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We're starting the year🎉 and there are new CHALLENGES coming up on the KIRA-KIRA! #20 PARTIES in ILHA GRANDE 🥂
January 3, 2026 · 11 min · 593 views · Abraão, Brazil
Crew lowers sail at sunset on Ilha Grande
What this video covers
The Meder family — Germán, Rocío, twins Walter and Gunter, and youngest Bruno — spent several weeks celebrating back-to-back events aboard their 36-foot steel Van de Stadt Seal, Kira-Kira, anchored around Ilha Grande, Brazil.0:29 Bruno's 11th birthday, Christmas Eve, and the twins' 15th birthday all took place at Saco do Seu, a floating resto-bar where friends Mati and Karen hosted the gatherings.1:06 Between celebrations, the family sailed south to Sitio Forte at Ilha Grande's southern tip, opposite Angra dos Reis, in 20 knots of favorable wind, arriving after dark and anchoring overnight.2:17 A provisioning run to Angra dos Reis required navigating a ship channel marked with green and red pilings; the marina allows only 90 minutes of free docking, so shopping was done quickly.5:26 Fuel was loaded there but no water — a drought had dried the local catchments.7:26 The entrance to the fuel dock is tight with shallow spots and rocks at low water.7:55 New Year's Eve was spent at Saco do Seu with friends on paddleboards, and New Year's Day included jet-ski riding.8:12 The family notes that folding sails properly when time allows extends their lifespan.3:32
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