Upcoming trip in Indo available to non-members of the The Cabrinha Quest! We've just added dates to our Indonesia season to capture the firing swell and reliable wind that graces Sumbawa every August through October. You'll have access to some of the best waves we found in our 12 years of spinning a...

The Cabrinha Quest II is a seafaring expedition to seek out the world’s most remote and dynamic kitesurfing and surfing locations. It is a quest to experience native cultures in their natural state, to consciously explore the oceans of the world with passion, integrity, and sensitivity to the cultu...

The Cabrinha Quest wrapped up this April and our beloved vessel Discovery is currently receiving a massive refit/upgrade in the Philippines to prepare her for another 5+ years of wandering the most remote places on Earth in style in search of wind and waves. Check out our new website and if you're i...

Um....care to explain?

We've just launched our new blog and this is the first entry, The Top Ten Kiteboarding Locations on Earth, as ranked by The Best Odyssey. This is just our opinion of course, but I hope you all enjoy:

http://www.offshoreodysseys.com/blog/

Happy Kiting!

Gavin McClurg
Captain

Hmmm. Foil kites we've never tried. I very much doubt they would work on a drift launch unless you had a way to keep the leading edge up? Which I don't know how you would do? We do drift launch rather than swim out sometimes when the current is really strong, or another scenario is when I've launche...

We've been asked this question many, many times. I think without exaggeration we are the world's foremost experts on boat launches as that's all we do- every day, year in and year out from our vessel Discovery on " The Best Odyssey " expedition. Believe we've got several thousand boat launches in th...

Hi All, Due to the pirate situation off Somalia we have radically altered our plans for the final year of the expedition, 2011. Rounding Good Hope for the winter season in the Cape Verdes, to the Azores for Spring, then into the eastern Med for the summer. Planning on starting in Greece, Albania, th...

Hi All, We've been getting a lot of emails from interested journalists, and I wanted to clarify what exactly we are seeking. Here's some more info: For this gig we are seeking someone who can basically make it worth-while for Best to put down the funds for Kristin to join (flights to Madagascar are ...

Hey Nico, Thanks much for the input. I was not aware of anybody that had sailed between Fort Dauphin and the southern tip. Sounds like between there and Tulear has seen some folks, but certainly hard to get to. I have edited the post to hopefully be more accurate. It looks like an amazing place- I c...