tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703804919970564018.post8512869517378937613..comments2023-12-16T17:10:07.837+00:00Comments on Yacht Auriga: Brazil Cruising 4 - The long distance route to SalvadorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405702232586406574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703804919970564018.post-21013504138259818692015-03-07T19:23:41.138+00:002015-03-07T19:23:41.138+00:00Great to read your accounts – keep them coming to ...Great to read your accounts – keep them coming to give us landlubbers a vicarious pleasure.<br />Many years ago I did this same passage – only in na 80 ft sailboat. We had to bear off eastwards for 2 days and bent forward stanchions where a spare sail was tied. In this immaculate italian built boat water found its way through deck fittings. The forward cabin floorboards floated up – there were dozens of champagne bottles stored in the bilge and the labels had floated off and blocked the limber holes to the midships bilge pump.<br />On arrival in Salvador I suggested that we drank at least on of these now anonymous bottles, but the Swiss (really nice fellow) said no. The only thing the owner really checked when he came on board was the wine stock.<br />One night at anchor in Salvador there was a bang on the hull and we found a yound frenchman has swum the considerable distance from shore. He was almost out of money and looking for a ride out of Brazil. We took him on (the skipper was a french speaker) and I will never forget the look in his eyes when he saw the opulence of the interior of the boat. Although he had never sailed before, he was an excellent addition and always ready to do his share (replacing a rich kid who got off in salvador who never did his share!).<br />Sorry – I had not intended to monopolise your blog – it just kept coming!<br />Bons ventos!<br />Nick (Urca, Rio de Janeiro)<br />Nick (Urca, Rio de Janeiro)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02939591361767346933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703804919970564018.post-5127903376419881152015-03-07T16:28:20.527+00:002015-03-07T16:28:20.527+00:00That is a great metaphor about Frost's poem an...That is a great metaphor about Frost's poem and relating it to a yacht. Who says that the "road less traveled," has to be an actual road. It can be the high seas taken by a yacht. Wouldn't it be fun to take the road less traveled via a boat?<br /> <a href="http://southparkmarina.com/Services/" rel="nofollow">http://southparkmarina.com/Services/</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921074560910247042noreply@blogger.com