by Ryan | Dec 19, 2008 | Blog
During 2008 more than 10,000 nautical miles have passed beneath Khulula’s hull. Now, bobbing in the industrial setting of Port Elizabeth’s Algoa Bay Yatch club, she will have a deserved rest and await the return of her crew in the new year. She has been...
by Ryan | Dec 19, 2008 | Blog
I am going to attempt to give you readers a summary of South African history, as we have done for all the other countries we have visited. If you feel like a good read, get yourself a cup of tea and continue reading. My original plan was to do a ‘brief’ South African...
by Hugh | Nov 26, 2008 | Blog
In this 2nd article, Hugh Patterson discusses how they use their Insights Discovery Profiles to manage conflict within the team. Group Conflict Before setting out on our 3-year circumnavigation a common question we were asked was “What are you afraid of? Storms?...
by Hugh | Nov 26, 2008 | Blog
OceanGybe is a sailing and surfing expedition designed to promote ocean conservation and protection. During the three year journey the OceanGybe team will circumnavigate the globe in search of remote coastlines and surf breaks. Gathering data from these remote areas,...
by Bryson | Nov 22, 2008 | Blog
When planning our longer voyages, we tend to try and ensure that no-ones birthday will occur at sea. Why? Because the sea is an unruly mistress and seems to take unnecessary amounts of pleasure in disrupting occasions at exactly the most inopportune time. For example...
by Hugh | Nov 17, 2008 | Blog
In an effort to turn this into a bit of a two way flow of information, I’m going to start by posting answers to a few of the common questions we hear from folks about the trip. Things like “What do you eat?” “How do you update your website...
