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Another piece of the Helicon series. 

AVU - First Anniversary Celebration!!!

Last week we had a blazing barbecue party to celebrate the first anniversary of the Urca Sailors Association. It is a joy and a priviledge to be together with these people.

Gold Medal for the Golden Girls

I was really happy and proud to see Kahena Kunze and Martine Grael win the Gold Medal in the 49er FX competition of the Olimpic Games, in Rio 2016. 

Im the past few months, I have often seen them training on the bay. I have no idea where the professional and personal requirements will take them. But I  and hope to occasionally cross wakes in the future. As it happens, Kahena lives in the same appartment building as Adri and I do. Therefore, we have followed her beautiful career for a few years already now. The two girls have conquered many significant international titels, A career now charmingly crowned with an Olimpic Gold Medal!
From my full heart, I congratulate them both for their great feat!

Olympic Games in Rio

The last few days have been exciting, for those who live in Rio de Janeiro. The thrill of having such an event in town has spread quickly after the opening cerimony. Everyone tries to manage to keep up a certain routine, while still getting to see the sport, and the changes to the infrastructure in town.

Adri and I have been to a couple of events on different locations; Rugby, with the unprecedented victory of the gold medal by the Pacific Island of Fiji, was pretty new and stunning. BeachVolleyball, just as well. What a party! Of course I wanted to see the Olympic Park, with the several different arenas, and the new metro and BRT traffic system, to the distant part of town, Barra da Tijuca. It was a pretty interesting experience. An naturally we went to see the sailing event, at Flamengo Beach, by the Guanabara Bay.

The quality of the water has been surprisingly good, just as I have recently reported. A good part of luck with the weather has been involved...