December: Christmas on ILha Grande, Jack Marion and Pat (our parents) joined us in a rented house with hammocks and a pool for a tropical party. Christmas eve sipping champagne on the beach and a Bar B Que party for Christmas Day. Off to Paraty for the New Year aboard Oceana with more beaches and general merry making. The obligatory tours of Rio de Janeiro then Jack and Marion returned home and Pat spent a week at sea trying to remember how to swim.
January: Off we went on a little cruise towards Ubatuba taking in some fabulous waterfalls at Cajaiba Grande and sailing with New Dawn again. Taking in Ilha das Couves, ILha dos Porcos Saco de Ribeira, a lot of snorkelling and meeting an Alien on the beach we made Ubatuba on the 25th. Here we bought a Beagle puppy and named him Ubatuba after his town of birth. Here Ubatuba had his first run on a beach, first dinghy ride and first dog overboard!! We made our furthest point south so far landing on Ilha Bella, Sao Paulo.
February: Back to Ilha Grande, Christina rushed off to Rio for Carnival and Andy and Ubatuba celebrated Carnival in a much more low key style anchored in Saco de Ceu (Bay of the Sky).
March: We made 3 attempts to return to Rio being thwarted by an overheating engine and strong winds before making it finally on the 15th. Here we met up with Keith, saw Lenny Kravitz play on Copocabana Beach and sailed on to Buzios. An epic journey encountering engine failure, rogue waves, oil tankers, wind and complete becalming.
April, May, June:.......Blah, blah, blah......made our way up to Salvador again and caught up with winter and the rainy season yet again.
