Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Colin. Forecast Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing late morning, turning northeast 10 knots this evening. Murray had asked if we could assist him to deliver Juscinta's boat, Southern Rose, from Seaview back to Wellington. Her boat's engine has been a bit unreliable so the plan was to sail Halo... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle and Max. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Becoming southeast 10 knots, but 15 knots about the south coast this morning. Becoming variable 5 knots but northeast 10 knots about the harbour in the evening. Sea slight. Fine. Another wonderful trip to 'Treasure Island' with family. We were a bit worried... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Fleur, Anzak, Imogene and Tennyson. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots by early morning. Northerly 10 knots developing by midday, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon. We cast off from our Chaffers berth at 1240 hrs and headed out into the harbour sailing with the mainsail and No. 3... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Louise, Nick, Lucas and Chelsea. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing late morning. Sea slight. Fine with high cloud. We cast off from our berth at 1150 hrs and hoisted the mainsail and No. 2 jib. The southerly breeze was about 12 kts by the time we passed Pt Jerningham and... 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, Malcolm, Phil. Forecast Cook: Southerly 25 knots, easing to 15 knots in the morning and to variable 10 knots late afternoon. Rough sea easing. Long period southerly swell 1 metre developing. Fair visibility in a few morning showers. The Plan:Wed 29th December: Wellington high tide 1326 hrs 1.7 m. Leave Wellington to arrive... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Malcolm. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Changing southerly 10 knots this morning, then becoming northerly 10 knots in the afternoon. Sea slight. Fine. In preparation for Saturday's Island Bay race we took advantage of a nice day to do a bottom clean at the Evans Bay slipway. We cast off from Chaffers at 0950... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Jason, Nina, Murray, Corrinna. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots. Sea slight. Fine. It was forecast to be a beautiful spring day in Wellington. A perfect opportunity to blow the cobwebs out of Halo (being a month since our last sail due to Covid lockdown) and to have a fun cruise around Wellington Harbour. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Eduardo, Grant. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots. Changing southerly 10 knots later this afternoon, rising to 15 knots in the evening. Sea slight. Partly cloudy. We met at Chaffers at 1000 hrs for a harbour sail to shake out any gremlins in the boat and crew 🙂 in preparation for the the... Continue Reading →
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