Photos: Days at sea

A few pictures from the 3 day passage between Rodrigues and Mauritius [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157615492357206″]

Shift work on Khulula

by Dave Abercrombie A tap on the shoulder and I’m awake. A friendly voice and a head lamp tells me its my shift. I look at my watch in some half coherent daze… yup 3:00 AM. It’s time to take my turn on watch. As I climb out of my bunk, the boat is tossing...

Halfway Around the World

The small little numbers flashing away on the GPS tell us many things. They give us our boat speed, they tell us which direction we are sailing (heading), they tell us how far we have to go until solid ground again, they show us how far we have sailed from our homes,...

Are they in cahoots against me?

The sight of silvery clouds of flying fish bursting from the crest of ocean rollers and skitting along the surface is a sight familiar to every open ocean sailor. These unlikely flights are executed with varying degrees of success, some launching completely clear of...