by oceangybe | Jul 3, 2010 | Position Reports
Oh yeah, this is the kind of sailing that makes you quickly forget all the uncomfortable and arduous days. The wind has settled down to a perfect strength, the squalls are fairly mild, and it was actually sunny today. Our 24 hour run wasn’t the greatest cause of...
by oceangybe | Jul 2, 2010 | Position Reports
Well, the swells seem to be lengthing and the wind should be on a steady decrease all day. Some more night-time hand steering but definitely better than yesterday. Hopefully, this trend will continue and we will be cruising along this evening with just Casper driving...
by oceangybe | Jul 1, 2010 | Position Reports
Khulula is cruising along in some fairly uncomfortable conditions. The squash zone between the NE Pacific high and remanent low pressure is giving us plenty of wind and rough seas. We (mostly Moose and Serena) have been doing quite a lot of hand steering in the past...
by oceangybe | Jun 30, 2010 | Position Reports
The squash zone winds have begun to fill in and the seas are lumpy and substantial. Hugh and I celebrated halfway last night by reefing the main in our underpants while Serena manned the lines. Hugh gave us a celebratory Vuvuzela blast to say thanks for the good...
by oceangybe | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog
by Moose Day 6 was a stunning day, with the ocean giving us an early morning present of two 30 pound yellow fin tuna. We gratefully kept one and gave one back. With the sun shining the ocean has been an iridescent blue. so clear yet so deep you could lose yourself...
