Welcome to the Veleiro Tucano Blog

This is an ongoing effort to create a blog to update the sailings of Tucano

Welcome to Veleiro Tucano


The search for a true bluewater boat began in 2009, and late in 2010 an interesting sailboat became available in Ft Lauderdale, that was repossessed by the bank, and neglected for a while.

Norseman at Fort Lauderdale
The Norseman 447, very unusual boat in Florida, because of its relatively deep draft of 6.4".
The boat has an excellent design and sailing characteristics, known as a "performance cruiser".

After sometime negotiating and bidding on the auction process, the boat was finally purchased in early November 2010, and brought to Miami Hurricane Cove boatyard to start the work.


First the bottom had to be completely sanded to remove the old blistered paint, a new undercoat and paint applied.

After the bottom was done the boat was moved to the back of a friend's house at the Miami River, where it stayed for 9 months, and a lot was done as one can see on the pictures.

Boat on a channel near Miami Airport

Finally in August 2011 the boat already renamed Tucano move to Dinner Key Marina, in Coconut Grove.

Tucano at Dinner Key Marina

The Route

The initial planed route is the westbound starting from the Eastern United States, to the Caribbean, Panama canal, Galapagos, Marquesas Islands, Tahiti.....
Undecided is whether to go to Suez Canal because of the danger of piracy on the coast of Somalia. 


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