The passage from
St Helena to Recife Brazil was the most comfortable 12-day, 1700 mile trip we
have taken thus far. Winds were mostly
10 knots and less and always from behind and seas were small. We had a few minor drizzle type rain storms
and most had no extra wind at all. We
had one day where the winds piped up to about 35 knots but only for a few hours
and then it calmed right back down.
None of us took
any sea sickness meds and Emily did school on more than half the days. She and Mom watched movies during their
shared watches and managed to watch about 15 movies during the trip while Dad
read his e-reader.
We only caught two
small Dorado and we threw the second one back to grow a little bigger. We adjusted engine speed only slightly to
make landfall at 9:00AM. We dropped
anchor in 4 meters just off a small yacht club next to friends we know on a
boat called Theis. We also soon heard
from Mojumbo and worked out logistics to get into the Cabanga Yacht Club at
high tide.
The people at the yacht club
were nice, if a little disorganized. We
were assigned a slip, and then another and then another before they figured out
where we should be. The power voltage is
marginal and we sit in mud at low tide, but overall it is OK. They have a nice pool and expensive restaurant
and we will do a few boat projects while the kids play together.
Tom
1 comment:
I know you are still a long way off, but it feels like you are almost home. So glad you made this trip and so, so glad you have gotten back to "the Americas"
The Bartleys on SV Evensong
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