Position Report: April 15 2010

Well, sometime you just cannot get on course… we have managed to achieve this mythical compass setting for about 3 of the past 24 hours. We have generally been sailing just south of Cabo San Lucas, while La Paz is still some 100nm north of that! Slowly slowly we...

Position Report: April 12 2010

We are slowly making our way north into the Sea of Cortez, bound for La Paz on the Baja. Our plan is to head north towards Mazatlan, then cut across the sea straight for La Paz. However, our current wind forecast shows some serious wind tonight so we are heading to a...

Position Report: April 7 2010

We had a great stop in Barra de Navidad; enjoying the ridiculously flat anchorage in the estuary. Hugh managed to continue his streak as the only person who’s run khulula aground! Turns out the channel they dredge to the anchorages is quite narrow. No sooner had...

Position Report: April 4 2010

Daily onshores and offshores would be the best way to describe the weather we have been experiencing over the past week or so. At night a light 5-10 knot offshore will blow, then disappear mid morning. By 1pm, the daily onshores/down shores will blow, getting up to 15...

Position Report: March 30 2010

Some more perfect sailing for Khulula as we make our way up the coast. Our sailing conditions now are dominated by daily on-shore and off-shore winds. Usually around 10am the wind starts to fill in from the north-west as the land heat up, sucking the cooler air from...

Position Report: March 29 2010

Punta Galena, eh? What a great 36 hours! The crew is now enjoying the prospect of a day without paddling, since our bodies are fairly broken after putting in 7-8 hours in the water both days. A nice long sandy bottom right hand point break, with heaps of room to do...