OceanGybe School Tour Day 1

The OceanGybe school tour is underway, with the crew having visited 2 schools, and 1 government organization to date. We left Vancouver yesterday, May 30th, on our two week tour of BC and Alberta. Before departing Vancouver we had an opportunity to do a lunch and...

Position Report: 3 September 2010

What an incredible morning; sunshine glinting off the calm waters of Sooke Inner Harbour. After beating into a stiff South Easterly most of yesterday, it was a pleasure to pull into these flat waters, and also to find Hugh’s parents, the Pattersons, anchored...

Position Report: 1 September 2010

Anchored in Thrasher cove, port renfrew. These waters are new to Khulula but very familiar to her crew! The sun is shining, the muffins are cooking and we will soon pull up anchor and head to Sombrio and onwards to Sooke for the night. Did we get epic surf yesterday?...

Position Report: 31 August 2010

How many islands in the broken group? Must be hundreds! Khulula is anchored in a dead flat bay in the middle of Effingham Island, the landing point of Captain Cook in Barkley sound. It is cold, rainy, misty and foggy – a true west coast day. Khulula is...

Position Report: 30 August 2010

This ocean is teeming with life! Khulula and crew departed a rolly Vargas anchorage on a picture perfect, dead calm and sunny day. Through the course of the 16 odd daylight hours, we: 1) Were treated to the appearance of no less than 10 Humpback whales, one of which...

Position Report: 29 August 2010

We left the sun, surf and very interesting garbage profile of Hesquiat peninsula yesterday morning before sunrise, leaving enough time to traverse the 8 miles south to pick up Bryson’s lady, Jessica Kippan, who was due to arrive at Hot Springs cove via a Tofino...