Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Day 1 After our Cook Strait Crossing the previous week and following a week back home in Wellington, I returned to the Sounds on the morning Interislander to rejoin Halo. Phil and Francis had sailed Grenadier across Cook Strait a few days earlier and they collected me at the Picton visitors jetty. Over a welcome... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Peter Forecast: Light and variable winds. Route Plan: Departure set for 0600 hrs to enable us to arrive at Sinclair Head one hour before high water at Wellington. The tide will then be favourable for the passage across Cook Strait and through Tory Channel’s eastern entrance. HW Wellington is 0900 hrs. Peter... Continue Reading →
Graciela and I spent the weekend in Nelson and enjoyed a wonderful celebration of Dave's 70th on Saturday night. Great to catch up with Bob there too. Our friends Jim and Lindie kindly let us stay in their house while they were in the Abel Tasman. After checking the forecasts and tide tables we decided... Continue Reading →
My friend Dave who lives in Nelson sent us an invitation to his 70th birthday party. I replied that Graciela and I would love to come and half jokingly said we could sail there! After checking tide tables and watching weather forecasts it was looking promising for a Cook Strait crossing on Wednesday 9th: southerly... Continue Reading →
Ngaruru Bay to Picton to Lochmara Bay - Friday 9th Sept After our Cook Strait Crossing last night and a good night's sleep we had an 8am start from the club mooring at Ngaruru Bay off to Picton with Emma on helm. Lovely calm morning in Queen Charlotte Sound with light winds on the nose... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray.The forecast was looking good for the crossing on Thursday. Grenadier and Tamerlane were to sail with us in convoy. The plan is to spend Thursday night at Ngaruru Bay in Tory Channel and then sail down Queen Charlotte Sound into Picton on Friday morning to drop off those who need to get back to Wellington.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Malcolm, Phil. Cook Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, turning northerly 10 knots around midday and rising to 20 knots in the afternoon. Sea becoming moderate. Long period southerly swell 1 metre. The Plan: Crossing Cook Strait back to Wellington. For an Easterly Crossing we need to leave Tory Channel two hours after tidal stream... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Malcolm, Phil. After a great night's sleep following our Cook Strait Crossing yesterday we were greeted to a beautiful day in Waikawa Marina. Summer at last! Phil put on breakfast while we listened to the Marlborough Radio forecast on channel 63. We slipped our lines from the berth at 0930 hrs and motored... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Eduardo, Sandra. Metservice Cook Coastal Forecast: Northerly 15 but variable 10 knots west of Turakirae Head. Becoming northerly 15 knots everywhere this afternoon rising to 25 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough. Long period southerly swell 1 metre at times. Eduardo and Sandra came over to Picton on the Interislander on Saturday... Continue Reading →
Crew - Geoff and Graciela. Following our Cook Strait crossing from Wellington with Murray and Phil, Geoff spent a couple of days on Halo in Picton doing a bit of boat cleanup and maintenance before Graciela flew over from Wellington on Sounds Air. We celebrated her arrival on Saturday with a dinner and blues music... Continue Reading →
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