Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff and Graciela. After the high winds of the last few days we were a bit cautious about the planned crossing for Tuesday 3 Jan. Gale warning for the day before and also the day after, but all the forecasts indicated the weather was going to be OK for Tuesday with southerlies dying out... Continue Reading →
Crew - Geoff and Graciela. 30 Dec We took the 2pm Interislander ferry to Picton arriving at 6pm. Graciela went to the supermarket for supplies while I waited at the ferry terminal and organised the water taxi to pick us up and deliver us to Halo on the mooring. We motored the boat round to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Nick, Marianna, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle, Graciela, Geoff Day 1 - 20 Dec Picton to Furneaux LodgeAfter a relaxing crossing from Wellington on the morning Interislander ferry "Kaitaki" we arrived in Picton at 12.30. While the girls did the food shopping we collected Halo from the mooring, topped up with diesel and water in Picton marina. After crew instructions and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Robert 10 Dec - In contrast to the beautiful day we had for the Cook Strait crossing the the day before, the weather now turned to custard in Picton with rain and strong northerlies. After sleeping the night on the Picton mooring we did some shopping in Picton for supplies, topped up... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Robert, Geoff. The weather forecasts were looking promising for the sailing (dying southerlies) even though the days before and after were not good.Marine Forecast for Cook: Southerly 20 knots, easing to variable 10 knots around midday. Northerly 15 knots developing this afternoon, rising to 25 knots late evening. Sea becoming rough. Poor visibility... Continue Reading →
Crew: Robert, Geoff Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Fair visibility in showers, clearing this evening. Wet and wild weather but as it was the only opportunity take Robert out we did a short outing in the harbour. Left Chaffers at 1645 hrs and hoisted Mainsail and #3... Continue Reading →
Crew: Millaray, Graciela, Kerry P., Geoff. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, becoming southerly 10 knots but southeast 15 knots about the south coast this afternoon, then easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Fair visibility in a few morning showers, then fine. Beautiful clear day with southerly breezes. Departed Chaffers at 1440 hrs. Millaray... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny and Isabelle! Marine Forecast: Northerly 15 knots developing everywhere this afternoon, rising to 20 knots late evening. Sea becoming moderate late evening. Fine. Beautiful fine and breezy Wellington day so decided to go out for a short sail and introduce Isabelle to sailing! Departed Chaffers at 1350 hrs and after getting... Continue Reading →
Grew - Geoff Forecast: Southeast 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this afternoon. Sea slight. Cloudy. Forecast was good so decided to take Halo out to test the new ST2000+ AutoPilot. Left marina 1130 hrs. First did the calibration for the internal compass by motoring round slowly in circles then off we went. Started out... Continue Reading →
Crew: Graciela and GeoffMarine forecast: Southerly 10 knots, becoming northwest 15 knots early this morning, rising to 20 knots this afternoon. Sea becoming moderate this afternoon. Mostly fine. Lovely fine winter days so decided to go out for a short sail. As Graciela still recuperating from her shoulder surgery, her crewing activity was limited to... Continue Reading →
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