We want to explore the mangrove, its channels and this environment that is new to us… then we go on an adventure… Tuesday 29 March 2011 – We enter the part of the Rio Maraù that is not documented on nautical charts. Our nautical guide gives some summary indications, Contact information (sometimes erroneous) points…
Monday 28 March – We take advantage of the rising tide to continue the ascent of the Rio Maraù to the south. In fact there is only a narrow peninsula between the Rio and the ocean that is just to the east. 6 miles further… we go around the Ilha dos Tubaroes and decide to anchor just after, in the South…
Saturday 26 March – Arrived in the bay of Camamu we pass quickly in front of “Barra Grande” which is the tourist resort of the bay and we continue south up the Rio Maraù. The rest of the bay is not developed at all because the water is not very deep. Very few places…
Saturday 26 March – We drop anchor at 8:00 a.m., just before high tide, to have as much water as possible when we pass the bar at the entrance of the river. “Resolute” Do the same and we follow him to negotiate the exit between sandbanks and rocky outlets. That's it – We are…
Thursday 24 March We weigh anchor around 9:30 am and greet Ingrid and Fritz convinced that we will meet again in a few months… years…… in the Pacific!!! We decide to go to Itacaré which is about thirty miles away – like this we will spend the night at anchor. Itacaré's approach is delicate… We must…
Sunday 20 After spending the day in the water scraping away the algae and the thick layer of shellfish that have colonized the hull of Hibiscus, we leave the Abrolhos at sunset….A brief digression….. Hull scratching is a sporting activity that requires muscles and endurance underwater…So Philippe did the biggest and…
And Yes, here we are back in the Abrolhos archipelago that we loved so much! Always so tranquil with turquoise water and fish swimming with us… But because of a swell that comes from the south, We had to anchor in the north of the military island inhabited by 5 Brazilian Navy Families…
Here we are back in Rio… always under a gray sky and many showers. This does not prevent the Carioca (inhabitants of Rio) to party… and they put all their energy into it.. In the streets: It is a succession of 'blocos'” or street carnival that crisscross every neighborhood. That's a lot of people, almost…
We accompany Luc and Edwige in Paraty (west of Ilha Grande) so that they pick up a bus to Rio and catch their plane. We drop anchor in front of the village and see the boat “Zigoto” by Didier, Isabelle and their dog Barrack… A quick lunch in the center with Luc and Edwige and we leave them…