by oceangybe | Nov 18, 2008 | Position Reports
Brrr! Who turned on the cold? We’re now experiencing South winds, which have pretty much blown straight across the frozen ice fields of Antarctica, up the iceberg strew Southern Ocean and onto any exposed piece of skin of the hearty crew of Khulula. Conditions...
by oceangybe | Nov 17, 2008 | Position Reports
The dream run to the southern tip of Madagascar has SLAMMED (read: Beating) into a belt of westerly winds rotating around a low pressure system below us. As the system passes the wind is slowly backing (direction slowly shifting counter clockwise) but with rain...
by oceangybe | Nov 16, 2008 | Position Reports
Remember yesterday morning when we said that there was this cold front and small low pressure below us? There was something about changing clouds patterns and what not? Yeah, well, all through the day the wind build and slowly shifted to the north. By sunset we were...
by oceangybe | Nov 15, 2008 | Position Reports
The sunsrise this morning revealed a heavy, leaden sky. We are sitting north east of a cold front that is forecast to move rapdily eastwards, below us. We are, however, close enough to this front to see the clouds and feel the effect of the shifting winds and lumpy...
by oceangybe | Nov 14, 2008 | Position Reports
Nature put on a really good show for Bryson this morning. Currently we have the rather rare situation of a sunrise at exacltly the same time as the moonset, and with clear skies. If this wasn’t enough, a pod of 30 dolphins turned up to play in the dawn colours...
by oceangybe | Nov 13, 2008 | Position Reports
First night at sea, on our last major passage of 2008, was an extremely pleasant one. We really couldn’t have asked for better sailing conditions. The seas are calm, the wind is blowing perfectly and we are cruising along. In our group of about 5 boats heading...
