by oceangybe | Jun 29, 2010 | Position Reports
Light winds yesterday but the active crew made up for it. Andrew and Hugh started the day with 100 push-ups, then the crew trawled for plastic, ran the generator, installed window frames (hugh), made bread, napped and generally enjoyed the flat boat. Last night had...
by oceangybe | Jun 28, 2010 | Position Reports
Weird overcast trough-like weather has been persistent for the past few days. Light N winds, and heavy cloud cover making for nice flat sailing but still clothed in foul weather gear for warmth. Looks to change soon with a high pressure-low pressure squash zone...
by oceangybe | Jun 27, 2010 | Position Reports
Had a easy slow day yesterday, but was high in excitement due to catching 2 (but keeping 1) large yellow fin tuna. The keeper was estimated at 30lbs. We also did a couple of trawls for plastic/plankton, which turned up an alarming amount of small plastic pieces. The...
by oceangybe | Jun 26, 2010 | Position Reports
A slower but extremely comfortable 24 hours, we changed out the 105 jib for the bigger 135 genoa and released another reef in the main. Khulula is making the most of these winds and showing her light wind skillz ! The moon is stunningly bright every night, which may...
by oceangybe | Jun 25, 2010 | Position Reports
The sky finally broke up yesterday afternoon, giving us some typical “Simpson’s” clouds and a great sunset. That was followed up by the brilliant rise of the almost-full moon. It was a perfect night sailing, mired only by a blocked head which Bryson...
