The next voyage of Atlantis will bring us to Joao Pessoa, which is the capital of the smallest state of Brazil (Paraiba). After sailing around the most Southerly point of Africa, Atlantis will land at the most Easterly point of South America. Jacare (near Jaoa Pessoa) is a favourite landing place for yachts coming from Europe via the Cape Verde Islands. With a distance of 1.500 NM it is also the fastest route from Europe to mainland Brazil. Some yachts coming fr...

Olá a todos vocês da bela Brasil, It has been a long time since The blog was updated, but we are getting close to another attempt and start our next voyage to Trinidad via French Guiana. I decided to update you with some news about Atlantis..... I will not bother you with all the details of the modifications/improvements on Atlantis (more than 15 in total), but will give you an overview of the most import ones; Ocema Marina in brazil did a complete rebuild ...

Atlantis almost ready to continue her voyage to Trinidad. ETD 30/09/2013

Another attempt to sail on 11/07/2013. Departure: 10:00 UTC Destination: Jao Pesoa Distance: 475 NM ETA: 5 - 6 days According to the latest weather forecast Atlantis can expect light to moderate winds, but quite some rain showers and squalls related to the latter during this trip. Let's hope the new parts in the steering will hold. The next and last destination in Brazil will be Fortaleza. Marc

First job was to clean the rudders and some parts of the hulls. Eileen dived and did a good job....after the cleaning the rudders turned well in each direction and we went out in the bay to calibrate the autopilot again. All systems worked fine and the Raymarine autopilot gave us a "successful calibration" message on the screen. We were set to sail the next morning. We left Salvador harbour at 11:25 UTC with our tanks full of fuel and water. Our course was set ...