Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
Crew: Geoff, John, Jamie. 6 Sept - Ngaruru to Picton After a restful night in Ngaruru Bay after our Cook Strait crossing yesterday, we said our goodbyes to the Grenadier and Tamerlane crews and headed off to Picton. Ngaruru to Picton - 12 Nautical Miles I had made a call to Mark at Picton Marina.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jamie, John. Forecast: PW - NW 8 kts increasing to 13 kts. MetService: N 10 kts. The Plan The plan is to sail across Cook Strait in company with Grenadier and Tamerlane to be in Waikawa for the Women's Regatta the next week. After monitoring the forecasts over the past few days... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, John, Jamie, Juliette. Forecast: Southeast 10 kts. Perfect conditions for our race crew to come out sailing and do some spinnaker practice in preparation for the EBYMBC Winter Series which starts next week. BTW - The race sponsors will be Barton Marine - best chandlery in Wellington. Check out their cool new website:... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Jamie, Olivier, Juliette. Forecast: Sourtherly 10-15 kts. Monday was the 'King's Birthday'. Not sure what we're actually celebrating. It's not even his actual birthday but a good day to go out for a fun sail! After a safety briefing for Olivier and Juliette as it was their first time on Halo, we cast... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Marion, Funny, Libby. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts gusting 15 kts. The inaugural Wellington Women's Regatta, organised by Lowry Bay Yacht Club, will be held on 27-28 April 2024. I have offered Halo as a participating boat and Marion, who will be on helm, has organised her crew for the event. In preparation we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jim. Forecast: Variable 5 kts. A lovely calm day on the harbour for a sail over to Mākaro / Ward Island. Our friend Jim, from Nelson, hadn't visited the island before. We cast off from Chaffers at 1110 hrs and hoisted the no. 2 jib and full main. With Jim doing a... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Tunch. Day 1 - Wednesday 24th Abel Coastal Forecast: SW easing to 10 kts becoming SW 20 in the evening. After the excitement of the Nelson Regatta we now needed to sail Halo back to Wellington. After verifying the forecast and tides I did a route plan on OpenCPN. I logged our... Continue Reading →
This was our second time doing the regatta in sunny Nelson. There were 35 boats registered for the regatta including four Wellington boats, Gucci, 88%Proof, Matatoa and us. We entered Halo in the cruising division which suited us well and had a blast with the four days of racing. On day three we raced across to the beautiful... Continue Reading →
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 →
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