We went out on a fishing boat and didn´t drown

Today we are still waiting for two experts to get back to us, so the research group meeting got postponed till Thursday. We took this time to go out to Cumbuco beach, about 35 km from the center. Naturally the beach was beautiful and a lot less developed than city beaches. While there, we took a jangada (fishing boat with a triangular sail) 1.5km out into the ocean, creaking and squeaking the whole time. Once out, where we got to go swimming in pretty big waves. The fishermen who owned our jangada explained that they fish 3 days and 4 nights out of the week and the rest of the time make money by taking beach-goers out on their boat.

We had to hold onto the rope while in the water so as not to lose the boat. Naturally, Joana went all the way to the far end of the rope, while the rest of the swimmers stayed closer.

Us next to our jangada. Galina’s life jacket was too big (well, ok, it was normal adult sized) and the fisherman had to basically wrap it around her instead of using the clasps.