First year living aboard in South America
We've lived onboard Velvet Lady for 17 years, all in Europe. This was our first year as liveaboards on the east coast of South America. Read on to see how we found it, or scroll to the end for our more practical tips. A year already. That has passed in a flash. Mid May last year we had just sailed across the Atlantic and were oh so close to arriving in Salvador , Brazil. It was warm and sunny but the wind gave up! Light winds on the nose and outgoing current made the last few miles painfully slow. We eventually dropped our anchor on South American soil for the first time at 00.30 Brazil time on 16 May. Today, one year later we are in Piriapolis marina, Uruguay. Its very different to a year ago. Cold, 8 degrees, beautiful clear blue sky and gale force winds. What a fantastic year it has been. I've been reminiscing, reading old blogs and my diary entries on No Foreignland. You can read them too. Velvet Lady Blog starting in May 2023 and Velvet Lady N...