by oceangybe | Jul 19, 2007 | Blog
FACT: 1)Beating into the wind sucks, no two ways about it. 2)Beating into 25 knots of winds, into short choppy seas sucks even more. 3)Beating into 25kts of wind, in short choppy seas, while shipping salt water into the boat via the anchor locker and having to sponge...
by oceangybe | Jul 18, 2007 | Blog
Last day for Ryan to prove himself! -Bryson We have finally begun to start enjoying ourselves. Slowly the smiles are breaking out, the jokes coming back and unwinding has begun. Since leaving La Paz and Cabo we have been on a schedule, a rather tight one. We needed to...
by oceangybe | Jul 16, 2007 | Blog
July 11th – 1:30am: 16 Deg 42’N, 115 Deg 12’W The moon is out, the wind is up, and Khulula is ghosting along on an ocean twinkling with phosphoresce. The stars are incredible, and are starting to look more and more like the Southern Hemisphere stars...
by oceangybe | Jul 10, 2007 | Blog
The soft creaking of the joints, the faint hiss of the waves and the warming sun woke me from my nap today. With us being firmly entrenched in our shifts, I got off shift at 6 am this morning and was desperate for a good nap. Lying down at 6:30am as the sun was just...
by oceangybe | Jul 5, 2007 | Blog
So, we are now definitely and finally underway, as is evident by the fact that we can no longer see land! After a great evening at anchor last night, we weighed anchor at 730 am and headed for El Arco, the famous natural rock arch on the end of the point of Cabo San...