The Necessity of Ingenuity

Recently, we ran into a cruising couple from Portland, Oregon who are slowly sailing there way home. We discussed with them the merits of the Hawaii extension (sailing 4000nm instead of 900nm) from San Diego to Vancouver versus sailing up the coast. The coastal route...

Our Dingy is dying

I hate our dingy. Our dingy is dying a slow and terrible death. Our dingy has a 5 year “holds air” warranty but it has only been three years. Our dingy needs to be pumped up every 3 hours to stop it sinking. Our dingy is our only lifeline to shore most of...

Transit of the Panama Canal

“It will be the worst part of your trip around the world” quoted a weathered single-hander we met while anchored in Brazil. “The town is truly the colon of the world” quoted another group. “Great”, we thought… here we come the...

Standardizing the Standard, the UN joins the fight

Recently, the OceanGybe crew was forwarded a series of e-mails by incredibly dedicated Fabiano Barretto of Global Garbage. OceanGybe started working with the Global Garbage team while we were in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, evaluating the evidence of African refuse on...

More information on Plastics and our Oceans

Interested in garbage, recycling and our oceans ? I am lying here on the coach recovering from ear surgery after surfing in cold Canadian waters for too long and have had time to search/surf the internet and have come across some incredible interesting...