Pachuca Circumnavigation

This blog began in late 2006 with the planning and preparation for a circumnavigation of the world in my 39-foot sail boat Pachuca. It then covered a successful 5-year circumnavigation that ended in April 2013. The blog now covers life with Pachuca back home in Australia.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Mercury Outboard Running

I started the day with two modest goals in mind: (1) See if I could find this Ricardo person about fixing my outboard motor and (2) Purchase...

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Trapped On Board

Tourist Boats at Ilha Bella When I woke up at 6.30 AM the weather was reasonably calm. After a leisurely breakfast I set to work pre...

Clearance Into Brazil Done

Walk Along Shoreline of Ilha Bella It was a long and hard day but I met my two objectives of (1) obtaining Brazilian currency and ...

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

First day at Ilha Bella

I tried to sleep longer but at 8.30 AM I was ready to get up. I stepped into the cockpit, had my first daylight look of the surrounds, and ...

Monday, July 16, 2012

Safe on Mooring

It was an exhilarating sail, an interesting motor up the channel, and unexpected help from the Club de Ilha Bella yacht club, and here I am ...

Final Run to the Anchorge

We had a relatively quiet night. I 5 or 6 ships as I had expected, but none was threatening enough to force a change in course or a long w...

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Fair Wind and Following Sea

We made very good progress throughout the afternoon and night with a fair wind that got up into the high teens. In the early evening the bo...

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