Position: 12 07.8'S 037 14.99'W (11:00 UTC) Day 1 Distance sailed: 108 NM We left Salvador harbour at 8 am (local time) with almost no wind and an incoming tide, due to a limited weather window we don't want to take risks....so we leave. There is a huge current in the bay of all Saints due to a funnel effect. Once on the ocean the current disappeared, but the wind was still below 5kts....not enough to sail. We decided to raise the main and foresail and cont...

Latest news from Atlantis We are provisioned and ready to go. All formalities are done and Atlantis had a complete clean of the hulls....it will make a huge difference in our speed. The latest weather forecast is not predicting lots of wind, but it is common for this period of time, so we will have to motor the first day...let's see after that. Once at the latitude of Maceo we should pick up some wind. At least when we have wind, it will come from the right di...

Position: 12 58.34'S 038 31'W (Salvador) Atlantis had a slow but nice sail from Aratu to Salvador. I will not mention the speed as it was too slow to mention :), we decided to get out of Aratu and clean the hulls in Salvador. Mauro and I have our sea legs back and all systems on board worked perfectly. The autopilot kept a steady course, batteries are fine and after oiling the sliders of the mainsail it worked well. No problems with the foresail as it is a roll...

An update on the preparations Atlantis shines and is ready for the next trip, I am only waiting for a diver to clean the hulls. Maybe I will have mussels for lunch today. Mauro arrives tomorrow night and we plan to sail from Aratu (our current location) to Salvador the next morning. it will be a short 15NM sail, an opportunity to test the new rudders and get our sea legs back. In Salvador we will do the immigration formalities and introduce the flight-plan to ...

Back on Atlantis, What a pleasure to find Atlantis in a perfect condition after 5 months. The motors started from the first turn of the key (thank you Vetus), and the water maker also worked perfectly. I was worried about the fact that the water intakes would be blocked.....but all is fine. A new sensor for the wind instrument also arrived from Raymarine (Florida). I received a new cable for the electric motor from Torqueedo in Germany. All seems to be as plann...