by oceangybe | Jul 2, 2010 | Position Reports
Well, the swells seem to be lengthing and the wind should be on a steady decrease all day. Some more night-time hand steering but definitely better than yesterday. Hopefully, this trend will continue and we will be cruising along this evening with just Casper driving...
by oceangybe | Jul 1, 2010 | Position Reports
Khulula is cruising along in some fairly uncomfortable conditions. The squash zone between the NE Pacific high and remanent low pressure is giving us plenty of wind and rough seas. We (mostly Moose and Serena) have been doing quite a lot of hand steering in the past...
by oceangybe | Jun 30, 2010 | Position Reports
The squash zone winds have begun to fill in and the seas are lumpy and substantial. Hugh and I celebrated halfway last night by reefing the main in our underpants while Serena manned the lines. Hugh gave us a celebratory Vuvuzela blast to say thanks for the good...
by oceangybe | Jun 29, 2010 | Position Reports
Light winds yesterday but the active crew made up for it. Andrew and Hugh started the day with 100 push-ups, then the crew trawled for plastic, ran the generator, installed window frames (hugh), made bread, napped and generally enjoyed the flat boat. Last night had...
by oceangybe | Jun 28, 2010 | Position Reports
Weird overcast trough-like weather has been persistent for the past few days. Light N winds, and heavy cloud cover making for nice flat sailing but still clothed in foul weather gear for warmth. Looks to change soon with a high pressure-low pressure squash zone...
by oceangybe | Jun 27, 2010 | Position Reports
Had a easy slow day yesterday, but was high in excitement due to catching 2 (but keeping 1) large yellow fin tuna. The keeper was estimated at 30lbs. We also did a couple of trawls for plastic/plankton, which turned up an alarming amount of small plastic pieces. The...
