Wed Aug 5 9:30:22 EDT 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Statue of Dom Pedro, emperor and Conqueror of the Amazon.
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Sun Aug 2 7:28:21 EDT 2009, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
Niteroi is across the bay from Rio de Janeiro. This is the view from the very friendly sailing yacht club, Yacht Club Rio. Issuma is the far-away boat furthest to the right.
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Sat Aug 1 8:23:33 EDT 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Downtown Rio de Janeiro
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Fri Jul 31 7:48:26 EDT 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Fri Jul 31 7:20:47 EDT 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Downtown Rio de Janeiro.
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Wed Jul 29 15:53:45 EDT 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
While entering Rio de Janeiro's harbor, this submarine passed in front of the old fort at the entrance.
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When there are not low clouds, yes, the statue can be seen.
Wed Jul 22 0:00:00 EDT 2009, near Cabo Frio, Brazil
Cabo Frio, which is pretty much the East corner of Brazil (East of Rio de Janeiro), is the peak seen under the mainsail of Issuma.
Cabo Frio (Cold Cape in English) is a place where a lot of deep, cold water is forced to the surface by the action of the currents against the coast. This results in pushing up a lot of plankton and other animals from the deep, which whales and many fish feed on.
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How is the reefing system evolving? The picture does not show the winch(s) but it looks like all reefs are brought to the cockpit. Do you still need to climb on the cabin top?
I now have almost all the stuff I need to make it so all reefing is done from the cockpit (just need to install it now). At the moment, the second and third reefs in the mainsail still require getting on the cabintop.
Sat Jul 18 0:00:00 EDT 2009, near Cabo de Sao Tome, Brazil
Sailboats generally have one winch for each sheet (a rope that controls a sail once it is up). There were not enough winches on this boat to have one for each sheet. So, when setting the main staysail (voile d'etai), the sheet had to be brought across the cockpit and put on the (windward side) fore staysail (trinquette) sheet winch. While that worked, it meant there was this taut rope across the cockpit, somewhat getting in the way.
I bought a new pair of sheet winches some time ago, and finally got around to installing one of them last week (I wanted to sail with it for a while to be sure I liked the position before installing the other one on the other side). The winch on the left is a Lewmar 55, the one of the right is a Lewmar 48, and the new one in the center is also a Lewmar 48. I was quite surprised when the new winches arrived to find out that the new Lewmar 48s are significantly smaller than the old Lewmar 48s. So I got some long bolts and built up the base with some white plastic so it would be high enough for the winch handle to clear the top of the other winches.
A sailmaker in Itaparica built the sheet bags that hang below the winches. They help to tidy up the cockpit a great deal.
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Thu Jul 16 0:00:00 EDT 2009, Brazil
Sailing on the banks in the rain yesterday, many whales were nearby, making it much more interesting to be outside.
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Tue Jul 14 0:00:00 EDT 2009, Bahia, Brazil
A similar boat to the one sailing in yesterday's picture.
Note the mast that was made by simply taking the bark off a tree. I never found the crew of this boat to ask what the vertical stakes are for...I suspect they are used to dry fishing nets.
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