Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff and Graciela. Forecast: Wellington Marine: Northerly 15 knots. Rising to northerly 20 knots gusting 30 knots by late morning, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast this afternoon. Morning cloud, then fine spells. NIL warning for COOK. We had a couple of relaxing days in Picton during which Geoff... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela. 18 February - Catherine Cove to Ship Cove Forecast: Southerly 18 kts easing to south-westerly 15 kts. We woke up in the morning at Catherine Cove to the wind and choppy sea which hadn't abated from last night. Rather than row the dinghy ashore we called the Wilderness Lodge and told them... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff & Graciela. Forecast: Northerly 10 to 15 kts rising to 20 kts in the afternoon. The previous night after stocking up on provisions at the supermarket in Motueka, Geoff had a chat with the local secretary of the yachting club about our plans to sail across Tasman Bay and transit French Pass. One... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Graciela. Sailing Nelson to Motueka 11 Feb 2019 We flew to Nelson from Wellington and arrived at Halo in the Nelson Marina to discover the 12 volt house batteries were completely dead as a result of the stereo being left on (oops) plus the whole boat including solar panel being covered in... Continue Reading →
Crew : Geoff and Tunch. While resting in Nelson and after Peter had returned to Wellington, Tunch mentioned he was keen to take a bus trip to Motueka to visit a friend who has a Kebab shop there. Why don't we sail there Geoff suggested! We did a route plan on OpenCPN and figured out... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Tunch. On our last night on the mooring in Catherine Cove the southerly started blowing into bay and we rocked and rolled all night. The forecast was for the wind to change to a northerly and then die out in Nelson so we departed early at 6 am, skipping breakfast, and started... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Tunch. Metservice Forecast: COOK - Southeast easing to 15 knots Saturday morning. Turning northerly 15 knots late Saturday evening. Rough sea at times. Southerly swell 1 metre, developing. Cook Strait Sailing Instructions: Leave Wellington to arrive at Sinclair Head 1 hour before HW Wellington. You will then have a favourable tidal stream... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Jono, Jenny, Isabelle, Max Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing for a time this afternoon and evening. Northerly 10 knots developing overnight. Sea slight. Fine.Our first sailing in 2019! With a perfect day for sailing forecast we left Chaffers Marina at 1422 hrs and hoisted the Main and No. 3 Jib. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Kerry, Sam, Josh, Nick and LucasForecast: Variable 5 knots, cloud clearing in the morning.We set off from Chaffers Marina at 1000 hrs with Mainsail and No. 3 Jib hoisted and set course for Mākaro-Ward Island. Wind was a stronger than forecasted getting up to 15 kts southerly once we passed Pt Halswell. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Grant. Marine Forecast: Northwest 20 knots gusting 30 knots, easing to 15 knots this morning, then turning southerly 10 knots early afternoon. Departed Chaffers Marina at 1030 hrs and hoisted Main and No. 3 Genoa. With about with 10 kts southerly we progressed East towards Ward Island with speed picking up to 6 kts... Continue Reading →
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