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 - in company with Phil on Grenadier. After the Waikawa Women's Regatta we were optimistically planning to sail Halo back to Wellington the next day, Monday. The southerly storm put paid to that so all the crew travelled back to Wellington Sunday on the ferries or Sounds Air flights and we left Halo... Continue Reading →
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 →
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