Morro de Sao Paulo to Santo Andre

We did a bit of maintenance while waiting for the wind to change from South East to North East to head southwards. I repaired the jib with my grandmother’s, ouma Bokkie, Phaff hand sewing machine.

At about 11am on the 21^st we left Gamboa. We experienced up to this point not great wind and thought we need 2 nights and a day to get to Santo Andre. (190nm) With the constant East wind, Songerie sailed beautiful. Within the first 2 hrs Jaco caught a 5kg Mackerel and about an hour later he caught his first Mahi Mahi (about 9kg). While Jaco was fighting to bring the Mahi Mahi in, I was fighting to get Muddy away from the excitement.

We did 140nm in the first 24hrs! We realized we will arrive just after sunset and it is not an easy entrance to the anchorage at Santo Andre. We anchored just outside the entrance behind a reef for protection from the NE swell. The following morning just after our coffee and (weekly) shower, a fishing boat came past us on his way to enter Santo Andre and motioned that we should follow him for safe entrance.

Once more, we arrive in PARADISE! There were a few fishing boats and 2 other sailboats. The one is an Argentinean on a miniature Wharram Cat.

This is a very small village with lots of international inhabitants. There are a few pousadas on the beachfront and on the main road a few restaurants and a small shop. In season the beach get daily flooded by local tourist delivered with big schooners, rocking with thumping, distorted music. Luckily they leave by noon and tranquility is restored.