by oceangybe | Mar 5, 2009 | Position Reports
Yup, we’re on the move again. Shortly before lunch yesterday we pulled up our anchor and put the isle of St. Helena to our stern, the tropical paradise of Fernando de Noronha is now in our very distant sights. The past 24 hours have been ridiculously flat and...
by oceangybe | Mar 2, 2009 | Pictures
Sitting in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon’s exile isle…. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157616453015829″]
by oceangybe | Feb 28, 2009 | Position Reports
Khulula and her crew are slowly rocking back and forth while very tightly anchored to the solid EARTH ! We are very happy to be here after a very good passage from Langebaan, South Africa. St Helena looks like a fortress from the sea, no wonder they exiled Napoleon...
by oceangybe | Feb 27, 2009 | Position Reports
One more sleep to go! Khulula keeps plodding along in mostly benign, yet sometimes gusty, and often drizzly conditions. We’re now firmly in the tropics, and the air is warm and humid. Pants and boots on night-shifts are a not too distant memory; yesterday I...
by oceangybe | Feb 26, 2009 | Position Reports
Well, the sun is rising after a very squally night. As each dark menacing mass approached in the gloom, the winds would slowly rise (up to 35 knots) and Khulula would respond by coming alive and start flying down each wave, as though running from the approaching...
