Getting Ready in Opua

Last minute preparations underway. – By Hugh Hey Folks, Just a super quick note to let you know that we’re madly getting Khulula and the crew ready to leave New Zealand in the next few days. We can’t wait! The next leg it going to be incredible. The...

Swallowed at Sea?

Location: New Zealand – All Points – by Hugh Well, my apologies to our regular blog readers for whom it has been a long time since our last update. You’re probably asking yourselves “What the heck is going on with the Oceangybe Expedition? They...

On the Hard

Busy days while on “The Hard” -by Ryan Location: Ashby’s Boat Yard, Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. December 2007 Over the past 6 months, “We’ll do it in New Zealand” had become a catchphrase aboard Khulula, always when referring...

Welcome to New Zealand / Aotearoa

Aotearoa, The Land of the Long White Cloud, loomed against the horizon, slowly growing larger and larger till it filled the horizon from north to south. We hadn’t sailed into a land mass of this size since leaving Mexico some 6 months ago and as it filled the...