Fernando de Noronha Update #2

The Archipelago of Fernando De Noronha lies about 340km due east from mainland Brazil. Rising steeply out of the ocean depths, these 21 volcanic islands are the direct result of an oceanic hot spot. A hot spot is a localized area of intense magmatic/volcanic activity...

Flogging…

The Most ANNOYING Noise in the World Imagine someone coming into your room in the middle of the night, sneaking up nice and close to you with a giant gong and smacking it as hard as they can every 5 – 10 sec. Now allow your room to rotate and twist. Suddenly you...

Surf on St. Helena?

Frequent blog followers will be privy to our search for a mystical barreling right hand point break on St Helena Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. When we arrived after 12 days at sea, we almost fell over ourselves getting off the boat, into a rental car,...

Crossing the Atlantic

The icy South Atlantic lapped against Khulula’s hull during the entirety of our Cape Town retrofit. Water temperatures of 14 ‘C dissuaded even the most hardly from going for a quick swim. If there was boat work that required underwater assistance, wetsuits...

You know what this is? It is a celebration…

When planning our longer voyages, we tend to try and ensure that no-ones birthday will occur at sea. Why? Because the sea is an unruly mistress and seems to take unnecessary amounts of pleasure in disrupting occasions at exactly the most inopportune time. For example...