Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Ildomar. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts according to the Metservice with Predictwind saying 5 kts. A lovely evening for a sail! We didn't enter Halo in the full four-day RPNYC regatta program but were happy to participate in their pre-regatta invitation race. After preparing the boat Murray and I wandered over to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Paul, John, Phil. Forecast: Northerly 15 kts rising to 20 kts. Our first race on Halo since the excitement of the Nelson Regatta. John and I cast off from Chaffers at 1100 hrs and hoisted the small no. 3 jib together with one reef in the mainsail. We sailed round to Evans Bay... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Tunch. Day 1 - Wednesday 24th Abel Coastal Forecast: SW easing to 10 kts becoming SW 20 in the evening. After the excitement of the Nelson Regatta we now needed to sail Halo back to Wellington. After verifying the forecast and tides I did a route plan on OpenCPN. I logged our... Continue Reading →
This was our second time doing the regatta in sunny Nelson. There were 35 boats registered for the regatta including four Wellington boats, Gucci, 88%Proof, Matatoa and us. We entered Halo in the cruising division which suited us well and had a blast with the four days of racing. On day three we raced across to the beautiful... Continue Reading →
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