And they are off!

Year three is underway… After a very rewarding stay in Cape Town, South Africa, The OceanGybe expedition has left the coast of Africa bound for St. Helena (mid South Atlantic) and onwards to Brazil. New and witty blogs will be forthcoming from the boys. For now,...

Words from Ryan

Today is a very bittersweet day, and one that I have been avoiding for a while. This is the first blog that I have not written from the comfy navigation station within S/V Khulula, and also the only blog that I have written from chilly Vancouver. While Brys and Hugh...

Christmas in Port Elizabeth

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...

The 'brief' history of South Africa

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...

Article 2 for Insights Vancouver

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?...