Surf on St. Helena?

Frequent blog followers will be privy to our search for a mystical barreling right hand point break on St Helena Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. When we arrived after 12 days at sea, we almost fell over ourselves getting off the boat, into a rental car,...

Fishing at sea

Needle in a haystack If you’re a regular reader of our blogs you’ll definitely be familiar with our fishing exploits and the Mahi Mahi (aka Dorado); it’s one of our favourite fish to catch (read: eat). We recently had a remarkable encounter with 2 of...

Part 1: The Sitka Surfing Outreach Initiative

The Indian Ocean. The popularity of surfing and surfers has been in flux since the first wave riders experienced the thrill of rushing towards shore, powered by the liquid crashing force of waves. The ancient Polynesians and Hawaiians are heralded as the forefathers...

Crossing the Atlantic

The icy South Atlantic lapped against Khulula’s hull during the entirety of our Cape Town retrofit. Water temperatures of 14 ‘C dissuaded even the most hardly from going for a quick swim. If there was boat work that required underwater assistance, wetsuits...

And they are off!

Year three is underway… After a very rewarding stay in Cape Town, South Africa, The OceanGybe expedition has left the coast of Africa bound for St. Helena (mid South Atlantic) and onwards to Brazil. New and witty blogs will be forthcoming from the boys. For now,...

Words from Ryan

Today is a very bittersweet day, and one that I have been avoiding for a while. This is the first blog that I have not written from the comfy navigation station within S/V Khulula, and also the only blog that I have written from chilly Vancouver. While Brys and Hugh...