by oceangybe | Feb 10, 2010 | Blog
Legacy of Stuff by Robert McCauley One night I thought about stuff. I thought a lot about stuff. More so than the ‘what is it?’ or ‘where does it come from?” kind of thinking glorified by middle school science videos. I thought about our relationship with stuff. It’s...
by oceangybe | Feb 10, 2010 | Blog
Part 1 – Lost in Flow by Robert McCauley Life on the boat is different. Aside from the obvious tasks of sailing and boat maintenance, the day to day personal chores like eating, bathing and taking out the garbage are much more complicated than what we are used...
by Bryson | Feb 4, 2010 | Blog
Recently, we ran into a cruising couple from Portland, Oregon who are slowly sailing there way home. We discussed with them the merits of the Hawaii extension (sailing 4000nm instead of 900nm) from San Diego to Vancouver versus sailing up the coast. The coastal route...
by Hugh | Jan 22, 2010 | Blog
Cruisers are notoriously thrifty people. Thrifty to a fault. And while the crew of S/V Khulula only sometimes falls into the category of Cruiser, when it comes to being thrifty, we are often guilty. It was almost 3 years ago that Ryan, Bryson and I quit our steady...
by Bryson | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
I hate our dingy. Our dingy is dying a slow and terrible death. Our dingy has a 5 year “holds air” warranty but it has only been three years. Our dingy needs to be pumped up every 3 hours to stop it sinking. Our dingy is our only lifeline to shore most of...
by Hugh | Jan 12, 2010 | Blog
For those of you out there who attended our presentations in Vancouver and Victoria this fall, you may remember me admitting to not fully understanding the driving forces behind the trade-winds and global currents until being some 1000 miles south west of Mexico, in...
