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Port of Call -Noronha, Brazil -March 12, 2002
Position: Port of Call -Noronha, Brazil -March 12, 2002 Arriving on this island 150 miles off the coast of Brazil completes a part of our "going home trip" by crossing the South Atlantic. From here we have 2,000 miles leg left to reach Trinidad. The winds continue to become more ideal as the trades are increasing from the East giving us spinnaker wind pushing us along at an average of 12 knots. Noronha is a small island off the coast of the northeast corner of Brazil. One time it was a prison island for Brazil and now a beautiful remote small island that is noted for great surfing. It has few guesthouses and occasionally is visited by a small cruise ship. It is hilly and tropical green with many great beaches. From the harbor you can rent VW buggies to drive to the beaches and to get to a small village. Next to the village, with hand laid stone roads, they maintain a fort for visitors to stop. The island's outstanding feature is a piton, a shear rock rising over 500' making an outstanding landmark from anywhere on the island. Only''/2 of the 10-mile island is developed with roads and accessibility. The sea around the island is restricted and part of a conservation plan. The only area open for boast is in the harbor. The harbor was full of dolphins that we swam with from the tender. We were soon stopped, as it is not allowed to swim from your boat. At least we got to make one dive with dolphins all around us. They continued to frolic around the boat putting on a good show. For a small sum you could have a nice remote island home on the beach, but not very accessible. Next leg, 9 days to Trinidad. |
