrive in daylight. Once again it was a
pleasant sail and we arrived to anchor in the next bay to the tiny village of
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packed a picnic and rowed across to the village of Carrical, first exploring
the far side of the bay with the cliffs overlooking ‘Oryx’, before heading for
the village, which is little more than a hamlet. We found young boys climbing
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anchored in the mouth of the bay, with lines running ashore. The village has no
obvious shops, although there were several small schools. Once again there was
evidence of money well spent on resurfacing the road and on building retaining
walls. We took a long walk inland, following the road and enjoying our meal on
a ledge overlooking a canyon. The road ends at the outskirts of the village and
then there are merely footpaths and narrow cobbled or dirt roads stretching
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left Carrical in the mid afternoon and sailed along the coast exploring
possible anchorages. The first option suggested by Donald Street in his guide
proved too deep, except right below the cliffs, so we headed for the next cove,
which proved to be a gem called Ponta de Ilheu. It had a narrowish inlet and
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the cliffside and a deep ravine. We spent several days here. There were a few goats and some sign of
previous fishermen in the caves, but we spent four glorious days relaxing on
board and ashore. We swam, Pete scrubbed the waterline, we explored the ravine,
but it soon ended abruptly at what would be a magnificent waterfall, in the
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looked like the photos in “A Sheltering Desert” and it was a haven of solitude.
Internet and cell phone connections belonged to another world. I think I could
have stayed there indefinitely, until Pete pointed out that it would be a death
trap in a southerly gale!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The next stop was Preguica, which lies on the lee side of the island. In the days of sail it was the main harbour, but since mechanisation has taken over, the windward harbour is the bigger. Preguica is fairly small, although there are some big houses on the front and there is evidence of building projects continuing. We landed at an old jetty and after realising that ‘Crake’ could get trapped underneath, we hauled her out with the aid of some eager young boys. It seems common for youngsters to vie with each other in offering to look after the dinghies, but Pete always just thanks them politely and says its not necessary and they seem happy with that.</span><br />
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local girls greeted us in English. We greeted them back and they followed us
for a while, on a higher tier, erupting in giggles. Unfortunately, this lovely
encounter was somewhat marred when one of the girls decided to pelt us with
stones, amidst more giggles. A local man scolded them severely and we went on
our way unscathed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Oryx" off Preguica</span></td></tr>
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noticed a boat being rebuilt on the beach below and we went to explore. The
boat builder delighted in showing Pete his methods of construction and proudly
posed for pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the way to Tarrafal we stop in a bay called Baia de Fidalgo, which is
uninhabited, but frequented by fishermen. We landed in a corner amidst the surf
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Sao Nicholau was a brisk few hours away and there were a few boats at anchor.
On the far side of Tarrafal there are a couple of gated communities, with high
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Pete managed to buy water at a reasonable cost. It has several small grocery stores and various Chinese shops,
selling bread and supplies. There were a couple of Internet places, one with
Skype. It has two computers, but only one was connected and we managed to call
my daughter, after waiting for the computer to become available, but on subsequent
visits, the place was either closed or the computers were down, so our
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caught a minibus into Ribeira Brava, the capital of the island, which lies
across the island and nestles in the mountains. The bus ride was spectacular as
the road winds between the mountains and there are beautiful views all around.
Mountaintops towered above and verdant green valleys lined the roadside below.
The driver was obliging enough to stop and let us take photographs and the
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temperament and joie de vivre leaves carefree clusters of people. The locals of
our age and perhaps a little older, have eyes that seem to reflect an innocence
and depth that made me feel ashamed and superficial, as I met but couldn’t
match their eyes and their smiles. We stopped frequently to collect or drop
passengers, for the driver to make change or to top up his supplies of fresh
fruit. In one of the valleys a beautiful small town nestled between clefts.
Something within me yearned to go there, it seemed as alluring as El Dorado and
I called it this when talking to Pete. He agreed that it looked enchanting, but
we had places to go, so we stayed on the bus which eventually reached the
windward coast, where the deep blue ocean pounded the cliff tops ceaselessly,
before turning in land once more for our destination: Ribeiro Brava. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Brava nestles in a valley between soaring mountains. It has narrow, winding
streets and many colourful colonial buildings. We disembarked at the end of the
line, which was essentially a central square within the town. We explored the
town, bought fruit and veggies at the local market and found a small park to
have our picnic lunch. Locals wandered by, wishing us bon appetite and
exchanging smiles. We saw a handful of other tourists and there is a bed and
breakfast just off the square. Apparently Sao Nicholau is popular amongst
German hikers and there were evident in Ribeira Brava.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Dorado and made some wistful comments about wishing I could go there. I’m sure
she suppressed a chuckle, before informing me that we had just come from El
Dorado! The beautiful town that lies nestling in the valleys of green is none
other than Ribeira Brava! Isn’t it ironic? Yearning to go somewhere seemingly
remote and elusive when you’ve already been there and didn’t even realise!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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of Sao Luzia. We anchored in the lee of the island off a three mile white sandy
beach. Sailing down, we had noticed a new wreck on the windward shore, so the
next day we braved the surf and then hiked across mountains of shale and rock
to valleys of sea sand, until we found the wreck. She seemed abandoned,
although her flags were still in reasonable condition and a couple of boarding
ladders were in situ. You’ll note that she is virtually new, unlike the rust
bucket of an inter island ferry. We wondered what the story was and then
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dipped briefly to remove the sand and grime. The island itself is delightful
and we walked back to our bay, following the dry riverbed, which made the trip
back easier. The only negative, is the litter left behind at the fishermen’s
camp. There are many small birds near the camp and they are obviously unfazed
by human contact and almost as curious as the Fairy terns on St. Helena.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><u> SANTIAGO</u></b></span><br />
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<b><u>TARRAFAL(TOO)</u></b></span><br />
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following day after 1500 we sailed to our final island of Santiago. The wind
was variable and for a while we were becalmed in the lee of Sao Nicholau and
consequently the sail took a little longer than anticipated. We reached the second
port also called Tarrafal and anchored just before sunset the next day. The
Atlantic rollers were amazing to see, rolling into the harbour in enormous
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Pete, as always, found a landing spot and did the necessary clearance and
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the Saturday morning we set out after breakfast, intending to take our time
down the coast, but all the anchorages suggested by Donald Street in the guide,
proved to be untenable. Most were just too deep to anchor safely (between 20
and 23m according to the log.) Ribeira Branca looked nice, but the fishing
boats filled the shallows and there was no available anchorage, so we meandered
down the coast. Porto Rincao, Baia de Infemo and Porto Mosquito, all looked
alluring, but were just too deep. It was a perfect day, the sun was shining and
the breeze was fresh and by 1620 we had anchored off Cidade Velho in 8m in to
the western cove.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>CIDADE VELHO</u></b></span><br />
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We anchored in a shallow bay with a shingle beach nearby. Children fished and
played on the rocks. Skin divers speared fish and lobster and we had a lovely
fresh fish braai on our second night.</span><br />
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spurted at high tide. We initially landed at the nearest, deserted shingle
beach, but we had to pull the dinghy high up over the stones and then cross a
farmyard and a private hotel and restaurant’s grounds. On subsequent days we
landed on the main beach, pulling the dinghy out of the fishermen’s way.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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site and the fort on the hillside has been beautifully restored. It is
obviously a tourist attractive and is floodlit at night. There is a ruin of the
first cathedral in West Africa in the town and various other convents and
churches originating many centuries ago.We spent a day exploring the town, with
our usual picnic near the fort, high on a cliff overlooking a well-cultivated
canyon, with the ocean behind us.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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leave the boat in the safe harbour of Cidade Velho and take a bus to Praia to
clear out, which we duly did. The minibus drive takes about 30 minutes and it
dropped us near the fresh fruit market. Pete knew his way around because of a
previous visit and we took a long walk to the cruise ship harbour where we
cleared immigration, but then we retraced our steps, clambering over submerged
logs in a foul smelling and stagnant river to make our way to maritime police.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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maritime police however wanted to see our boat and because ‘Oryx’ was in Cidade
Velho, refused to clear us out. We explored the upper part of the town, had a
picnic in a little crowded park and then headed for the market, where we topped
up our supplies for the crossing. We caught the bus back to Cidade Velho and
spent the night there, before sailing to Praia harbour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sail across to Praia was only twelve nautical miles and I think Pete enjoyed
himself because he did some tricky tacking into the harbour, driving up my
adrenalin levels. The following morning we rowed ashore and I tended the
tender, whilst Pete cleared out. We briefly spoke to the couple on “Lynne
Rival” to exchange books. They are heading to Salvador and are also the
unfortunate couple to be taken hostage by Somali pirates a few years ago. Good
to see that they are still sailing!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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passage was very pleasant, the sun baked down, dolphins became frequent
companions and flocks of flying fish provided to be daily entertainment. Ships
were scarce and we had some fast days (164 and 165 miles) and we entered the
doldrums at about 3 degrees north of the equator. The doldrums were typical
with light, very variable winds and fierce squalls and we spent about four days
in them. One evening I spotted a nearby vessel and checked its position on the
AIS, only to find it not listed. I took the binoculars and myself into the
cockpit and kept a close eye on it. Eventually I decided to call Pete, because
both port and starboard lights were visible and in that immense and isolated
stretch of ocean, it seemed to be heading for us. I didn’t want to call Pete
unnecessarily, so I switched on the AIS again, only to find that the boat was
indeed on a collision as closest point of approach was 0.06miles and time about
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we were crawling along at about 2 knots!) Pete had no sooner changed course
than the fishing boat did the same, causing Pete to go around in a circle. The
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next bit of excitement was crossing the Equator, which we did around midnight
on Pete’s watch. He woke me, per request and we each had a tot of fine rum,
courtesy of Grahame and Monica. Thanks! We had a rum punch with our meal the
following day, too. Fishing was a bit of a flop as we lost lure after lure and
then when Pete doubled the tracer, caught nothing. Near the Equator we had
torrential rain showers, which enabled us to shower in fresh water, collected
in the dinghy and to do our laundry! What bliss to arrive at our destination
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beyond the Equator the wind filled in and we were off again. I actually enjoyed
the doldrums, because at times I adjusted the sails and the wind vane
self-steering and it worked! So, slowly, slowly I’m finding my feet on “Oryx”,
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crossing took 17 days to cover 1725 miles. We make landfall at dusk and
anchored off a beach in Cabedelo before sailing up river to Jacare where Pete’s
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the 27<sup>th</sup> of November we soared through the channel between Lanzarote
and Graciosa. This is where I ended our last blog. This is also where Pete
started with cold like symptoms and I hurt my right shoulder. These two factors
unfortunately shaped our time in the Canary Islands, as life has a habit of
doing. Before I continue I would like to thank those of you who sent
suggestions and comments. They are always helpful and I’m hoping to include
some sidebars and some further information as requested. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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anchored off the beach at Playa Francesca on Graciosa, an anchorage that in the
autumn is so popular that there have been as many as forty boats in the small
bay. It is a beautiful place, with the towering slopes of Lanzarote sculpting
and shaping the near and far horizons with green and purple shapes, while
Graciosa herself sports volcanic outcrops with intriguing fingerprint like
whorls. The beaches are golden and the ocean is clear with water the same
turquoise as “Oryx’s” hulls. The small town is a pleasant stroll across two
more beaches and some scrubby dunes, past a campsite and rocky shoals. Most of
the houses are simple, white structures with a deep blue trim, although a few
daring souls have green trim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are some fairly small supermarkets, more like convenience stores. They stock
the basic necessities, but are pricey. Graciosa is a tiny island four miles by
two, and it is mostly desert so everything is brought in by ferry from
Lanzarote. The small harbour has the ferry dock on one side and a small marina
on the other. There are several restaurants and a shop selling touristy tat as
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the marina had filled on the preceding days as a result of the force seven
southeasterly, which made our anchorage untenable. This is how we lucked out
and had the anchorage to ourselves for the first couple of days. The marina has
limited facilities. There is water and electricity, but little else. Hauled out
in the harbour we found a Prout 37’ with her bottom torn out and all her
fittings removed, obviously an insurance write off. Pete experienced a yearning
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of December and we set off after breakfast. The wind strength between the
islands was much more than predicted as the area between Graciosa and Lanzarote
acts as an acceleration zone. We also had to tack back up the channel, the way
we had come which took about two hours. Several squalls had us reefing up and
down. Pete, as usual was doing most of the work, especially so that I didn’t
strain my arm again. I glanced back towards our anchorage and saw two large
waterspouts and was about to alert Pete, when I remembered we were pounding to
windward, so they were spinning away from us. We were both relieved to turn the
corner and sail downwind to Arrecife.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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along the coast of Lanzarote was splendid. The greenery and foliage of the
northern peaks soon gave way to stark volcanic shale and desert like
topography. All along the coast white clusters of houses, resorts and huge
hotels lined the magnificent beaches. Lanzarote, you will come to see, also has
a prevalence of white houses, some with the same blue trim. The architectural
style reflects Spain and Morocco in almost equal proportions. Volcanic craters
and peaks form the backdrop to most of Lanzarote.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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surfers from a resort surfed way out to greet us and welcome us as they admired
“Oryx”. We arrived at the harbour in Arrecife around four in the afternoon and
after motoring around a crowded anchorage found the perfect spot, just below
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on board a 46’ fibreglass boat called “Zeezwalluw” and invited them across for
sundowners. She is a palliative nurse practitioner and Riens is an engineer. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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is a problem in the Canary Islands and the tap that Pete had used on previous
visits had disappeared and it seemed that water was only available at the
marina. Pete rowed across on a Saturday, only to find that the person manning
the marina couldn’t take money on the weekend, which meant Pete had to row back
on the Monday. We were anchored on the far side of the harbour. The row was a
couple of miles each way, which set Pete’s ‘cold’ back a few days. The water,
you’ll be relieved to hear, was a mere 3c a litre. We had been nursing Pete’s
cold with rum and rest, but it wasn’t doing the trick, so I rowed ashore and
bought some ‘Lemsip’ or ‘Medlemon’ type medication, which helped a little.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Naturally not all the time was spent recuperating. We had a long walk around the town. There is a beautiful promenade all along the seafront from the cruise ship terminal right into the town and the beachfront. Just beyond the anchorage, which lies between the cruise ship terminal and the town, is an old fort, which is now a modern art museum. All around is evidence of Lanzarote’s salt panning past in the form of wind driven salt water mills, both in skeletal and restored states.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We found a supermarket and loaded ourselves up with fresh fruit and vegetables and various other supplies. Our first picnic was along a shady passeo, lined with trees and flowerbeds, but paved with volcanic cobbles. This was alongside Arrecife’s inner harbour with many small fishing boats dry out between tides. This served as a welcome break. Later Riens and Ineke told us about a closer Lidl supermarket, which made shopping much easier. Living on board a boat without refrigeration means frequent excursions for fresh supplies. Pete usually weighs himself down with a backpack and two large shopping bags, whilst I shoulder two lighter bags. We can carry about 30kg at a time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">We walked in the opposite direction of the town, twice. Past the industrial area with its power station and desalination plant, and then took a secondary road through a small fishing village and along the coast through more volcanic shale, which opens up to new housing developments and then onto beautiful beaches.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Along the waters edge are some spectacular beach houses near Teguise. Some are designed and constructed with volcanic rock, blending into the rocky shoreline, whilst others are starkly white against the shale. Teguise, itself has several glorious, sandy beaches, with walled picnic areas on the grassy verge. The passeo resumes and there are open-air fitness centres, gaily painted in yellow. Most beaches are converted into sheltered tidal pools, by extending the natural reefs to provide protection from the north Atlantic swell.</span><br />
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second time. Pete cannot resist a bargain and we dined at an <i>all you can eat</i>
Chinese buffet which cost a princely sum of €4.00 per person.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We watched the preparation for the Lanzarote
marathon and then had front row seats to the actual event with close ups when
we walked to Lidl. Pete had been struggling with a solution for our wind
generator pole, which has not strong enough support and is not sited well, but
in the end has left the pole on the port stern for the moment. He re inforced
the tabernacle and soon we were ready to move on. Pete was much better,
although he still had rhinitis and watery eyes. My shoulder was almost back to
normal. Cruise ships came in and out on an almost daily basis and the day we
left we had the pleasure of sailing past the “Queen Elizabeth”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> The sail
to Playa Papagayo was idyllic. The wind was abaft the beam and “Oryx” sailed through
the sunshine. The winter weather in the
Canaries is glorious with daytime temperatures into the twenties and sometimes
as warm as 27C, dropping to 18C at night.
We anchored off Playa Papagayo, where the beach was teaming with people
swimming and tanning. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cliffs near Playa Papagayo</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">The landing at Playa Papagayo seemed precarious
with the surf and we weren’t sure if we could take the dinghy ashore amongst
the bathers, as the bathing area was cordoned off. Instead we watched a
magnificent sunset with our first ‘<i>green flash</i>’ from the cockpit of
“Oryx”. After sunset Pete called me to show me an erupting volcano towards
Playa Blanca! I was speechless! I think I literally wiped my eyes, then I
realised that it was something man made, bedecked with luminous lighting. It
was unfortunately too far to take a night shot, but it was certainly effective
and must be quite a sight from the many aircraft landing nearby.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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morning after breakfast we had a short sail to an anchorage off Playa Blanca.
They have built a new marina called Marina Rubicon, which has only been open
for about a year. We anchored off the passeo, just beyond the swimming
platforms and out of the ferries’ way. After morning coffee, we changed, packed
our picnic lunch and we were about to set off, when I did something weird
getting into “Crake” and to my surprise, embarrassment and horror found myself
swimming! Pete managed to stabilise the dinghy, so that he didn’t join me, but
he had to bail the dinghy out, as I had done my best to rock the boat! While I
was treading water, my first reaction was one of relief – the water was
pleasantly warm, but this was soon replaced by dismay, because I had wrenched
my arm again, so I behaved badly until I was back on board. I dried off and
changed and off we set again. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once ashore, the arm was forgotten. Playa Blanca
is a tourist haven with many souvenir shops and restaurants and wall-to-wall
accommodation. The marina is lovely and has its own restaurants, wifi and all
the usual facilities. There were many boats lining the pontoons. We walked
along the passeo, stopping to picnic on one of the benches with views of the
stunning cliffs and an old fort, with the town in the background. We continued
along the passeo walking towards Playa Papagayo until we reached the volcanic
wasteland. Pete recalls visiting Playa Blanco in 1975 when there was a tiny
village with some Scandinavian development. Now there are new developments
everywhere. There are well-tended flowerbeds, palm trees and many varieties of
succulents. The prices of property in the Canary Islands seem cheaper than in
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">On the 18<sup>th</sup> of December we sailed over to Isla Lobos, where we anchored off the point, watching surfers who arrive by yacht or RIB’s from neighbouring Fuertaventura to meet the challenge of waves, which seem comparable with the big surf spots of the world. I was reluctant to go ashore as there was surf on the beach and I didn’t want to embarrass myself or strain the arm again, so instead Pete and I sat on the trampolines, drinking beer and watching the surfers perform.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Fuertaventura. The wind was very light and from the southeast, so we abandoned
our plans and set sail for Las Palmas on Gran Canaria. The wind was variable,
but when there was any it was abaft the beam and the sailing was glorious, just
the way I like it. Gran Canaria beckoned at first light, but the wind toyed
with us and although we were getting closer, we put the engine on for the last
ten miles, so that we could enter the harbour at Las Palmas in daylight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><b><u>GRAN CANARIA</u></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><b><u>LAS PALMAS</u></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> We
anchored off the Muelle de Portivo, between the marina and the yacht club.
There were several other boats in the anchorage.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Las Palmas Harbour</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">With five days to Christmas there was a lot to do.
We cleared into the port; one has to pay a nominal amount for anchoring off the
marina. It is calculated by square metre and “Oryx” had to pay €3.00 per day,
but that included use of the dinghy dock, water, shower facilities and wifi.
Within the marina complex there are several restaurants, bars, well-stocked
chandleries and an expensive laundromat.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Entrance to marina... don't you love the sky?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wharram "Captain Cook" or Pahi</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Las Palmas also has a beautiful passeo, or
promenade for pedestrians and cyclists, which seems to stretch from one end of
the city to the other. Las Palmas is very different to Lanzarote and Graciosa,
as all the buildings are brightly coloured. Just beyond the promenade is the
main dual carriageway into the city, which is extremely busy. Just beyond the
carriageway there are several supermarkets and a traditional vegetable and fish
market.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Las Palmas is built on an isthmus with the port on
the east side and on the west side is a beautiful beach. Surfers, body
boarders, kayakers, paddle boarders and bathers all have designated areas. At
the far end of the promenade was a structure, which from a distance looked like
a huge sandcastle and on closer inspection turned out to be an auditorium.
Beyond the auditorium were more surfers, seemingly more experienced and we
spent some time watching their antics. We noticed some advertising poster of
forthcoming events and discovered that the Canary Island’s Symphony </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Orchestra
were performing popular classics on Sunday the 30<sup>th</sup> for €5.00. We
promptly booked a couple of tickets and were lucky enough to get choice seats
as the bookings had just opened up. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graffiti based on Canary Islander Nestor de la Torre</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">We met up with Riens and Ineke on “Zeezwaluw”
again. They were now in the marina and had sundowners on there boat. They are
spending the winter in Las Palmas refurbishing their boat, as it is fairly easy
and relatively inexpensive to get parts locally or have them sent from Spain. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunset at the marina</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Christmas was a quiet affair for us; we had found
a Christmas cake in the Las Palmas Marks & Spencer’s and barbequed a leg of
lamb in the cockpit on our Swanniebraai, which is behaving much better now that
we are not using damp charcoal. Unfortunately the smoke irritated Pete’s eyes
again and we stayed on board on Boxing Day. After realising that Pete couldn’t
still have a cold, we bought some anti histamines and I started instilling
teargel, but with little or no improvement.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunset at anchor</span></td></tr>
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ducts so Pete spent a few days massaging the bridge of his nose and I applied
warm compresses to unblock them, to no avail. By this time Pete was looking
like a battered husband and it took threats of battering to get him to a doctor
who diagnosed ‘dry eye syndrome’ and prescribed stronger anti histamines, better
eye drops and camomile tea compresses. Pete’s eyes are much improved. Thanks
for the supportive messages and he now has some highly specialised sailing
sunglasses. The healthcare in the Canaries is readily available and the British
consulate provides a list of clinics where English is spoken. The one we
attended is right in the tourist area on the isthmus, although there are many
other facilities closer to the port. Pete’s consultation cost €40.00. The
medication was about €10.00. Another handy tip for stocking up, prior to
crossing the Atlantic is the fact that generic medication is sold liberally at
pharmacies, without prescription and very cheaply. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Near the art museum is my favourite hotel, the ‘Santa Catalina’. It is situated in beautiful gardens. It is built of wood and is typically colonial and apparently Prince Charles and Churchill have been guests. The art museum is devoted to the work of Nestor de la Torre and he and his architect brother, Miguel, shaped much of the Las Palmas of the early twentieth century. The city still celebrates Nestor’s art by having graffiti copies along the passeo.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surfing at sunset on 30 December 2012, whilst we sipped Cava on shore</span></td></tr>
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as is the small Nestor art gallery. The passeo extends all the way to the
colourful collection of fishermen’s cottages. There is a fine cathedral
virtually adjacent, or backing on to a home of Christopher Columbus’.</span><br />
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streets are narrow and most of the houses have been beautifully restored. The
penalty for defacing a historic building doesn’t include the option of a fine
and the jail time varies from 6 months to 6 years! Driving violations are also
rigorously penalised, implementing the point system and frequent warnings are
displayed on electronic billboards.Unfortunately, they don’t penalise the ships for spilling oil in the harbour though. A spill that occurred just before our arrival left several RIB’s tainted and the second has left “Oryx” with an ugly tidal mark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Christmas day in the Canaries is essentially a religious holiday, celebrated with friends and family. Our Boxing day is a working day, New Years eve is celebrated with much revelry, as described and around the 6<sup>th</sup> of January the islanders celebrate the “Three King’s Day”, which is yet another holiday and this is when the gift exchange takes place! What a wonderful idea. Imagine all the bargains you could get on sales in England and South Africa?</span><br />
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Pereira Duran, the RCC representative motored out to introduce himself to us.
He was very obliging and was keen to offer any help. Juan invited us for lunch
at the Real Yacht Club that has over a ten thousand members. The facilities are
outstanding and their sailing achievements include two-storey high competition
honour roll. The club hosts sailors from the colder climates, allowing them to
practise in a suitable climate, during the winter months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Saturdays the flights are as little as three minutes apart. When he and Marina
joined us for lunch on board, he went through the suitable anchorages on the
south of the island. Marina is an English teacher and told us that English is
started in infant school and a compulsory subject all through school.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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a holiday, so we did our final stock up of fresh food and veggies on the
Tuesday, said our goodbyes and set sail on the Wednesday morning for the south
of the island. The passage to Amfi del Mar was pleasant but fairly slow. We
averaged about 4nm per hour and were becalmed around sunset, so we motored into
the crowded anchorage. The cliffs are covered with hotels and resorts. The
anchorage is sandy bottomed and sheltered and by day water sports abound – Jet
Ski’s, parasailing, pedaloes, banana ski boat rides.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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ashore to the distant harbour of Arguineguin, explored the ferraterias
(hardware stores) and local shops. The southern island of Gran Canaria seems to
abound with Scandinavian expatriates and we found many inexpensive tours
running to various parts of the island, but the wind picked up and the
anchorage at Amfi del Mar wasn’t secure enough to leave the boat unattended, so
we spent our final day in Gran Canaria relaxing on board.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011268972209536691noreply@blogger.com0Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain28.1131545 -15.4408832000000328.001117 -15.60224470000003 28.225192 -15.27952170000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057997375309343868.post-74462806194949979632012-12-03T14:16:00.000-08:002014-03-16T09:22:13.351-07:00ORYX AND CRAKE IN PORTUGAL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Junk “Oryx” set sail for Lisbon from Baiona after breakfast on the 25<sup>th</sup> of October 2012. The breeze was easterly force 3, soon to become ESE and squally so we reduced the sail area by putting a reef in each sail. We had just cleared the headland of Baiona when we saw William on “Shandoo” setting sail for the Guardiana. The day deteriorated with frequent rainy squalls, so we soon lost sign of William’s tan and white sails.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Monday morning we were up at the crack of dawn and after breakfast rowed across to the Cascais Marina where we awaited the arrival of the Portuguese Immigration officer, not realising that the clocks in Portugal go back at the same time as they do in Britain! The wind chill factor dropped the temperature down several notches, but fortunately we found a warm place to wait and at exactly 09h00, the officer arrived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We set off to explore the streets of Cascais before taking the train to Lisbon. Portugal is very different from Spain, although there are similarities, but I found myself reflecting back on my childhood holidays spent in Lourenco Marques and Ponta do Ouro, as well as the time spent with Pete exploring the anchorages of Brazil. The train wasn't as high tech as the one we took to Santiago de Compostela, it was more like the one from Jacare to Cabadelo, although less colourful and more mechanically sound. Familiar names flew by:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lisbon is a wonderful city. Pete had an idea where the old centre of town was and after briefly visiting the cruise ship harbour we made our way up into the labyrinth that is old Lisbon. The streets were steep and the municipality is still running the old trams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> When we landed on the beach we did so with ease, but when we went back to the dinghy, it had just started raining and a squall was passing through. We tried to launch the dinghy through the now turbulent surf, only to get Pete and the groceries thoroughly wet. I then clambered across the rocky pier barefoot (my sandals were already stowed on “Crake”) whilst Pete steadied the dinghy getting more and more wet. We were unable to do our usual docking as the waves were bashing “Crake's” bow under “Oryx” bridge deck, but ever cool, wet and collected, Pete went to plan b and soon we were on board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We left Alvor on the 12<sup>th</sup> November, trying the engine with her newly pitched prop (20 degrees) and managed a comfortable 6 knots even with the current against us. “Oryx” herself was speeding along at up to 8 knots in a fresh breeze, so it seems that the clean bottom had helped a great deal.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We anchored off the beach at Villamoura and rowed ashore immediately, setting about exploring Villamoura and looking up old friends of Pete. We were very lucky to run into Joni as she set off on her bicycle to meet friends and attend to a few chores. We arranged to meet her later and explored the marina and nearby town. The marina was full of expensive looking power boats, but many were up for sail. There were a fair amount of yachts, too, but not much evidence of 'live aboards'. Restaurants of every conceivable cuisine lined the water's edge, but the trade was slow and one or two were obviously shut for the season. The prices on the menu boards seemed competitive and despite Villamoura's touristy façade, seemed very reasonable.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shamrock 22' the new owners now own Pete's previous dinghy called 'Caper' sold to Joni, then to Asmat and now to this couple. Caper was built in Cape Town in 1995!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We returned to the boat yard and had a cup of tea on board Joni's Oceanic 30' called “Pat's cat” or “P.C”. Pete met Joni and her late husband in the Scilly Isles in 1979 and intermittently again over the years, as seems to happen in the sailing fraternity. They have many mutual friends in common and after comparing notes and weather forecasts, Joni declined supper on board “Oryx” that evening, but agreed to sail with us to Culatra the next morning. Darkness had fallen by the time we reached the beach were “Crake” lay waiting. We had come ashore with no ado at high water, but getting back was a different story. The steep beach had receded and we were faced by two shoal banks with vicious little waves ripping along them. I waded out as far as possible, pushed Pete out and jumped on board only to find a wave breaking on Pete's back and soaking him again. Most of the time we were aground, but with every set of waves Pete gained ground until we finally cleared the second shoal, only to both be drenched by two large swells, which chose to break on “Crake's” bows. Our luck was running out, but fortunately the water wasn't too cold and we arrived safely on board “Oryx” without much further ado.</span><br />
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circled the island. There is a splendid boardwalk which makes the
stroll to the main beach possible at all points of tide. We chose to
picnic at the eastern corner of the beach, with views across the
channel to the next island and of the distant mountains behind Olhao.
It was mid November, but the temperature was well into the twenties
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mid
afternoon we wandered on heading for 'Seldom Seen' and the lagoon
which we have dubbed 'Wharram Heaven' or 'Wharram Haven' or even
'Wharram Warren'.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pictures above should explain</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">why.</span></div>
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weather then changed again and we were confined to the boat for the
rest of the week and the weekend. The wind was fierce and changed
direction often and it rained and rained, but that was a blessing as
we managed to collect enough rain water to catch up with laundry and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the weather finally improved we caught
the ferry to Olhao, on the mainland, intending to take a train into
Portomao, but the trains were infrequent and in the end we opted to
stock up at Lidl, explore the town, have lunch, shop some more and
then take the 15h00 ferry back to Culatra. We found a little local
place on the front, both had grilled mackeral with the table wine and
espresso to finish. We ran into Greg, one of Pete's sailing friends
on the ferry across, again outside Lidl and on the ferry back. His
comment was that when he saw “Oryx”anchored off Culatra, he knew
she must belong to Pete, even though they haven't seen each other
since a winter spent in Alvor in 1997 - before Pete built “China
Moon”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After
comparing the various weather forecasts on Wind Guru and Passage
Weather, we decided that we'd have to reluctantly skip Madeira and
Porto Santo as there was a nasty depression just off Madeira with a
forecast of strong southerly winds. The forecast for the passage to
the Canaries seemed more favourable. We hoisted the anchor after
breakfast on the Wednesday the 21<sup>st</sup> of November and after
a slight delay where Pete had to cut an entangled rope from our
anchor chain, we headed for the breakwater, motoring with the port
side sail up. The tide was high and we left just before the ebb
started. The clearance was fortunately uneventful, although Pete had
my adrenaline flowing with tales of a huge wave that had swept
'Badger' some years previously. Once we were clear of the fishing
boats beyond the breakwater, we pulled up the starboard sail and set
off with a pleasant force 3 following wind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
good weather continued into the Thursday although the wind speed
dropped and at times we were almost becalmed. Pete and I took turns
to lounge on the trampolines on the foredeck. At night I listened to
a selection of music on headphones that use a SD card. One of the
songs, long forgotten, was John Denver and Placido Domingo singing
'Perhaps Love'. The moonlight was dancing and the stars were bright.
The AIS was proving to be very useful, when spotting distant lights,
I could now check the closest point of approach and relax and enjoy
the passage. The lyrics of <i><b>'Perhaps Love' </b></i>were confusing: I thought
they ran '...<i>perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict and
full of</i> <i>pain...'</i> I didn't get it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just
after midnight, the predicted south easterly arrived, but the sea was
fairly flat and going to windward was fine. 'Oryx' was making 6 knots
with her clean bottom. As the day progressed and the wind intensity
grew, the seas became short and sharp and 'Oryx' was pounding away,
despite her good bridge deck clearance, most of it caused by the
windward hull. Saturday the wind headed us and we spent some time
tacking off the Morroccan coast. Our daily runs were growing
gradually smaller. Sunday we waited patiently for the wind direction
to change, to no avail. Aeolus was not doing what had been predicted.
Monday the wind increased, but had freed us a little, we were now
sailing with top panels only. The sea was still choppy and nasty. I
must've acquired 'sea legs' because I never felt nauseous, despite
the churning motion. However, my head was pounding at times, my neck
and shoulder muscles were tense and it felt as if my cerebro spinal
fluid was about to froth out like hair styling mousse. I now firmly
understood the <b>'<i>conflict and the pain</i>'!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Ladies
, word of advice – don't bother carrying mousse on a passage, it
doesn't stay in the can and although the resulting mess smells
pleasant, it isn't easy to clean whilst the boat is skipping along!) </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We
abandoned our womb like sea berth with its pulsating rhythm for our
usual cabin and whilst sleep was almost impossible, the noise was a
lot less. Monday brought an easterly and many, many squalls, but just
after sunset the wind freed further and we started flying along. The
wind direction was ENE6. Pete reefed right down to enable us to
arrive in the Canary islands in daylight. For the first time in the
six years that I've known Pete, we settled for a cold dinner. It was
just too crazy to contend with cooking. </span>
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waves with two panels of the port side sail up and still managed our
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11.1 knots bearing down on the channel between Graciosa and
Lanzarote. We had planned to stop at Alegranze, but decided to
continue to Graciosa as there was no sign of the wind dying down. We
anchored in the bay off Playa Francisco, just beyond the town. Both
Graciosa and Lanzarote were glowing with green, they must've had some
good rains recently and the desert was blooming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will
end this blog here, but would appreciate some guidance for future
postings. This feels a lot like a journal and as such gets a bit
monotonous. It seems like an account of <i>veni, vidi, we
picnicked...</i> and I'd like it to be more. I know my female friends
would like to know about the facilities at marinas, but in all truth
we haven't been to a marina yet. Pete prefers the privacy of our own
little bays and I tend to agree. I'm not the one doing the rowing,
after all and it is very pleasant to be tucked away in a protected
anchorage, surrounded by volcanic islands as far as the eye can sea. Also marinas should have more than just water and electricity, I mean we have water and electricity. To get my vote, marinas need wifi, hot showers and a laundromat! We plan to be spending about six weeks here in the Canary Islands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Merry
Christmas to all our family and friends</span></div>
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love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pete
and Carly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We
left Brittany on the 27<sup>th</sup> September at around 10 in the
morning. Pete had rowed ashore just after breakfast to walk into
Benodet for the latest forecast and to post some cards, only to find
that the forecast hadn't been updated and that the post office opened
later on a Thursday. While I was on board getting ready for the
passage across Biscay, I flicked onto Facebook wanting update our
position I discovered that my sister in law had died.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Initially
we had fair winds and we left Benodet swiftly and smoothly doing a
comfortable 7 – 8 knots. That night the wind died on my watch and
we drifted, a little aimlessly, it seemed, across the Bay of Biscay.
I stepped into the cockpit to determine whether the distant loom of
light was a ship. A fishing boat had been trawling nearby all night,
but nothing new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
thoughts were filled with life,the universe and everything. Elsa, whom
I'd known literally all my life and whom I'd admired all my adult
life, was gone. The how and why where still unknown, but in the scheme
of things it didn't matter. Perhaps it was these thoughts, or the
beauty of the moonlit path, that we were roughly following, that
caused me to linger. Sailing is never absolutely silent. The sails
flutter, the masts creak, ropes squeak and on this occasion the
rudder blades were chuckling as “Oryx” sped along. This partial
silence was broken by a loud exhalation and suddenly the water about
the bow and stern of the starboard hull were teaming with a troupe of
dolphins! No, they were definitely more than a school – they were
skilled acrobats and for about 45 minutes I watched my own private
performance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
joy I felt was akin to holding Hannah (my granddaughter) for the
first time. The dolphins frolicked ahead of the starboard bow and I
felt as if Calypso herself was guiding us across the dreaded autumnal
Bay of Biscay. Their chirps and clicks joined the sounds of sail and
sea and their dance was to a muted symphony. Once again I realised
how blessed I am. All the dizzy, headachy moments, the choppy,
stomach churning moments,for all the yearning for a hot shower or a
soak in a tub and a longing for my family are cleared with a single
moment such as this.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For
two consecutive nights the dolphins were around. The Bay of Biscay
lay slumbering and on the third day we spotted Cape Ortegal emerging
on the horizon and we tacked into the port of Cedeira, only putting
the engine on for the very last leg. Night had fallen and the town
lay silently sleeping, but for an occasional set of headlights. It
was 2230 when we finally anchored. The mountainsides were covered in
evergreen forests and the smell of pine had wafted over the waves
welcoming us once more to the land. it had taken us three days to sail 320 miles from Benodet to Cedeira across the Bay of Biscay.</span></div>
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and we couldn't wait to go ashore. My feet touched Spanish soil for
the first time, other than tedious over nights spent in the clutches
of Madrid airport. A quick reconnaissance of the town found a small,
well stocked supermarket, a tourist information centre with free
maps, but no fresh water readily available. On our second day we
packed a picnic lunch and did a circular coastal hike through the
forests to Trasmontana and back. We picnicked at the chapel on the
cliff side </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with
spectacular views and Pete caught me glugging back my beer in a
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sail from Cedeira to A Coruna was anything but pleasant. I had loved
Ceidira so much, that I was reluctant to leave anyway and once we
cleared the harbour we were met by choppy, unsettled seas and the
short sail to windward was particularly unpleasant. My Facebook
connection on the phone was still working, and I received many
supportive responses to my seasick status – (Thanks!) Coruna loomed
large and cumbersome, in comparison to Cedeira, but the Tower of
Hercules was a welcome sight as it grew closer and closer. I had
taken a Stugeron and was feeling much better by the time we dropped
our anchor off the Playa de Santa Christina.</span></div>
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hadn't bothered to try clear into Spain in Cedeira, but the next
morning we packed our passports and made our way to 'Doane', who sent
us to the Policia National where we took a number and waited to be
seen in a department dealing with 'estrangeros' only to be told it
wasn't necessary to have my passport stamped! We thought this was due
to Spain being laid back, but a Portuguese immigration officer in
Lisbon has clarified matters – with a valid Schengen visa, I need
only clear into the first Schengen country and then again when
leaving the Schengen states for other territories! Hamdulillah!</span></div>
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wasted half hour, we relaxed and wandered about the city, having
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always wanted to visit Santiago de Compostela and Pete
thought that it would be easier from A Coruna, so on Friday the 5</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
of October we made our way to the railway station and caught an
express train to Santiago de Compostela. The Spanish countryside
whizzed by at up to 160km per hour, not quite the same as the
leisurely pilgrimage route, but soon we were in the medieval city.</span></div>
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de Compostela is steeped in history and was brimming with tourists
and pilgrims of all nationalities. Once again we found our way to an
information centre and after collecting our map, made our way around
the city. At the cathedral we paused to pose for a photograph to send
to Paul and Jannette, who have actually done the pilgrimage, but my
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Saturday we decided that our current lack of contact with the world
was too much and went out and bought a Spanish Internet dongle.
Coruna had a fairly accessible water supply, so we attended to our
topping up and our laundry. The marina had several foreign boats, but
we were the only boat at anchor. Towards sunset we saw a Wylo sailing
into the anchorage. At first we thought it was Nick, as the boat had
the same tan mainsail , a white Genoa and a black hull, but on closer
inspection Pete noticed the finer differences and we later learnt
that the boat is called 'Shandoo' and she belongs to a chap called
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spend a day or two off Laxe so that we could go for a hike and a
picnic on my birthday. We set off after skyping my daughter, Irene,
on the day, but the weather proved fickle. Initially we walked up to
the small chapel on the hillside and then sheltered from the rain,
thinking that it was just a shower. We started back down the hill,
but decided to continue our walk to the next beach. Unfortunately the
rain continued relentlessly and after a thorough drenching we decided
to return to Oryx and have lunch on board. Ever the optimists we
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has many memories of Camarinas .We arrived in the late afternoon,
anchoring off a beach where he once repaired the damaged mast of his
27' Wharram Tane called ' Stormalong' in 1975! Unfortunately there
was no sign of the beach bar, but the area was still easily
recognisable. We went ashore on the 12<sup>th</sup>, having forgotten
that it was a public holiday. We explored the town and the waterfront
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The 13<sup>th</sup> dawned breezy but bright and we set off early arriving at the supermarkets just as they opened. Pete picked up the fixings for our picnic, whilst I loitered admiring the fine lace work of the region (although I'm not a lacy person.) We set off towards the lighthouse at Cabo Villano which we had sailed passed on arrival. We walked along the ridges with wind farms whirring away. A factory set amongst the rocks turned out to be a fish farm.</span></div>
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lighthouse had many other visitors and we pored over the maps
depicting hundreds of ship wrecks along the Costa del Morte. We
intended to picnic at a nearby beach, (Pete had cleverly chosen our
circular hike by using Google Earth to explore the options!) but as
we started off along the cliff we noticed several fishermen and a
strange phenomenon. The sea was frothing between the rocks and just
beyond the opaque milky area were literally thousands of fish! They
were feeding off the outlet from the fish farm. After close encounter
with a gorse bush, we found a nearby spot on the rocks, hauled out
our baguette, our pate and our wine and watched the nearby fishermen
catch twenty to thirty fish all just a bit over a foot long.</span></div>
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shelter off a small island with a causeway and a solitary house. We
stayed off Playa A Gueira for three days, by which time the gales had
passed and Pete had realised that there were light northerly breezes
each morning for a few hours, so we sailed slowly down the coast
anchoring off Aquino and in the Bay of O Grove before finally sailing
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area around Baiona is stunning. Vigo dominates the northern end of
the bay and we sailed slowly by in the warm afternoon sun. Some
yachts were anchored off a small island reserve called Isla Cies and
a beach called Playa Rodas that Spain claims is the most beautiful in
the world. We didn't have the necessary permit to anchor so we sailed
on towards Baiona. Sailing into Baiona was like playing in the
traffic. We dodged rocks and shoals and fishing boats and finally
came to rest in an anchorage alongside, or near to William and
'Shandoo'. For once there were a few boats at anchor and once again
Oryx attracted inquisitive stares and positive comments. We spent a
few lovely days in the area. We went for a picnic near the castle on
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a park, watching a motley group of alternative locals interact. Vigo
is a more modern city than Coruna, so she lacks some of the charm,
but we managed to find interesting old bits and apparently there were
early Visigoth and Roman settlements in the area!</span></div>
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was abaft the beam and Shandoo was soon following us as William
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left England on a cool, grey Sunday. The preceding days had been
spent at anchor off Trefusis point revisiting Falmouth and old
friends. We had taken “Oryx” out for a sail on the
Saturday,trying the self steering for the first time. It worked
perfectly and Pete set it to work as soon as we were clear of the
coast. The wind was west south west and we were doing 8 knots
comfortably with a reef in both sails. Pete chose the first watch at
night as we were nearing the shipping lane. The wind grew gradually
less and during my second watch I was forced to call Pete after only
an hour, because there was absolutely no wind and mist had reduced
the visibility to a mile or so. Our new AIS system sent chills of
alarm through me, there were many ships about, but I could see only
two!The mist was thick and hung above the water in a pall of soft
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the Friday we headed to Moulin Blanc, the marina where “Grand Pha”
had been transported and was awaiting her launch. We anchored in the
bay amidst all the sailing and rowing activities. Pete offered his
help to Bertrand and spent most of the day lashing the forward beams
of the decking alongside an Australian called Robert, who has lived
in France for several decades. I did help a bit, but seemed to spent
more time driving around with Marie Helene and playing with Robert's
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days we found ourselves off Roscanvel We took a walk along the
coastal path to Cameret, a beautiful seaside village. Once again we
found traces of the German occupation and because of the old
ammunition dumps there are areas where one cannot follow the coast
completely. A friendly local from Roscanvel gave us a lift into the
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Hir, where we spent the night. We sailed and then motored through
the Raz de Sein which was a thrilling and nerve racking experience.
With no sail up – the wind had died- and with the engine just
ticking over we flew through the Raz at over 9knots. There were rocks
to either side and a very impressive over falls!We had to miss the
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We spent several days exploring the river Odet, motor sailing as far as we could go, anchoring off Châteaus and up little creeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We sailed as close to Quimper as we could, then rowed up river, before walking into town, exploring the beautiful city with its many flower lined bridges and quaint little streets. As we often do, we had a picnic in the park before heading back.</span><br />
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high tide and it was a long walk back to Quimper, so Pete teetered
across clumps of weeds, dragged “Crake” a bit closer to the water
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