Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Peter, Murray, Hugo. Forecast: Becoming southeast 15 knots in the morning, then easing to 10 knots in the evening. LW 1406 hrs. The forecast was looking good for a relaxing sail with mates around the harbour with the intention of visiting Seaview for coffee/lunch. We cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1050 hrs... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Isabelle, Max, Hugo. Today: Northerly 10 knots, turning southerly 10 knots for a time in the afternoon and early evening. LW 0956 hrs. Lovely warm morning as we cast off from Chaffers at 1045 hrs and hoisted the mainsail and No. 2 Jib. Jenny did a great job on helm as we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Hugo Forecast: Southeast 15 knots, but 10 knots in the Harbour, becoming northeast 10 knots everywhere this evening. Graciela's brother Hugo is visiting us from Chile and was keen to go out sailing on Halo. He has a sailing dinghy back home. The forecast was good for his introductory sail. We cast off... 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 →
After resting for two nights at Catherine Cove we cast off from the mooring at 0817 hrs and headed down Admiralty Bay towards Te Aumiti / French Pass. Although the SE wind had eased off considerably from yesterday it was still a stiff 15-20 kts. Approaching French Pass As we neared the pass we noted... 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 →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Eduardo Following our participation at the Waikawa Women's Regatta, the plan was for Halo, Grenadier, Tamerlane and 88% Proof to sail together across Cook Strait from Waikawa back to Wellington early on Wednesday morning. The forecasts were showing a dying northerly from midnight Tuesday but changing to a strong southerly Wednesday afternoon. It was going... 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, Graciela, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle and Max. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Fine. We cast off from Chaffers at 1100 hrs. A beautiful day with almost no wind as we motored north up to Somes Island. We put the fishing line out with the spinner. Great excitement, we caught a fish! It looked like a... Continue Reading →
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