by oceangybe | Nov 17, 2008 | Position Reports
The dream run to the southern tip of Madagascar has SLAMMED (read: Beating) into a belt of westerly winds rotating around a low pressure system below us. As the system passes the wind is slowly backing (direction slowly shifting counter clockwise) but with rain...
by oceangybe | Nov 16, 2008 | Position Reports
Remember yesterday morning when we said that there was this cold front and small low pressure below us? There was something about changing clouds patterns and what not? Yeah, well, all through the day the wind build and slowly shifted to the north. By sunset we were...
by oceangybe | Nov 15, 2008 | Position Reports
The sunsrise this morning revealed a heavy, leaden sky. We are sitting north east of a cold front that is forecast to move rapdily eastwards, below us. We are, however, close enough to this front to see the clouds and feel the effect of the shifting winds and lumpy...
by oceangybe | Nov 14, 2008 | Position Reports
Nature put on a really good show for Bryson this morning. Currently we have the rather rare situation of a sunrise at exacltly the same time as the moonset, and with clear skies. If this wasn’t enough, a pod of 30 dolphins turned up to play in the dawn colours...
by Ryan | Nov 13, 2008 | Blog
I have a point to ponder for all you thinkers out there… Having a dirty bottom is a very undesirable situation to find yourself in when part way through an open ocean passage, miles from land. Not only does it severely hinder ones performance but, quite bluntly, it...
