In celebration of the World Environment Day, which took place on June 5, Bahia Marina is running an advertising campaign composed of billboards and social media pieces with the call for awareness for the preservation of marine life, expressed in the sentence: “To throw garbage in the sea is to throw the sea in the garbage”.

The campaign, set up by advertising agency Engenhonovo, informs the public that 2 million tons of garbage are dumped into the ocean. Alarming data suggest that if nothing is done, by 2050 there may be more trash than fish in the oceans.

Campaigning on World Environment Day is a tradition of Bahia Marina. Since 2009 we have been promoting awareness campaigns on this date, which stand out for their originality and creativity. Some of the pieces broadcast in billboards included the participation of artists in creating pieces with panels and different formats.

With an after-beach style with light meals, açaí bowls, fresh juices and hamburgers, the Balada Mix opened this January its Bahia Marina unit, bringing in their innovative menu the special qualities of the franchise. In addition to healthy food options, it also features the bar concept for happy-hour drinks, selected draft beers, snacks and brunch on the weekends to cater for all tastes.

According to one of the partners of the brand, Guto Baiardi, Bahia Marina is one of the best spots in Salvador and taking advantage of this space was what they needed to be able to offer a wider service. “We are located by the sea, with a privileged view to the Baia de Todos os Santos, besides having available parking and security 24/7,” he points out.

The design was signed by Adriano Mascarenhas, from Sotero Arquitetos. For interior design, the plan was to use rustic furniture that interacts with the natural setting and with the characteristics of the Balada Mix franchise of healthy food and exposed fruit.

Balada Mix was founded 14 years ago in Rio de Janeiro and has a chain of 28 restaurants. In 2008 it began franchising with expansion to several Brazilian states.

At Bahia Marina, the opening hours are from Monday to Friday from 4pm to midnight, Saturdays and Sundays from 3pm to midnight.

The Rally has improved and, over these nine years of competitions in the Baía de Todos os Santos, has become more technical. In this particular edition, the route was changed, with an even more challenging and more distant course. And it also counted with the experience of the rally champion Lourival Roldan as part of the technical commission. This year, 40 competitors between boats and jets competed in the categories General, Bahia and Aventura, and were qualified those who obtained the lowest number of lost points. The Rally is a nautical regularity race, as opposed to a speed race.

Organized by Bahia Marina and Yacht Club da Bahia, the Nautical Rally opened the program of the Nautical Festival on Saturday (02/12), promoted by the City of Salvador, through the Salvador Tourism Company (Saltur).

Starting at 10:01 am from Bahia Marina, competitors departed each following a map, a spreadsheet and a GPS device on a route with more stretches in a straight line and a higher average speed. After completing the initial route, the teams traveled for approximately one hour until they arrived at Bimbarras Island – the designated place where boats could anchor for a pit stop.

Bimbarras Island

One of the distinctions of this 9th edition of the Nautical Rally of Bahia was the pit stop in Bimbarras Island, a new tourist attraction of the Baía de Todos os Santos and – for the first time – part of the course of the Nautical Rally. The contestants were welcomed in the paradisiac island to the sound of DJ Barbie, and were able to enjoy a unique scenario, in a moment of resting to recharge their batteries in order to continue the race.

The awards ceremony started at 4:00 pm at the Yacht Club da Bahia and it was a great celebration among team members, who took advantage of every minute of the party, with musical attractions Maria Te Viu band and singer Danniel Vieira.

Category: GERAL

1^st  Marcelo Sacramento/Marcelo Campos

2^nd  Edmundo Ramos/Emmanoel Ramos

3^rd Tony Granjo/Gabriel Granjo

Category: AVENTURA

1^st Luiz Vidal Otero/Nixon Muniz

2^nd Osvaldo Neto/Osvaldo Junior

3^rd Rilson Moitinho/Mariana Moitinho

Category: JET

1^st Bruno Jacob/Leonardo Jacob

2^nd Adriano Borges/Manoela Gusmão

3^rd Luiz Rogério Duarte/Raimundo Nunes

Category: GRADUADO

1º Edmundo Ramos/Emmanoel Ramos

2º Tony Granjo/Gabriel Granjo

3º Luiz Fernando/Darlan Ribeiro

The Bahia Nautical Rally arrives at its improved 9^th edition presenting innovations and bringing more challenges to all competitors. With this in mind, Bahia Marina and Yacht Club da Bahia bring boat and watercraft riders together in another edition of the Rally that takes place this Saturday (02/12). Among the changes of the event, the initiative of the organizers is to insert a tourist profile to the competition with the integration of Bimbarras Island to the route. The change of course puts Bahia Marina as the start of the race; for the first time, the pit stop will be on the paradise island of Bimbarras and finally competitors will return for a trophy ceremony at the Bahia Yacht Club. The Nautical Rally integrates the Nautical Festival, launched by the City of Salvador, through the Empresa de Turismo de Salvador (Saltur – Salvador Tourism Agency).

According to Leilane Loureiro, director of Bahia Marina and director of the Nautical Rally of Bahia, the new course developed by coach David Perrone has a longer distance, allowing more challenges to competitors, with average race duration of four hours.

“The competition will cover more straight stretches and a highest average speed. Knowledge of location gear, in addition to concentration and skill, will be essentials to win the race,” she explains. The winners of the event are those who get the lowest number of points lost.

Characterized as a leisure and sport activity, the Nautical Rally is not a speed race but one of nautical consistency, combining time and location in an exact manner: in all boats and jets will be installed GPS devices, called data loggers, which will monitor the data of all participants. The modality is divided into four categories: General, Bahia, Adventure and Jet Ski.

Champion’s baggage

With the weight of the unprecedented title for Brazil, won this year in the largest off-road competition on the planet, the Dakar Rally, champion Lourival Roldan brings all his experience in automobile and nautical rallies to Bahia and takes over the technical commission of the race.

“The expectation is that the Bahian competitors will make every effort to make a beautiful competition. Just like a ground race, the sailing rally becomes interesting when the competitors defy themselves, know the equipment that they have in hand and face the test with responsibility and joy,” says Roldan.

Boats of 18 feet or more and Jet Ski RunAbout (Seated), duly regular with the TIE and CRE, issued by the Navy, will be allowed to participate in the race.

Interested parties will be able to register by Friday, December 1st, at the Bahia Marina’s or at the Yacht Club’s administration offices. The registration fee is R$ 400,00 for the boats in the categories General, Bahia and Aventura and R$ 160,00 for Jet Ski.

Schedule

DATE, PLACE AND SCHEDULE FOR THE START TIME DRAW:

01/12/17 – Yacht Club of Bahia, at 7 p.m.

Schedule: Cocktail – Opening – Presentation of the Route / GPS

DATE, PLACE AND START TIME:

02/12/17 – WAYPOINT PL – Bahia Marina

JET Category:

Starts at 10:01 a.m.

* The first boat will drop 5min after the last Jet.

Category R. Nautical:

Starts at 10:31 a.m. (Vessel)

General

Bahia

Category Adventure:

Start after R. Nautical

OFFICIAL TIME SCHEDULE:

Official race starting time will be announced by the timing team.

START INTERVALS:

60 seconds (00:01:00)

*Division of categories by equipment and / or accessories.

DATE, PLACE AND SCHEDULE OF RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT:

02/12/17 – Yacht Club of Bahia, checkpoint reports to be divulged at approximately 5 p.m. – Announcement of Official Results and Trophies Ceremony at around 7 p.m.

The awards ceremony will take place from 4 p.m. on the Yacht Club of Bahia and will feature shows by Maria Te Viu and Daniel Vieira. Registration and additional information: (71) 2105-9108/secretaria.esportes@icb.com.br (Yacht Club of Bahia) and (71) 3320-8888/atendimento@bahiamarina.com.br (Bahia Marina).

On one hand, papers and cutouts to give life to the Japanese art of origami. On the other, a table full of goodies to create and taste the most popular Brazilian sweet, the brigadeiro. This was how the young people of Bahia Marina’s Environmental Education and Social Communication Program celebrated the Children’s Month in gatherings held at the company’s auditorium.

In the brigadeiros workshop, the dessert-maker Gelcilene Cerqueira taught the young people how to roll, combine ingredients and recreate the simple candy into a more sophisticated version, the gourmet brigadeiro, with flavors and more attractive presentations. In addition to the traditional, boys and girls could taste the strawberry, milk, stuffed, Romeo and Juliet, Neapolitan versions, with different toppings, well as 30 other variations of the delicacy that made the joy of everyone present.

“I liked all the brigadeiros I ate here and I will try to make some at home,” said Filipe dos Santos, 13, at the time.

For Isadora Moraes, age 16, what she liked the most in the workshop was mixing the ingredients. “I found that all of them together are better than just one flavor. As soon as I get home I’ll do what I learned here. ”

Art on paper

Origamist for more than five years, Sayuri Miura brought her knowledge of the Japanese technique of creating representations with the geometric folds, without cutting or gluing the paper, to the participants of the Environmental Education and Social Communication Program. After learning how to use the technique, the kids created representations of marine species found in the Baía de Todos os Santos, such as local fish and whales.

“I found it wonderful to share a little of my knowledge with this class. It was an incredible afternoon and I hope to return other times, “Sayuri concluded.

But how is learning about the techniques of paper folding and the various ways of making brigadeiros related to Environmental Education? The issue was clarified by Roseane Palavizini, PhD in Environmental Engineering and the expert responsible for the Program of Environmental Education and Social Communication of Bahia Marina. She developed the concept of diversity and beauty with the children, making a relationship with the brigadeiros table in its rich variety and color. Palavizini also discussed the origin of the chocolate – the raw material of the brigadeiro, its arrival in Brazil and the way of planting cacao trees in Bahia. As for the paper transformed into art, in addition to reflecting beauty, it can also expand children’s knowledge about marine animals, through the specific technique.

Success of business acquisitions and a hit with the audience in its first edition, the Nautishow nautical fair returned to Bahia Marina, from October 26 to 29, with boats exhibition and visitation, a lectures schedule, workshops and ships test-drives. The event was carried out by the resellers Marina Boat and Marina Yachts, exclusive representatives of the brands Focker and Azimut in the state, and had as its main goal to warm up the nautical economy in Bahia.

The business coordinator and organizer of the event, Hernani Pedroso, highlighted the fair as an opportunity for the public to get a closer look on new and used boats marketed by these brands, with promotional and financial prices being offered during the event. In the period of Nautishow, the boats were financed in up to 60 installments.

Bahia has the most extensive navigable coast of the country, offering great potential for tourism, navigation, diving and sports. The Baía de Todos os Santos is one of the largest tropical bays in the world, with warm, calm and crystalline waters. There are 1,100 km² of water surface, bathing 13 municipalities and 56 islands, forming the main destination for nautical tourism in the state.

The event had as partners Bahia Marina, Bahia Port Authority and Bahia Scuba.

Exhibition of art and flowers at Bahia Marina to celebrate Spring

Art, flowers and the sea of ​​the Baía de Todos os Santos as an inviting background for the “Spring in the Marina”, an event that, in its first edition, brings together flower displays, art gallery, cultural presentations, origami and flower cultivation workshops and food stands. All this in a unique setting, facing the ocean. Held by Bahia Marina, the festival takes place on September 29th and 30th, from 11am to 8pm, and admission is free.

To celebrate the new season, orchids, bonsai, field flowers, desert roses and succulents will be displayed and marketed. Displays of terrariums, origami workshops and food stands are also part of the program.

Art and flowers

Three artists with the same concept and different techniques will exhibit their works inspired by the flowers and the nautical theme. Elano Passos, Sayuri Miura and Alexandre Feliciano share a gallery to present works in ink, origami and canvas, respectively. Fifty pieces are part of the show “Spring in the Baía de Todos os Santos “.

According to Leilane Loureiro, director of Bahia Marina, the exhibition embraces the arrival of Spring with great inspiration. “We will celebrate the arrival of the new season in a very beautiful and fun way: with art, flowers and the beautiful sea scenery of the Baía de Todos os Santos.”

About the artists

Elano Passos – Ink – is a designer and since childhood he has distinguished himself by the traces of his drawings. As a kid, he used to read comic books and began using illustrations from Disney, Maurício de Souza and MAD Magazine as references, as well as being a fan of characters by cartoonist Angeli, such as Bob Cuspe, Wood & Stock, Rê Bordosa.

Sayuri Miura – Origami – Origami artist for over five years, she began her first folds as a pastime. Today, professionally, she unites the technique of origami with collages, cutouts and mix of colors and prints, turning paper into Art!

Alexandre Feliciano – Pop art – He graduated in Visual Arts at the UFBA School of Fine Arts and, in a continuous search for new knowledge, took courses with Waldo Robatto and Juarez Dias. His works present his identity through the composition of techniques of screen-printing and ink on canvas.

The event is supported by restaurants Das and Lafayette, Casual Móveis (furniture and décor), Grand Cru wine imports, Segilight Iluminação (lighting) and IFestas.

Confirmed exhibitors: Flowers – Blooming Flores, Bonsai Txai, Círculo Baiano de Orquidofilia (Orchidofilia Circle of Bahia), Nudik.

Food Stands – Coxa Coxinha, Açaí Power, Kombita, Picolé Frutos de Goiás, My Sweet Brownie, Doce Maria Ateliê e Acarajé da Aidil.

Workshop Schedule

Origami with Sayuri Miura

Saturday – 11am, 4pm, 5pm  – R$ 15,00 (supplies fee)

Orchids Cultivation with João Frigo

Saturday 3pm – free admission

Succulent Cultivation Chat with Sara Fernandez

Friday and Saturday at the Blooming Flores booth – free admission

What / Where / When

What: Spring at the Marina

When: September 29th and 30th (Friday and Saturday)

From 11am to 8pm

Where: Bahia Marina

Free entrance

Registration on the spot or by phone (71) 3320-8888

Boats docked, the sea wind blowing and the blue sky made up the scenery of the terrariums workshop for young people and children of the Solar do Unhão Community. The activity, promoted by Bahia Marina’s Environmental Education and Social Communication Program, usually takes place every Monday at the auditorium of our facilities, but this time it was changed to an open-air environment on the Marina’s breakwater, leading the audience to a pleasant learning experience in contact with nature.

Program participants have learned in practice how to assemble terrariums and miniature gardens in pots. With hands on the ground, they discovered how to create an ecosystem and reproduce the conditions of the environment in a micro-space.

Filled with curiosity, boys and girls knew the kind of material needed to keep the plants alive. Succulents were chosen for the workshop because they are beautiful and easy to grow. The idea is that the young people themselves take care of their miniature gardens and exercise their affection with nature.

By end the day, participants took advantage of the tranquility of the place for a picnic with fruits, juices, cakes and delicacies, enjoying the beautiful landscape of the Baía de Todos os Santos.

“When we have a dream, we also have to believe in it. We will face storms along the way, but we need to have the willpower to reach for our goals.” This was how Vilfredo Schürmann, the Schürmann Family’s sailboat captain, led their meet-and-greet event with 25 children, between patients from the Instituto de Cegos da Bahia and kids from the nearby Solar do Unhão community. The kids were really excited as they listened Vilfredo tell stories of his time at sea, asked questions about the family’s life aboard the Kat, which is currently docked at Bahia Marina.

The captain talked about important topics on sustainability. According to him, during his voyages around the world and especially more recently his Expedition to the Orient, he was able to notice how our oceans are polluted, particularly by plastic, and he highlighted the importance of protecting the water and the marine ecosystem. Additionally, he warned the kids about the dangers of blast fishing, a practice that is still very common in the Baía de Todos os Santos region, and emphasized that “the bay has clean waters, thanks to its marine currents.”

According to Vilfredo, the Kat was built to be a sustainable sailboat, equipped with a seawater desalinator, solar panels, a waste reuse system, LED lamps, stationary bikes connected to bike-powered electricity generators, an herb garden, and an instrument that measures the water pollution level through wherever the boat sails.

Visiting the sailboat

Divided into groups, the children were taken by parents and teachers to the Bahia Marina pier, where they were able to visit the Kat, an 80-feet sailboat. In each of the boat’s cabins, the visitors listened closely and paid attention to every single detail.

The kids were really impressed by the boat’s infrastructure and asked questions about how things worked, such as the oven and the bathroom, and about the Schürmann family everyday life on board. “I’d love to sail one day,” said one of the little visitors before saying goodbye.

The children’s visit to the Kat was organized by the Bahia Marina through the Environmental Education and Communications Program. For the occasion, the Bahia Marina director Leilane Loureiro extended the invitation to the kids from the Instituto de Cegos.

Passing through the northeast region, Schurmann Family chose Bahia Marina to anchor the sailboat Kat for some days before going right to Alagoas and begin a new project. According to the adventurous crew members, Bahia Marina was chosen because of the strategic location, infrastructure and good reception.

After completing the Orient Expedition, that took the family for 812 days sailing through the four oceans, at the end of last year, the story is going to be told in a series on the Channel National Geographic, starting on April 25.

Read more about such subjects in the interview that we had with Schurmann Family

Bahia Marina – After the Orient Expedition, how is Schurmann Family today?

Schurmann Family – As soon as we got in Brazil, we have started the project of a new expedition for the second semester of 2018. Now we are passing through Salvador. We are going to start up the Conexão Project on May 3rd, in Maragogi (Alagoas). Schurmann Family is getting ready for a new adventure counting on a special crew! Paloma Bernardi is the first star confirmed for the project that is going to reach dream beaches in the northeast region of the country. Besides the actress, five more national influencers are going to be on board the sailboat Kat, experiencing the land detachment to explore the Brazilian coast in a different and sustainable way. In the next few weeks, Schurmann Family is going to reveal the names of the other crew members, as well as the names of the sponsors and supporters of this initiative that is going to shake up social media. The new adventure of the Schurmann Family will become a web series directed by David Schurmann.

BM – How are your vacations?

SF – That is a good question. Many people think that we are on vacation when we are sailing. Our projects have a strategic planning that goes from the visit logistics in the countries, assignment meeting, and so on. We have a team with more than 20 people directly related to each project. In the crew of sailboat Kat, we have 50% family, made up of children and grandchildren, and the other 50% is made up of professionals in social media and production of shows for TV, since photographers, photography director, sound director and assistants.

BM – Why did you choose Bahia at this moment?

SF – We love Bahia. Our son Pierre is married with a very nice Bahian girl. He and Fernanda live in Lauro de Freitas with their twins Chloe and Guilherme. They had been here in Bahia Marina. We chose it because we felt very good here and also because it is a strategic point. We got impressed by the cleaning and the water is always clean. That reminded me about the New Zealand harbor, the native Maoris of the country visit the harbor and dive every month, seeking oysters that are at the floating points for their parties. Here we can see the fishes and crystal water. Congratulations to you.

BM – What do you think about Bahia Marina. What is your relation to this place?

We have always been welcomed as brothers in Bahia Marina. Getting here is like getting home. A very attentive team of employees. When we got here from Santos this week, we have sailed for five and a half days and, in the morning, a boat with 2 employees was there waiting for us to indicate where we should anchor. The operations manager, Fernando (Valério) had sent us and email showing pictures of the place where we should anchor the sailboat Kat. We have met many harbors in the world and I could say that Bahia Marina has an international standard with the entire necessary infrastructure.

BM – Can you tell us any experience lived in Bahia Marina, any remarkable fact during any other stop over here?

SF – We have been here several times before with the sailboat Aysso, 55 feet. With Kat, 80 ft, is the first time. In one of the opportunities, a press conference was programmed so we could talk about the experiences we have lived for more than 30 years sailing seas around the world. We had a great opportunity to meet some Bahian business people who were on board and sailed with us. At this event, we talked about the importance of the team spirit, the leadership, the well-done work. We were in one of the journeys with our dear lovely Kat, who is in heaven today, sending us strength and protection. I will never forget when we were going to Itaparica Island. It was winter, the weather clouded over, the sea got big and we could not see anything on the bow. We decided to change the course and go to a protected bay. I called Kat to do the sailing. All business people on board got shocked by that 12 years old girl changing the course and sailing right to Aratu.

She is always with us spiritually and we decided then to name the sailboat Kat after her.

BM – Last year, a film named “O Pequeno Segredo” was released, also the TV series about the expedition to Asia. How is that for you to have your stories told on TV?

SF – The movie “O Pequeno Segredo” being nominated for the Oscars was a surprise. We were sailing through the Indian Ocean when we heard about that. We got very happy, that we even opened a bottle of champagne. The most exciting thing for us was running for it against many other good movies and such nomination was a present for the effort of all production team. David, our son who directed the movie, was enlightened by Kat for sure.

The experiences lived in the Orient Expedition during two years and a half will be showed by NatGeo since this 25^th. I am very proud of having such a competent team who gives their best. Work hard to bring a good product since the capture of images until edition.

BM – Is there any new expedition coming up?

SF – Yes, we are starting a new expedition in the second semester of 2018. The theme is going to be “Innovation and Sustainability”.

BM – What is the message you would leave to the ones who wish a life on board?

SF – All of us have a dream.

We have to decide a date to make it happen.

Some have the dream of living on board and sail through the Brazilian coast or around the world. My message would be: take the first step and focus on your objective.

There will be many storms on your way, but this is just a test facing your focus. Never give up because of the first problem. Success comes after a lot of energy and you need to believe it.

Vilfredo Schurmann and Leilane Loureiro, director of Bahia Marina