Comments on: About the Boat

By: mattia aguiari

mattia aguiari — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:37:37 +0000

I will be really happy to tell the true story of Saudade and her crew from Kenya to ST.Marteen. In fact is really a very colorful one!!! Let me know if you are interested.Anyway,thank you for keeping her so beautifull and,most of all,ALIVE!!!

By: mattia aguiari

mattia aguiari — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:17:44 +0000

Happy you gave new life to my only and true LOVE!!! Story is a little bit different but,at the end,who cares.She,SAUDADE,is still alive and sailing and this is what counts.
I wish you all the best. Please,love her like I did. As we say in Italy ” in culo alla balena “. All my love,Mattia.

By: Craig Bach

Craig Bach — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:24:11 +0000

…and the South American bit I got from Salina and Kraus, (the crew from South Africa to South America). She told me Matia had fired them, then re-hired them several weeks later when he couldn’t find an alternate. Again, and as with most stories, I’m sure this one has another angle. Clearly the boat has a very colorful history. I (and the rest of the readers of this site) would love to know more if you are so inclined.

By: Craig Bach

Craig Bach — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:04:20 +0000

Thanks for the corrections. Apparently getting accurate information out of Matia (the previous owner) was the hardest part of the job.

By: Briana

Briana — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:20:52 +0000

She was replanked in mozambique, the old fashioned way. Beached and depending on the tides, constantly shifting sandbags so she would stand straight up when the tide went out. No power tools were used at all. The hole in the aft was done by one of the wooden skiffs that the trinidadians use on the weekends. Belem was a fuel pitstop and stayed for a couple weeks. Hardly the majority of the time spent in south america. She also only spent 6 months in sxm a year the rest was spent sailing to the Grenadines.
P.S she looks great.