Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
A wonderful weekend of yacht racing and socialising organised by the Lowry Bay Yacht Club. Wellington turned on two days of glorious sunshine and light breezes (a bit too light at times). Marion did a great job organising Halo's all-women (apart from me) crew and a thoroughly enjoyable time was had by all. Friday After... Continue Reading →
It's now almost two years since Halo got its last antifoul. Time for a bottom clean and refresh before we do the Wellington Women's Regatta! I made a booking with the Evans Bay yard and motored the boat round to the slipway on Monday 16th April. First job was to water blast the hull while... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Marion, Funny, Libby. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts gusting 15 kts. The inaugural Wellington Women's Regatta, organised by Lowry Bay Yacht Club, will be held on 27-28 April 2024. I have offered Halo as a participating boat and Marion, who will be on helm, has organised her crew for the event. In preparation we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, John, Jamie, Leah. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts changing southerly 20 kts. Variable conditions for the last race of the Summer Series provided a tricky decision of which headsail to go for. Do we use the big genoa for the dying northerly and then change to a smaller No. 3 jib for the southerly... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jamie. Forecast: Southerly 5 kts backing to SE 10 kts. Jamie joined me at Chaffers Marina at 1030 hrs. He has just completed the Ocean Sports Introductory Keeler Sailing Course but as it was his first time on Halo we spent half an hour on safety briefing and general boat familiarisation. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Marion. Forecast: SE 10 kts. The Night Race is an Evans Bay Special Race open to keel boats and trailer yachts. In preparation I attached the lights to the two life rings, checked the lifejacket lights, and navigation lights. I also attached our nice new LED strip lights which we had used... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jim. Forecast: Variable 5 kts. A lovely calm day on the harbour for a sail over to Mākaro / Ward Island. Our friend Jim, from Nelson, hadn't visited the island before. We cast off from Chaffers at 1110 hrs and hoisted the no. 2 jib and full main. With Jim doing a... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Tunch, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. Wellington high tide at 16:42. The Island Bay race was to be a staggered start with Halo's time set for 1035 hrs. We met up at Chaffers Marina and started preparing the boat. Due to the 1-2 kts of... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and John. Forecast: Easing to 10 kts late morning and then to variable 5 kts turning to NW 10 kt late afternoon. Just the two of us on Halo today for what was looking like a great day to go sailing. We rigged up the sheets and then cast off from Chaffers at... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, John, Ildomar, Tunch, Emma, (Murray had to pull out at the last minute). Forecast: Variable 5 kts in the morning, southerly 20 kts developing in the afternoon. Turning northerly 10 kts Sunday morning rising to 25 kts in the afternoon. Anastasia - We have dedicated this event to the memory of our dear... Continue Reading →
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