The basic guideline for sailing the Brazilian coast is to go South during summer and North during winter, but one can sail practically anywhere at anytime. See posting on Winds and Currents.
Keeping in
mind the South in the Summer, and making the best of Brazil during our stay
there, BRally is suggesting an early January departure from Cape Town in South
Africa, making a brief stopover in Santa Helena to break the crossing, and
proceeding to a point still being defined, between Ilhabela in São Paulo and Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro, for our port of entry, where we will try to
facilitate the entry procedure for the BRally participants. Our goal is to
arrive at our entry port with enough time for us to spend some days of Carnaval on a safe and contained place, yet to be defined.
We will
have March, April and May to enjoy the nice anchorages between Ilhabela in São Paulo and Angra dos Reis in Rio de
Janeiro, including Ubatuba, Parati and Ilha Grande, before we start our way up North.
Keeping in
mind that we will need to extend our visas after 90 days, and exit/re-entry
Brazil before 180 days, a great option
would be a visit to Iguaçu Falls for the re-entry procedure. The idea is to leave the boat at a good marina closer to airports
and bus routes, and go to Iguaçu Falls in Mid June. That will allow for a
re-entry and another period of 90+90 which would give us enough time for the trip
North.
On the trip
North, we suggest stopping over the following cities, where we will try to
organize receptions at the local Yacht Clubs: Rio de Janeiro, Buzios, Vitoria, Abrolhos,
Ilheus, Camamu, Maceio, Recife, Fernando de Noronha, Natal,
Fortaleza. It is very possible that we
will have some Brazilian cruisers joining us on our trip to the North as that
is the time the Iate Clube Cabanga in Recife run the famous REFENO regatta between
Recife and the island of Fernando de Noronha.
After
Fortaleza, we will try to organize a trip through the Amazon river, but that is
still a dream that will depend on our time to put that together.
After that,
each boat will continue to their own destination.
Due to complete lack of security and latest news on boat attacks in Salvador, we are taking Salvador out of the list of ports to be visited by the group.
ReplyDeleteWe are negotiating our entry to be done in Ilha Bela, São Paulo instead of Angra dos Reis, pending support from local clubs and authorities.
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