Finally Russell managed to get some news across! All is going well and by the looks of it, the wind is wonderful! The last update he was doing an average of 10knots. His ETA then was Friday the 22nd of April in Angra dos Reis... Brisa and I have our fingers crossed!
He will be arriving in the middle of the Easter Holidays, absolute mayhem all over Brazil... so his timing could not be much worse in terms of getting things done but it will surely give him a lively welcome as everything is jam packed with people.
The down side is that my family is unable to be there as everything is full already and we can´t find any accomodation whatsoever... such a shame. But everyone is getting organized to visit.
I am leaving Brasilia on friday morning with Brisa hoping to either go straight to Angra to join Moonwalker or wait in Rio with family if he doesn´t show up on Friday.
WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!
Tuesday 19 April 2011
Friday 15 April 2011
Moonwalker on its way to Brazil
Hi everyone,
As usual a bit late on the update, but life as a single mother ain´t easy!
Russ left Cape Town on the 19th of March with Jannie and reached St Helena in 9.5 days of amazing sailing, especially with the jenika he bought from Quantum for an absolute bargain just before he left. Never saw someone so excited about a piece of cloth... the true sailors may forgive me for this coment one day.
They are now on their way to Angra dos Reis, south of Rio de Janeiro. They left St Helena last saturday, 9th of abril. Unfortunately the radio sched I organized for him with Marçal Ceccon from the yacht Rapunzel is not happening, Russ hasn´t shown up yet. Could be a hundred different reasons, but I am a bit afraid, knowing my beloved husband, that he may have misplaced the frequency or made a mistake with the time difference... but more propably it´s the propagation or someother more reasonable explanation. My imagination flies when we don´t have news!
Imagine them arriving in Brazil and just calling me out of the blue: "we are here!" or worse, calling me just after a few sneaky days of enjoying Brazil! No way José!!!! : )
As usual a bit late on the update, but life as a single mother ain´t easy!
Russ left Cape Town on the 19th of March with Jannie and reached St Helena in 9.5 days of amazing sailing, especially with the jenika he bought from Quantum for an absolute bargain just before he left. Never saw someone so excited about a piece of cloth... the true sailors may forgive me for this coment one day.
They are now on their way to Angra dos Reis, south of Rio de Janeiro. They left St Helena last saturday, 9th of abril. Unfortunately the radio sched I organized for him with Marçal Ceccon from the yacht Rapunzel is not happening, Russ hasn´t shown up yet. Could be a hundred different reasons, but I am a bit afraid, knowing my beloved husband, that he may have misplaced the frequency or made a mistake with the time difference... but more propably it´s the propagation or someother more reasonable explanation. My imagination flies when we don´t have news!
Imagine them arriving in Brazil and just calling me out of the blue: "we are here!" or worse, calling me just after a few sneaky days of enjoying Brazil! No way José!!!! : )
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