Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Dean, Caroline, Libby, Geoff. Cook Strait Forecast: Northerly 10 kts. Perfect conditions for a Cook Strait crossing today! After preparing Halo for the trip and giving the crew a safety briefing, we called Maritime Radio with our trip report. We cast off from Waikawa Marina at 1000 hrs, just behind Expresso. Grenadier and Tamerlane... Continue Reading →
Crew: Eduardo, Dean, Geoff. Wednesday 9th Sept We woke to a beautiful calm morning in Ngaruru Bay after yesterday's Cook Strait crossing. We were rafted up on the club mooring together with Tamerlane, Expresso and Grenadier. After a relaxing breakfast we released our lines and started motor-sailing up Tory Channel. The northerly breeze picked up... Continue Reading →
Crew: Eduardo, Dean, Geoff. Cook Strait Forecast: Variable 10 kts moderate sea, 1mt southerly swell. Yay, we're off to the Sounds again! The Waikawa Women's Regatta is on this weekend and a fleet of Wellington boats are planning to join the fun. After some rather rough weather the previous week, Tuesday was presenting a good... Continue Reading →
Crew: Tunch, Murray, Geoff. Day 1 - Nelson to Punt Rails After wrapping up the Nelson Regatta with prizegiving and dinner, we turned our attention that evening to getting Halo ready for the sail home to Wellington. Provisions, water and fuel were topped up, the dinghy packed away, the liferaft secured on the foredeck, the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Tunch and Geoff.The plan was to sail Halo to Nelson in company with three other Evans Bay boats — Grenadier, Tamerlane, and Expresso — to compete in the 2026 Nelson Regatta and to explore Pelorus Sound along the way. After watching the forecasts closely over several days, Phil, Rob, Bill and I agreed that... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, John, Tunch. Day 1 - Nelson to Ship Cove We cast off from our berth at Nelson Marina at 0810 hrs. After stopping at the fuel jetty we motor sailed through The Cut and headed north up Tasman Bay in company with Annie. Another beautiful Nelson day! The LINZ Tide Table indicated French... Continue Reading →
Graciela and I had been looking forward to visiting Pelorus Sound for a long time. We planned a leisurely cruise to explore the sounds before crossing French Pass then down Tasman Bay in time for the Nelson Regatta. On Friday 3rd January we took the afternoon Aratere from Wellington to rejoin Halo at the Waikawa... Continue Reading →
A pre-Christmas family holiday in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds with Jenny, Jono and our wonderful grandchildren Isabelle (9) and Max (7). Halo is too small for all of us to sleep on, so we used the boat as a water taxi and stayed in land-based accommodation at each location. Sunday 15th December - Picton to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jim. Forecast: Light northerly early turning to southerly increasing to 20 kts later. Wellington HW 0932 hrs 1.7 m. We needed to deliver Halo across to Queen Charlotte Sound in preparation for our family holiday next week. Jim, who lives in Nelson, was visiting Wellington so we offered him to join us... 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 →
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