Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Tunch, Murray. Day 1 - Wednesday 17th Cook Strait Crossing After monitoring the forecasts every day for the last week we decided today would be the day - a southerly dying out early morning becoming northerly 15 kts at the Brothers. The plan was for a leisurely sail to Nelson over three days to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Isabelle, Max. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts in the morning increasing to 15 kts gusting 25 kts in the evening. First day's sailing with the grandies for the year. We cast off from Chaffers at 1035 hrs with Graciela's steady hand on helm and hoisted the no. 3 jib and one reef in... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Louise, Lucas, Chelsea, Murray. Forecast: Variable 5 kts, Southerly 10 kts developing late morning and late afternoon. A stunning Wellington day for sailing so I invited niece Louise and family to join me for a trip to Ward Island. I coordinated with Phil on Grenadier for a raft-up at the club mooring. Murray... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Eduardo, Sandra, Cecilia, Javiera, Camila, Peter. Forecast: Variable 5 knots, southerly 10 knots developing late morning. Becoming variable 5 knots this evening. Glorious weather for first day's sailing in the new year with friends the Villoutas and Peter. Seven adults and plus little Camila. After fitting our life jackets we cast off from... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Anastasia, Paul, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the morning, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon and 20 knots in the evening. Anastasia and John joined me at Chaffers and after rigging the sheets etc we cast off at 1100 hrs. With John on helm we hoisted... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Martin, Ole, Trey. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots in the morning, easing to variable 5 knots in the evening. HW 0933 hrs, LW 1609 hrs. Lovely day for sailing but the conditions weren't looking too promising for the Island Bay race with light breezes varying between zero and 3 kts. As we were... Continue Reading →
A recap on some of the Halo jobs I've been working on recently. Harken Traveller Repair Our wonderful Harken Windward Sheeting Traveller has started getting increasingly difficult to move. It came to a head during the Waikawa Regatta when it was totally stuck at one stage. I was advised by the professionals that I probably needed... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Peter, Anastasia, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. HW 1611 hrs. At our berth at Chaffers I did some training with John who was new to Halo and then we cast off at around 1100 hrs doing some practice sailing with the light genoa no. 1... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Peter, Caroline, Tunch and Dilsad. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing early afternoon. The RPNYC joined with the Turkish Embassy to hold an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye. Each boat would have a guest from the Turkish community aboard. A course... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Trey. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Fine. LW: 10:44 am HW: 17:04 pm. Another great day for sailing in Wellington. The course was announced as on-water start at Pania through to Somes west (5P) and return. 7.5Nm course length. Just the three of us on Halo: Grant on helm with me and Trey... Continue Reading →
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