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December 2006
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Written by Cláudia Abreu
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Friday, 08 December 2006 16:20 |
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Sailor Amyr Klink, the son of a Lebanese father and a Swedish mother, is one of those deep-gazing, clear-thinking men. He combines restlessness and patience in the right doses. Restlessness for developing solutions to all the problems involved in the construction of a polar sailboat and seeking new materials that have not yet been used in the nautical realm. Patience for working hard for about eight years on a project for a boat, Paratii 2, which cost approximately US$ 6 million.
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the boating business in Brazil is a no brainier ,
very few marinas have docks
non potable water .
few and far between fuel docks .
foreign boats have to check in at every port they visit, this takes about a day or longer and this is when the locals rob you as the rules are
ALL PERSONS ON BOAT MUST PRESENT YOUR PASSPORTS TO THE POLICE FEDERAL .
visas , boat papers , health papers , dogs shot records , proper paper charts ,( sea map wont do ) no guns , trash tax , marinas charge from $10 to 35 real a day for dingy dock use ,
you must ware long pants , NO SHORTS
button down shirts ,            NO TEE SHIRTS
closed toe shoes ,             Â
NO FLIP FLOPS
there are 5 different governmental agencies you have to check in to and they will be spread over the city .
most all foreign boats in Brazil have been robed or stolen and there owners deported from Brazil ,
as of this reply sense 1999Â Â ( 13 )Â Â foreign sailors have been killed in Brazil on there boats or with in sight of it . the only persons ever sent to jail for there crime was the ones that killed Sir peter Blake .
some 156 foreign boats have been robed and had to leave the country without some of their navigational equipment and personal items .
17 boats have been taken by the navy Brazil just because they want to ,
others have been stolen by locals and sailed away while the owners are held in jail for 2 or 3 days .
UNLESS THE HAND OF GOD COMES DOWN AND PUSHES YOU TO BRASIL DONT GO BY YOUR OWN BOAT .