How can I participate on the Paraguaçú’s crossing!?

Now you can also participate in this ocean crossing by supporting the message of the project and having your name written on the deck as you contribute with cash, items or contacts of sponsors. Choose one of the possibilities:
1- with a minimum of 50 euros you’ll see your name written on the Paraguaçú’s deck (you may sign it personally) and referred to on the future book of the crossing: ‘Essay on Loneliness’.
2- with 100 euros or more, you will get a short phone call from the middle of the ocean straight to your mobile, besides having your name written on the boat and book.
3- you may also contribute specifically to/with some of the following items still missing, and have your name written on the boat’s deck.

Bank transfers to BPI, IBAN: PT50 001000003760922000147, Swift code: BBPIPTPL)

Subject/Reference: ‘Paraguaçú’+person’s name+item (in case the contribution is made to buy a specific item). Please confirm with e-mail (zgiraldes@gmail.com), and refer your mobile number for choice ‘2’.

25 boxes Almond bars,                                 73€
25 boxes Strawberry bars,                            73€
1 life rescue raft Cruiser 4p,                         963€
1 Marine Tech invertor,                                45€
1 radio VHFICM33,                                      158€
1 radio station,                                            200€
1 binoculars 7x50,                                       49€
200 dried (lyophilized) food                      1000€
67 packs of 6 cereal bars, aprx.                    67€
1 Jet Boil pan                                              70€
1 500 min. credit card sat phone Iridium,      625€
1 battery sat phone Iridium,                         115€
Pharmacy items                                           75€

The Atlantic crossing – Paraguaçú’s route for the environment

The message this project aims to transmit is one of alert to the consequences of the excess of use of fossil energies and its reflexes on Climate Change; also to stimulate a permanent search for eco efficiency, using alternative energies such as solar, and the protection of the forests, in particular the Amazon forest.

“Paraguaçú”, the name of the boat, meaning ‘immense sea’ (was also the name of the Tupinambá indigenous girl… more on older posts), wants to pay homage to the 15^th century pioneer navigators, but also to celebrate the 90^th anniversary of the first South Atlantic aerial crossing, accomplished in 1922 by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral, and also the grace of the Brazilian people, our brothers, by sending them a warm salute. The route (the same made by the aircraft ‘Santa Cruz’) will be done rowing solo, from Marocco/Canary Islands/Cape Verde to Natal/Brazil, in an extension of more than 2700 nautical miles of open ocean. The expected duration is 110 days (starting December 2012)…

Thank You!