Location 12° 58S, 38° 31W
Sunday 03.09.2008

The Schooner Maggie B is tied up in the Centro Nautico do Bahia in Salvador at 12° 58S, 38° 31W. We were here last on August 1, 2006, when we left for Cape Town. We have traveled around the world, covering about 28,860 NM, since then.

Fernando do Norunda is 652 NM and Antigua 2258 NM.

Since Buenos Aires we have come 2099 NM and used the engine for 276 hours. To show how relatively lacking in wind the SE coast of South America is, since Buenos Aires we have covered 6% of the distance since leaving Lunenburg, but used 13% of the engine hours since it was new.

We celebrated our arrival here with a lovely bottle of Tasmanian Sparkling which Hannah deftly opened with our machete. Champagne for breakfast!

We expect to be in Bahia about 10 days.

All is well.