by oceangybe | Jul 21, 2007 | Blog
July 21, 2007 – 21:00hrs – by Hugh Just a quick note to say we’ve had an amazing run in the past 24 hours – 175 miles, our biggest yet! 36 hours ago the wind slowly started shifting from the South-West towards the South, and gradually to the...
by oceangybe | Jul 20, 2007 | Blog
We’re halfway there, whoa oh! Earlier today Khulula and the Oceangybe crew crossed the half-way mark in our passage to the Marquesas. Interestingly enough, there was no sign-post, marker bobbing in the sea, or line to cross. The waves keep rolling passed us...
by oceangybe | Jul 19, 2007 | Blog
FACT: 1)Beating into the wind sucks, no two ways about it. 2)Beating into 25 knots of winds, into short choppy seas sucks even more. 3)Beating into 25kts of wind, in short choppy seas, while shipping salt water into the boat via the anchor locker and having to sponge...
by oceangybe | Jul 18, 2007 | Blog
Last day for Ryan to prove himself! -Bryson We have finally begun to start enjoying ourselves. Slowly the smiles are breaking out, the jokes coming back and unwinding has begun. Since leaving La Paz and Cabo we have been on a schedule, a rather tight one. We needed to...
by oceangybe | Jul 16, 2007 | Blog
July 11th – 1:30am: 16 Deg 42’N, 115 Deg 12’W The moon is out, the wind is up, and Khulula is ghosting along on an ocean twinkling with phosphoresce. The stars are incredible, and are starting to look more and more like the Southern Hemisphere stars...