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No: 033 | Date: 2003-10-03 | Southamerica, Brasil, Niteroi - Rio de Janeiro

Niteroi: Reparing the boat in one of the world most polluted harbours.



No. of Image: 1
Description: A dirty oil platform in the middle of the Guanabara Bay. Probably the dirtiest bay of Rio de Janeiro.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 2
Description: "Fishermen attending their profession in the Guanabara Bay. We wonder: ""Who do they sell their fish to?"""
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 3
Description: Piles of trash floating everywhere around the commercial docks of Niteroi.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 4
Description: The commercial vessels in the docks we pass, make WILDLIFE look very tiny.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 5
Description: Car ferries crossing the river of Guanabara Bay without making any fuss securing the cars or busses.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 42 Kb

No. of Image: 6
Description: The entrance of our shipyard of which we took many new unforgettable memories as well as yachtsman-ship-repair-nightmares.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 7
Description: Can we trust in the heavy winch to pull the cat on the ramp. We pray that it will not brake half way through.
Photo by: Florian Wilken
   
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No. of Image: 8
Description: What a strange site. 5 minutes after the boat was lifted, thinking that our stay would take no longer than about a week.
Photo by: Sebastian Wilken
   
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Filesize: 114 Kb

No. of Image: 9
Description: Our boat was in mid air, accessible only by a 15-foot ladder. Our facilities aboard were definitely out of commission, 'cause flushing the toilet' onto our workspace below is something we can not do, due to the lack of water.
Photo by: Sebastian Wilken
   
File-Dimensions: 600x399
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No. of Image: 10
Description: For the first week our boat yard was not in possession of essential waste disposal facilities, only a pile of garbage on the ground that all dock workers used.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 113 Kb

No. of Image: 11
Description: Sebastian is trying the water connection since we have no daily running water, due to constant pluming problems in the town or on the dock.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 12
Description: These dogs were our daily company on the dock between landscapes of massive rusted metal plates, human waste, household trash, oil and paint spills.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 13
Description: Florian in a typical pose on the cell phone organizing the painter, the owner of the shipyard and the fiberglass specialists to meet at the dock.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 14
Description: Over the days our boat turned from it's original brilliant white, to gray, and finally to a putrid brownish color. Acetone, paint and shower soap have become part of the same identity.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 15
Description: Mystic but beautiful, a crane in the morning sun on a fisher boat of which we were surrounded by in noxious harbor water.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 16
Description: "Flo raising his hands in despair. Thinking: ""What the hell are we still doing here?"""
Photo by: Sebastian Wilken
   
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No. of Image: 17
Description: The boatyard seems like the local dump on the outskirts of one of Rio's slums. One morning the dock workers even decided to burn the trash, rather than dispose it!
Photo by: Florian Wilken
   
File-Dimensions: 266x400
Filesize: 53 Kb

No. of Image: 18
Description: We were part of a wired surrounding when we saw artists on the weekend who started to capture the view of the dock in colorful paintings.
Photo by: Florian wilken
   
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No. of Image: 19
Description: JF removing heavy and dirty steel plates from underneath the hulls to prevent the boat from further damage.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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No. of Image: 20
Description: The heart of Rio's commercial shipping zone. We are definitely not the only boat who trusts these docks.
Photo by: Sebastian Wilken
   
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No. of Image: 21
Description: Flo is controlling the work every day to get the job done, even when the high tide was covering the beams.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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No. of Image: 22
Description: Guanabara Bay just about thirty minutes from the dry dock.
Photo by: Douglas Engel
   
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No. of Image: 23
Description: Shocking! Guanabara Bay: A fisherman throwing his net while a tanker is passing by in the background.
Photo by: Douglas Engel
   
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No. of Image: 24
Description: Trash everywhere on the beaches of Guanabara Bay where Brazilians go swimming in the summer.
Photo by: Douglas Engel
   
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No. of Image: 25
Description: The downside of New Years. An unbelievable amount of trash lying in the water of Guanabara Bay.
Photo by: Douglas Engel
   
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No. of Image: 26
Description: The dogs have become our best friends as we are feeding them regularly.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 71 Kb

No. of Image: 27
Description: Rancid and oily harbor water, piles of waste and above all - our boat placed on heavy timber and steel beams.
Photo by: Florian Wilken
   
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Filesize: 74 Kb

No. of Image: 28
Description: JF and Daniel are getting ready to fight the fiberglass, dust and dirt particles after the repairs are finished.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 52 Kb

No. of Image: 29
Description: The worst is over. The saildrive is polished and shiny again. JF and Florian are finally smiling to prepare the cat to go back into the water.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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No. of Image: 30
Description: The local people invited us to a barbecue which we enjoyed after all the trouble we went through. Simple but very yummy.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 31
Description: "The last ""primer"" color is finally on the hull which means that there is only one more layer of ""antifouling"" to come."
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 32
Description: The typical Brazilian working mentality. One person works the other one watches and makes comments.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 33
Description: "The final ""antifouling"" layer is put on the hulls. Now we just have to wait until it's dry to let the boat back into the water."
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 34
Description: Daily Brazilian street life: One mother and her kids. They all want to be part of the picture.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 35
Description: The job is done. The cat is back in the water. To store the food for the next trip towards Argentina we have cross the fisher boats rafted up next to us.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 92 Kb

No. of Image: 36
Description: Back in Marina da Gloria. Precise cleaning procedures to change the boat into the original brilliant white. Daniel and Sebastian giving their utmost to conquer the quest.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 37
Description: JF is doing a fantastic job to recover the life of our spinlocks by sacrificing his toothbrush.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 38 Kb

No. of Image: 38
Description: A good weather system that will take us over 1000 miles south into Argentina allows us to enjoy our first sunset again
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 68 Kb

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