BuscoGusto - Clive Webber / Stinky Feet Project

Welcome to Busco Gusto!

This is the story of a Canadian backpacker who sailed westward around the world, hitchhiking rides on sailboats across very large oceans.

The voyage started at the isthmus of Panama in January 2008, heading west across the Pacific Ocean to Australia (dubbed the Pacifico Project). Then in November 2008, I reached South Africa after sailing across the Indian Ocean (the Indico Project). Then in January, I set sail for Brazil and reentered the Caribbean Sea (the Atlantico Project). I crossed the Caribbean Sea and arrived at my starting point, the San Blas islands of Panama on the 20th of April 2009. The journey is finally over.

Status: 100% Around the World, CIRCUMNAVIGATION COMPLETE!

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By BuscoGusto
November 5th 2009

Epilogue 1: Life after Circumnavigation North America » Canada » Ontario » Kingston

Life after Circumnav
Here's some racing action from the summer. In the background Able Sail boats hit the course. Also in the background, the waterfront 400 metres from my new home.

It has been 6 months since returning home after the Water Adventure. Life has more or less returned to normal after a long, hard period of adjustment. I am once again becoming comfortable with the difficult business of everyday life. The stress of returning to work, dealing with pressing family issues, finances, moving into a new home and juggling extracurricular activities has begun to subside, and in the coming months I should be able to focus on kicking back and relaxing.....before planning the next big thing. In the meantime, this is the first of a few announcements coming up [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
April 20th 2009

A Circumnavigation of the World by Sailboat Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama Canal

Circumnavigation Complete!
Vive les stinky feet!

I have disturbed the lives of one million flying fish; I have witnessed - and often instigated - the wanton destruction of sailboat parts; I have eaten badly and accumulated so many stomach bugs that they cancel eachother out; But now, I am drinking champagne and toasting these sins because I have sailed around the world! There. I said it. After 360 degrees of longitude and 25,000 nautical miles of ocean, I can finally abuse that last line as often as I like until it seems a mere cliché! But I promise not to; this accomplishment is not something to wear [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
March 29th 2009

1000 Miles to Go! Oceans and Seas » Caribbean

The Polluted Waters of Brazilian Harbours
The scariest moment of the journey.. til we realized it was a doll. (KO)

Ah, the warm, sweet waters of the Caribbean Sea. It's good to be back! This is just a sum-up blog of the Atlantico Project, with random pictures from Brazil, Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia and Martinique. I finally disembarked from "Strega", the yacht I had been sailing on since Australia while on an Around-the-World sailing rally. We came in 2nd over the finish line in St. Lucia. Wish me luck - as you head this, I am sailing westward once again. This is the final passage of the adventure and the next time I see land, it [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
February 22nd 2009

Carnaval in the Pouring Rain South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Recife

Eu Quero Frevo!
FREEEEEEVVOOOOO!!!

The rain began to pour down but the band played on. Reaching up into the sky with palms skyward, we embraced the cold drops thundering down, streams running through our hair, dripping down our noses, around the curves of our grinning mouths, and soaking what - if anything - remained of our costumes. Our feet stomped wildly in ankle-deep puddles in the cobblestone streets, and all around us, people shouted at the top of their lungs "Eu quero Frevo!" (I want Frevo music!). A few kilometres away on a sailboat, hastily left with a hatch wide open, a cabin began to [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
February 1st 2009

The Atlantic Ocean Beard-Growing Competition Oceans and Seas » Atlantic

Gerry
Winner of the Atlantic Beard Growing Competition!

Salvador de Bahia, Brazil FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canadian Crowned Champion of Atlantic Ocean Beard-Growing Competition. Gerry of Dawson City, Yukon has been proclaimed the overall winner of the Inaugural Atlantic Ocean Beard-Growing Competition, an event held over the month of January during the crossing of the Southern Atlantic Ocean by a large gathering of sailboats participating in the Heineken Cape-to-Bahia race and World ARC sailing rally. Not normally a person to sport face furniture, Gerry was ecstatic when chosen unanimously over a field of 21 entrants by a panel of bli [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
January 26th 2009

A Race Across the Pond Oceans and Seas » Atlantic

3 Oceans Complete!

The Start Line -- Cape Town, South Africa (03 January 2009) Table Mountain loomed from across the bay. Helicopters buzzed overhead. Spectator boats swarmed around the sidelines. There is definitely excitement in the air as we surge towards the start line, and we're definitely not going to be crossing it alone. In 15 seconds, the start gun will fire and hopefully our bow will be one of the first to point westward towards Brazil. This is the start of the longest single-ocean yacht race in the world with over 3600 nautical miles of deep, blue South Atlantic ocean water separatin [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
January 13th 2009

What Happened to the 700th? Oceans and Seas » Atlantic » Saint Helena

Look out! There's a Slinky on the loose!
photo: CR

Welcome to St. Helena, a British territory in the heart of the South Atlantic. She's a quirky little place alright, an isolated volcanic lump created by the Mid-Atlantic Rift... and home to a few fun facts! St. Helena: * claims to be Britain's second oldest colony * is home to the world's most expensive coffee - made from the Green-tipped Bourbon bean imported from Mocha of Yemen * was the site of Napolean Bonaparte's exile and subsequent death * is home to Tungi spirit, a noxious alcohol distilled from prickly pears * has no airport - visitors, goods, and mail must [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
December 17th 2008

A Dinner Date with Man-Eaters Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Gansbaai

Duuuuh-na....

"This is madness." - Sam We have come to Gansbaai, South Africa, with Dyer Island on the horizon - home to one of the world's densest populations of Great White Sharks. The Man-eating Shark. Carcharodon carcharias. And we're strapping on wetsuits. Sam is right. This is madness. The Great White Shark, one of the greatest predators alive, is considered an endangered animal. Humans have hunted them to "vulnerable" levels. Even here at Dyer Island, sightings of full grown sharks (up to 20 ft long and over 4000 lbs) are rare nowadays. The Great Whites' diet is carni [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
November 22nd 2008

Rounding the Cape of Storms Oceans and Seas » Indian

Calm before the Storms
Last minute preparations for the passage.

The Indico Project is complete! 3 months and about 15000 km after squeezing through the Torres Straits, we rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the South African coast and slipped into the lee of Table Mountain. I have now sailed 72% around the world. The night before, we rounded Cape Agulhas, Africa's southernmost point and the true divider between the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and cool currents of the South Atlantic. That night, during a sudden squall of 25 knots, the water became ablaze, the phosphoresence glowing all around us and illuminating the wave tops, eeiry whi [View Full Entry]

By BuscoGusto
November 13th 2008

In Search of Good Dung Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve

Safari Bandito
(A.A.)

So we gathered a group of hardy explorers, packed kit, beer and muesli, rented a truck and headed into the great wilderness of South Africa for a little do-it-yourself safari adventure! Not much text to accompany this blog entry - this one is all about the eye candy! (definitely not a reference to our beer bellies) Enjoy the photos! A note about photo credits, each photo has initials within brackets: (A.A.) = Alex "Preposterous" Armistice (click HERE to buy his photos - sorry, he makes me say that) (C.R.) = Cody "Tiger Lilly" R [View Full Entry]

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