Sail Brazil.

Most of Brazil's coast is beach and surf, not sailing. The Southeast is the exception. Between Rio de Janeiro and Paraty the shoreline folds into a run of protected bays, granite headlands and hundreds of islands — the kind of coast where you can anchor in flat water with the Atlantic swell held off by land. Ilha Grande alone has enough coves for a week. The water runs warm year-round, the forest comes right down to the tideline, and the sailing is short-hop and forgiving rather than open-passage hard. We sail it for the anchorages more than the distances: you rarely need to be under way more than two or three hours to find somewhere new to swim.

Bareboat means you skipper. You'll need a recognised licence (ICC + VHF, RYA Day Skipper or ASA 104+) and a confident hand aboard — if no one on the crew is qualified, take the same yacht skippered and our captain drives.

We brief you on the local navigation: the channels and headlands that funnel the wind, where to anchor versus take a mooring, provisioning ports, and the best first-timer route versus the longer run for experienced crews.