Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Tunch, Jamie, Leah, Funny, Sophie, Mavis. Forecast: Southerly 20 kts gusting 30 kts easing to 15 kts in the afternoon. The RPNYC joined with the Turkish Embassy to celebrate the anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye. Each boat would have guests from the Turkish community aboard. My sailing buddy Tunch who is Turkish and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Funny, Leah. The forecast was looking good for sailing back to Wellington the Sunday after completing the Waikawa Women's Regatta. Variable 10 kts in the morning, developing 15 kts northerly in the evening. After checking the tide tables I used OpenCPN to put together a route plan: Waikawa to Wgtn 2024 -... Continue Reading →
Crew: Marion, Funny, Leah, Helen, Juliet, Geoff. Thursday 12th September Bit of a disaster on the last day of cruising The Sounds. I dropped my phone over the side! Quite an unsettling feeling having no means of communication. I needed to get a replacement phone ASAP. Warren and Lyn Rankin, who have their car (and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, John, Jamie. 6 Sept - Ngaruru to Picton After a restful night in Ngaruru Bay after our Cook Strait crossing yesterday, we said our goodbyes to the Grenadier and Tamerlane crews and headed off to Picton. Ngaruru to Picton - 12 Nautical Miles I had made a call to Mark at Picton Marina.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jamie, John. Forecast: PW - NW 8 kts increasing to 13 kts. MetService: N 10 kts. The Plan The plan is to sail across Cook Strait in company with Grenadier and Tamerlane to be in Waikawa for the Women's Regatta the next week. After monitoring the forecasts over the past few days... Continue Reading →
Hull Washdown Before sailing over to the Marlborough Sounds we had to wash down the hull. The Waikawa and Picton marina biosecurity rules require: All vessels to have been antifouled in the last six months, or lifted and washed in the last month. On 28th August I motored Halo round to the Evans Bay yard and Sven hoisted the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, John, Jaime, Leah, Geoff. PW Forecast: N8-15 kts, Gusts up to 21 kts. Conditions for the final race of the Winter Series were promising to be a bit more lively than the last ones. We cast off from Chaffers at 1052 hrs and hoisted our small no. 3 jib and the mainsail... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Jamie. PW Forecast: S 9 kts decreasing to 7 kts. We had an extra crew member wanting to join us when we went to board Halo at Chaffers Marina! After stepping carefully around the little seal, John, Jamie and I rigged up the boat and cast off at 1032 hrs. We... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jaime, Juliet, Juliette, Alex. PW Forecast: N 7-14 kts gusts up to 16 kts. A lovely winter's day for some 'champagne sailing' in the RPNYC Winter Series Race. We all met up on Halo and prepped the boat with spinnaker sheets and our big no. 1 genoa. Juliette's friend Alex from France... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Jamie, Juliet. Forecast: SE 7-11 kts. John, Jamie and I cast off from Chaffers and with the No. 1 HW genoa hoisted did some practice tacks as we sailed round to Evans Bay. We tied up to the poles by the slipway facing into the southerly breeze next to Tamerlane. Juliet... Continue Reading →
Halo Log Book 