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  Highlights: Reached civilization again! Lowlights: Stressful high wind paddle Launch: Low rolling surf and some reef break Landing: Sheltered beach at Yacht Club Pos: here Loc: Fortaleza Acc: Polyana’s house Dist: 55,6 km Start: 4:50 End: 13:55 The only disadvantage of this camp between the fishing boats was the bit of a slope downhill, […]

  Highlights: nice village! Lowlights: the first marked landing site was nothing Launch: River Lagoon sheltered beach Landing: Reef sheltered flat beach with low rolling surf Pos: here Loc: Caponga Acc: tent Dist: 56,4 km Start: 5:00 End: 14:45 A calm night with few noisy surf for the change. Quite relaxing. I was out early, the […]

  Highlights: All safe today, thank goodness Lowlights: late start, ugly rounding of point by Fortim Launch: after 2 hrs the surf was low enough to get safely out Landing: lagoon sheltered beach Pos: here Loc: Barro Vermelho Acc: tent Dist: 44,8 km Start: 6:55 End: 14:30 I was suspiciously watching and listening to the […]

  Highlights: Nice reef area on low tide on the last headland Lowlights: Still no laptop… Launch: Wide low to moderate surf belt Landing: Low surf Pos: here Loc: Small almost deserted viallage Acc: tent Dist: 49,1 km Start: 5:05 End: 13:25 Delay:1d My father’s 85th birthday today…if he were still alive, he may have […]

  Highlights: Safe shady camp site close to house Lowlights: My laptop broke down… Launch: Calm reef sheltered beach Landing: Wide low surf belt Pos: here Loc: Tibau Acc: tent Dist: 32,6 km Start: 4:50 End: 11:14 All easy paddling, kind of boring, I must admit. Still it is time to get off the water an […]

  Highlights: A nice shady campsite under trees Lowlights: Such a short distance… Launch: Wide low surf Landing: Sheltered beach behind reef Pos: here Loc: Reef hook behind Redonda Acc: tent Dist: 14,4 km Start: 5:00 End: 7:30 Originally, I was planning to have a full rest day on Thursday. As it is full moon, […]

  Highlights: Got very easy freshwater from a friendly Austrian local! Lowlights: Hot as hell on that half day on the beach Launch: Sheltered beach Landing: Low surf Pos: here Loc: Ponta do Mel Acc: tent Dist: 43,5 km Start: 4:40 End: 12:10 No one looked me up on my sand bank out here, which […]

  Highlights: I stopped early enough today Lowlights: The distance today is shorter… Launch: Low surf easy Landing: Sheltered beach Pos: here Loc: Sandbank behind Barreiros Acc: tent Dist: 37,2 km Start: 4:45 End: 11:25 The night was calm again, so was the wind even up until 9.30 today!  Around 10 knots, really nice. The […]

  Highlights: Low wind at night and until 6.30…good distance… Lowlights: My nerves…this is too much of a dangerous high wind ride Launch: Low surf ok Landing: High speed wind through low surf Pos: here Loc: tiny village before Galinhos Acc: tent Dist: 62,7 km Start: 4:45 End: 14:40 It was such an amazing calm […]

  Highlights: Good speed and distance Lowlights: It becomes quite stressful in 20+ knots Launch: Tiny surf Landing: Through moderate surf ok Pos: here Loc: Headland behind Sao Miguel do Costoso Acc: tent Dist: 58,4 km Start: 5:00 End: 14:15 I thought this is going to be an easy day…despite motorbikes and cars driving on […]