The Story of Bottled Water

This is an oldy but a goody. Annie Leonard of The Story of Stuff makes some incredibly interesting but also well researched video clips to help us begin to understand some serious issues. Check out The Story of Stuff, or my favorite The Story of Bottled Water. The...

Khulula is for Sale !

Tradewinds T40 Performance Cruiser Sailboat “Khulula” (To Run Free in Zulu) is a 40ft Performance Cruiser sailboat designed by Chad Turner of Costa Mesa, California. Chad designed many Swans and Khulula has both the incredibly sleek lines and phenomenal sailing...

A Whole New Monster of the Deep…

For hundreds of years, sailors were a hardy bunch. Not these GPS-using, up-wind sailing, Gore-Tex wearing, fresh water drinking sissies that now sail about the seven seas. Centuries ago, when men were men, many went to sea to seek fame and fortune, some went to sea to...

OceanGybe Dispatch: The joy of sailing familiar waters

Dear Readers: Here is a blog that was written a fortnight ago but got hung up in the outbox of Khulula’s laptop. A little belated, but no less applicable! Enjoy…. Chilly sunshine, coastal fog banks, wetsuits, west coast fires, the crackle and smell of...

Oh so good to be home – surrounded by majestic BC!

The boat is very flat and calm, the birds are chipping outside and the grocery store is only a 5 minute walk away. The pleasures of land ! We arrived in Winter Harbour yesterday afternoon after an extremely comfortable passage from Maui, Hawaii. Our memories of white...