Anchoring ALONE in BRAZIL After OCEAN SAILING For 3 Weeks [Ep. 75]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Can we enter the closed country of Brazil? We need to enter to make repairs after our longest passage at sea. After over 25 Days of sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from North to South we try to find a safe place to anchor, rest, and get our bearings in the deserted jungle coastline.
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Our pesky sailboat causes a bit of a traffic Jam as we near the coast just outside the Campos Oil Fields in Brazil with a giant cruise ship and other passing freighters and tankers. The water changes color as we close in and sadly bypass the large city of Rio de Janeiro. Our boat dog, Roxy, finally get's some sniffs of land, but is it just a teaser? Finally, we spot a protected cove and the draw of a full night of sleep no longer offshore changing shifts is so ever tempting, so we launch the drone and inspect.
For those wondering about our boat damage from the collision, keep watching our channel to discover the damage exactly the moment we do!
So who is this crazy sailing couple making fun videos to share? Well, we are Kate and Curtis. We both sold up and headed out to sea, with the goal of sailing around the world via Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. We brought our mixed rescue dog along with us as she loves sailing and swimming too!
Our boat is a year 2000 J Boats J/46. We searched for 3 years for our perfect sailboat for sale, when we found it, we knew it was the one. We spent 6 months re-fitting it in Rhode Island and then went for our shakedown voyage in Maine. We stopped in Annapolis for a bit to do some more refit work and offshore modifications, then we set off to the open sea. We went to the Bahamas, Miami, US Virgin Islands, BVI, Grenada, Carriacou, St. Maarten, where we enjoyed outdoor adventures, scuba diving, and have now did an Atlantic Crossing to the Azores where we had a chance to fly our DJI drone (and learned how to fly a drone from a boat) and one of our favorite past times, mountain biking. After leaving the Azores we sailed to Tenerife. From there we have left on a huge voyage, transatlantic again, this time to South America as we head for our goal of rounding cape horn to enter the pacific ocean. We have sailed over 10,000 bluewater miles to date.
More about us at www.sweetruca.com
Enough of this, we hope you enjoy our relaxing video on #sailingsunday!
XO XO Sailing Sweet Ruca - Kate, Curtis & Roxy
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This is the best sailing channel for Sailors on YT. And they’re in Brazil, the most endearing place in the world. Ten saudades do Brasil
Thanks hsanderson2! You are too kind.
Love that u r best friends! I’ve been married to mine 45 years. All the best to u. 🇨🇦
Awww. Thanks Yvonne, and congrats to you on 45 years, that is awesome!
As usual, another nice video showing real sailing ..
Thanks Fran's. I'm glad we are still improving 😊
You both are so cool... Welcome to South America!
I mean, the three of you!
😳boss-level coastal cruising - looks like a cargo/tanker ship convention. You two are without doubt real ones! Never stop doing this 😁.
Ha! Your comment makes us smile Brad! We always say we prefer offshore to coastal cruising for this reason! Cheers 😊
No guess work with you guys, I will try to learn as much I can , your J 46 is dream boat , enjoy your life 🙏
Thanks Salvador! Definitely enjoying the J. Cheers 😊
One of my top YT channels, with actual sailing. Your episode should be longer. Every minute was so enjoyable. The perfect mix of beautiful camera work and outstanding capture of natural wind, waves, and general sailing sound. Curtis was funny with his played emotions, or was he afraid? Cheers.
Wow! Thanks Sgt-Bond! We really appreciate the feedback and positive comment. This is exactly why we make the videos. I'm glad you enjoyed it and we will try to keep going!
Curtis was definitely practicing his "thumbnail" faces. Short lived but a fun ride through that cloud!
Fantastic video , it always amazes me that the big ships are so courteous to us small guys.
Wishing ye a happy and safe landfall 😊⛵️
It amazes us, too! Glad to see you out on the water again, and this time with a dinghy! Fair winds Peter!
I like how your approach to land unfolded gradually. From ships, sights of land becoming clearer, the water.
Heya B M!!! :-) We are so happy to hear you liked this one!
So glad you two are safe, had not seen anything from you all in a bit. Happy sailing, you’re killing it. Very cool, you both have infectious smiles.
Wow thanks for the nice comment! We try to smile through the tough stuff too. Sorry to give you concern. These comments make the hard work of editing so worth it. Thanks again! 🤙🏻
@@SailingSweetRuca you two are my favorite sailing duo
like the music in this one, especially the first song.
This makes us happy to know you liked it!
Welcome back. Coffee taste great again. Fantastic video. Keep having fun and stay safe.
That's a relief! Wish we could send some good Brazil coffee ☕. Thanks for the nice comment again 😊
So many cool and interesting things in this video!
The change in water color was crazy. I can't believe the water quality impact that far out.
The coast of Brazil is stunning though. Thumbnail gives me Jurrasic Park vibes for some reason.
Drone shots are epic. Love seeing the boat sailing from that perspective.
Great to see you telling the crusing world about expedition software!
Ha ha ha 4ksb 😆
Glad videos are back! It's a great to spend Sunday mornings with you two and Roxy!
they dump raw sewage thru pipes offshore. crazy, hum? welcome to brazil.
@@rodsilva80 ahh that makes more sense.
Thanks for the comment. Good to see land!
Great video. I love the sailing footage. Of course, Roxy keeping the birds away was fun to watch.
Thank you!
Sunday and another amazing video from Sweet Ruca ! In Rio they have a fresh water catchment they call the lagoon stagnant water dark green water they dump into the sea nasty it look like sewage water but it's not the people swim in it not me and my family ! So glad to see your video.Thank you !
Thanks for the nice comment and info Neal! Appreciate the positive feedback. 😊
nice episode, great to watch your emotions of reaching shore after 3 weeks crossing the pond. Can't wait for the next instalment.
Hi Michael! Great to see you again also! :-) More next week!
What a cool video... I'm from Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil, and this is the most busy area of Brazil coastline... The major oilfields are in this area... Around 90% of the country oil comes from here... Safe travels
Obrigada luciano! It was cool to experience the expanse of the oil field. We had never sailed through anything like it. Brazil has an impressive maritime industry!
Absolutely beautiful episode filming, thanks for sharing 👍 ⛵ Greetings from beautiful Hawaii islands 🏝
Thanks so much, we are happy to hear you enjoyed it! Hawaii is a great place!
Nice video folks ! Glad you all got there !
Thanks for the comment! We're glad too! 😅
So cool! It is so awesome to see and learn more about ocean sailing like this. Happy and safe travels to you all on your many adventures!
Glad we are able to share! Thanks for the nice comment and feedback 😊
Busy coast , Nicely done , Fair winds .
Heya bill!!! How are you this week? Thanks so much, cheers :-)
YAY! Got my Roxie fix. Cheers!
Hehe cheers indeed 🐶🐾
Sure have missed you guys .... The Port Huron to Mackinaw race started yesterday... it was an exciting day... glad your safe... John and Penny... Ontario, Canada....
Thanks for the comment John and Penny and hello to our neighbors from the North! We miss racing for sure and hope to go back some day! Cheers 😊
Welcome to Brazil .. hope you enjoy
Thanks Carlos! Tudo bem
Good to see you guys on video!. I'm following you on the tracker, I saw you spending some time in Itajai and now in Piriapolis. Hope you are doing well. Cheers!!!
We are well! If we've learned anything, it's just to go with the flow. Time to catch back up on videos after lots of hard work.
As I'm watching this "Chico 2" is about to finish the Mac race... perfect timing.
Almost there! Believe it or not, before we bought Sweet Ruca, Curtis was almost a partner in Hoodlum (a huge congrats to Paul and team, we love seeing his Melges take line honors), but Cape Horn was our goal. Mac race in our minds today!
@@SailingSweetRuca the highlight of the 2022 edition shore course event is 14 year old Merritt Sellers double-handing with her dad Scott on their J/111 "No Surprises" to an amazing 3rd place finish on her FIRST mac race. At 14 I was racing laser radials.
Loved this video! One of my favorites great work guys. Ummmm…. “Stern slamming”! 🤔 I need to keep my mind out of the gutter!
Thanks Warren! Once you think like a sailor it is hard to process things any other way ;-) Haha!
Mainsail leech cord - if you had a spare, could you split a much thinner lead cord onto that as preparation for the next replacement? It would have a much smaller knot on the threading "needle".
Sweet Kate, was worried about you all, more than a month since you last upload. Someone called the Norwegian Coast guard when a TH-cam SV did not upload on time. Not much net up there except for fishing nets. Glad you are safe & guess TH-cam time is at least 2 months behind real time.
Thanks for your concern Bob. Glad to be back. Sorry to frighten you!
Hi! Nice to hear about you two after so loooong! Also very interesting to see your vision on Brazil.
Apparently, when passing the shore of Rio de Janeiro you did faced REALLY bad waters! They almost certainly come from the "submarine emissary", which was built on 1975 to throw the city's sewage 3,6 km into the sea from Ipanema beach. It goes at a rate of 6.000 liters/second... Depending on the currents it goes on many directions. Sometimes even to the beaches, as a revenge from the sea :) On 2009 another one was built, at Barra da Tijuca, throwing 1.200 litres/second into the sea... Big s•••! Really hope you managed to not let water inside the boat.
The Baía de Ilha Grande is one of the most beautiful sceneries of our coast. It has many places to anchor, some marinas and many interesting people that, I believe, may have given you assistance by now. Hope you've had good times there and the repairs were fixed. Well, this we'll see on the next chapters of you adventure!
Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Oh, by the way, I believe you have the "Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego Guide", by Mariolina Rolfo and Giorgio Adrizzi. The couple spent more than 11 years there, testing and mapping more than 400 anchorages. It's also has the region's history and many tips from preparing the boat to dealing with the region. A must for sailing there. Let me know.
Good winds and vibes!
Thanks for the nice comment José! We are glad to be back posting again! Thanks for all the information about the water. Brazil was not our original destination because of Covid closures, so when we arrived we didn't know what to expect!
We do indeed have the Patagonian Bible as we call it! Thanks for the tip. Cheers. 😊
@@SailingSweetRuca nice to know! I'm specially excited on this part of your journey, since someday I plan to sail around there too. Good winds and nice to have you back here! My best!
Great episode!
Thanks Steve! Cheers!
Hey guys, do you have a compiled playlist somewhere with the songs you’ve used and use in your videos? I’m always amazed with choices of songs.
I’m happy seeing you guys are doing fine, was starting to worry something had happened. Always a joy joining your trip through these “brief” videos.
Happy winds
Thanks for your concern Lukas! Things have happened, but luckily we are OK.
We don't have a list of songs but perhaps we should add them to our website with our affiliate link! I'll get to working on that soon. Thanks for the feedback 😊
Where is the full shot of the oompa lumpa running the charts? And is there a chocolate river somewhere on that boat? I’m onto you!
Hahaha! We keep him hidden down below, guarding the chocolate ;-)
Great to see you.
Same to you David! Cheers :-)
Excellent Man!
Thanks for the comment Man!
Awesome passage, congratulations! Seems like from the timeline of events this was some time ago?
Heya Neptune! :-) Thanks! You can see where we are in real time on our website and notes from events on our tracker www.sweetruca.com
awesome video again👍👍👍👍
Many thanks Chef!
Yes welcome to the Rio D wastewater treatment plant watch out for those floating “Baby Ruth” candy bars they are probably not candy…
Haha, we just brought up the movie Caddyshack a few days ago!!! The waste water treatment is surely an issue which we hope someday improves as the area is so beautiful!
Nice video guys! We just uploaded for the first time in a while due to being tangled up in boat projects - you know how it goes. Fair winds!
We know how that goes! #boatlife 😆 Dodger looks good 👍🏻
Because your hands were orange! Anyway love your show! Thanks!!!!
This definitely gave us a solid laugh when we were trying to sort out what you meant! Chocolate river for the added bonus! 🤣
I think S,W will bring you to NZ. It would be lovely to host you.
Wow thanks Earl. We hear great things about New Zealand and hear it's a beautiful country. Hopefully we can visit!
Great
Thanks Gabriel!
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Woohoo!! Welcome aboard sopark434. Thanks & cheers!!! :-)
Wow, that’s a long time on passage - I can only imagine the relief at being able to sleep on the hook after so many nights at sea. Did you need to run the water maker, or can you carry enough to see you through for 3+ weeks?
I lost count of how many individual clips were smoothly edited together, it must take forever to edit an update this long?
Hey Kevin!!!! How have you been? We need to catch up! Offshore that long was pretty cool, a nice groove to be in. We carry 120 gallons of water in the tanks, plus 5-7 gallons for emergencies. We made it through without having to run the watermaker at sea. You are right on about the editing, each video takes a week or more to edit.
You guys are frugal with fresh water, probably a good discipline to have.
The coastal traffic really did seem courteous, hopefully that continues to be the case.
I’ve been making pasta for the first time, it’s even easier than pizza 😎 A nice way to get some cold weather calories using nothing but eggs and flour- except of course it’s 90F here 😆
Great video, glad you're back! #realsailingchannel
Your comment makes us smile! Thanks David and fair winds to you. Glad to be back!
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We totally dig the boat in your profile pic!
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The coast of Brazil is fantastic. Except the coast of my state, in the very south.
Olá Rogério! We can't wait to share more of our Brazil experiences. Seems like the south has some cool features also :-)
@@SailingSweetRuca until the border with Santa Catarina state there are mountains, bays, natural harbors, islands, etc.
Arriving in my state you have the city of Torres with its naked rock walls, and then 700 km of a ruler drawn straight line of sand, windy and with cold gray waters, no mountains, no forests, no palms... just grassy plains with occasional typical trees, some sand dunes in some places
Those closed countries are in violation of international maritime law I believe. A ship in distress can't be turned away legally. Cee19 or not!!!
We aren't experts in that department, but we would tend to agree with you Allyn!!!!
Funny thing... After turning CC off many times I have given up. Firefox seems to think I should always have it on. Anyway, as you got close to the shore of Brazil, the CC which was always English before, has changed to Portuguese? (or something) Weird, system language is English, IP is Canadian. TH-cam is dumb, I guess.
Another great video! What is the current plan for rounding the Horn? Is it too late to do so wisely this summer (winter in Argentina)? Does one wait until November and enjoy South America while doing so? Also, have you used your SSB? I have one sitting in a box and am debating installing it, although with an IridiumGo it seems redundant.Thoughts?
Hi Ron! Since you are a patron, we will fill you in on the Cape Horn strategy in detail via email ;-) About the SSB, we haven't used it for anything productive in 3 years. Just practice and tests. It does work well. Its a nice comfort to have as a fallback, no harm in having it aboard, but it seems like satellite technology is evolving so quickly it makes the HF obsolete. If we were starting from scratch we would probably just carry a spare IridiumGo or Fleet Broadband vs buying an SSB.
lookup Odd Life Crafting. They are a Brazilian couple and are sailing around the coast now. They will probably be very helpful.
Thanks for the tip 😊
Hi, nice trip hey, when this was recorded? I don't think Brazil still closed is it? I'm in chile now but heading to Brazil soon, I met few sailors who came from there and they got their entrance with no problems.
Hi Gean. Brazil is open now, no worries to sail there. Much warmer than Chile right now! We are always several months behind in editing. :-)
It's strange, do any of the sailing gadgets and accessories EVER run perfectly for long?
Everything needs maintenance. There is always something to fix aboard a sailboat :-)
hey guys, I doubt you can't talk your way out of the restriction to land in brazil. yes, brazil has rules, but if you have a mouth you can break them. go and ask. good luck.
Thanks lavagnolli! You are right on! :-)
doesmRoxy make it up & down the companionway unaided?
Hi Gavin, yes she does. :-)
Hi there
The navegación system you are using , can I download that somewhere
Yes you can, here is the link: expeditionmarine.com/downloads.html
@@SailingSweetRuca many thanks , have a safe sail
Radar aint adequate moor important thing is sonar for submarine and submarine containers Androids
Look out for ODD life crafting
Will do. Small world out here.