by Horacio Carabelli (trimmer)
Sailing away from Rio along the Brazilian coast has been much more pleasant than the last stop we left (China). It was good to meet all the friends from Rio and Brazil and was good to see them on the water even with the big swell that was out there.
We have been together with the pack of Telefónica Black, Puma and Ericsson 3 in sight the whole time, with not to much wind. Passing Cabo Frio we could still see Telefónica Blue catch a bit more wind later. Last time I was around this Cape it was blowing 25-30 knots, so quite a change since last time.
It's quite impressive how the oil industry has grown around this area with big amounts of oil rigs and ships around. They look like cities when you see them at the distance at night. Probably, it was not a bad idea to buy some shares of Brazilian oil company some years ago.
Temperature has been rising as expected getting closer to the equator. Wildlife wise, a whole lot of dolphins were around us like crazy, jumping and going in all directions, probably feeding themselves. They paid a bit of attention to our yacht, but soon they went back to their fishing business.
That's all for now.
Volvo Ocean Race
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
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