Marine Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots early evening and to 20 knots late evening. Sea becoming moderate. Fine apart from evening cloud. Beautiful afternoon with encouraging Metservice marine forecast prompted last minute decision to go sailing with Peter and Brent. Left at 4.30pm after Peter got out of work. Unfortunately the predicted southerlies... Continue Reading →
Spinnaker Trial with Nigel and Albrecht – 24 October 2015
Crew: Geoff, Sam, Nigel and Albrecht.Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 15 knots developing this evening. Sea slight. Fine. Brilliant clear day. Sailed out into the harbour at 3pm with the No. 1 Genoa and Mainsail chasing the light winds around as they changed from northerly round to southerly. Thanks to Nigel's suggestion we decided... Continue Reading →
Wgtn Harbour with Peter and Vaite – 20 Oct 2015
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Peter and Vaite.Marine Forecast: Northerly rising to 15 knots this evening. Sea slight. Mostly fine. Late afternoon sailing taking advantage of a bright sunny spring day.
Wgtn Harbour with Stu – 10 Oct 2015
Crew: Geoff, Graciela and Stu.Marine forecast: Northerly 10 knots, changing southerly 10 knots for a time this evening. Sea slight. Mainly fine. Late afternoon sailing leaving marina about 4pm. Sailed out towards Ward Island with a nice Northerly breeze with the mainsail and no. 3 jib. Put the anchor down on southwest side of island for... Continue Reading →
G&G Two-handed – 29 Sept 2015
Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots, becoming southeast 10 knots early afternoon. Sea slight. Fine.Took advantage of a beautiful morning to go two-handed sailing. Crew - Geoff and Graciela. Hanked on the No 1 Genoa and then negotiated our way out of the marina like experts! After sailing with mainsail realised southerly wind was going to be... Continue Reading →
Ward Island with Peter & Malcolm – 13 Sept 2015
Marine Forecast: Southerly 20 knots rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough this evening. Cloudy, fair visibility in the odd shower. Hiked up Mt. Kaukau in the morning. Clear skies and light northerly breeze motivated us to go sailing in the afternoon. With Peter and Malcolm W. we started rigging... Continue Reading →
G&G First Time Two-handed – 6 Sept 2015
Marine Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots this afternoon then turning southwest 20 knots this evening. Sea becoming moderate for a time this afternoon. Fine spells. First time Graciela and Geoff have taken Halo out sailing two-handed. All went very well. And with practice even better. Used mainsail and No. 3 jib. Calm conditions... Continue Reading →
Wgtn Harbour with Peter & Caroline – 25 July 2015
Marine forecast: Northerly 10 knots developing late morning. Sea slight. Fine. Crew: Peter & Caroline, Graciela and Geoff. Finally got out for some sailing after 6 weeks away in Europe and Arctic. Beautiful day out on the harbour. Graciela and Geoff did the berth exit and return two-handed as an exercise. All went well! Not... Continue Reading →
Somes Island with Marjorie, Paul and Malcolm – 3 May 2015
Marine forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing late this evening. Sea slight. Mainly fine. Beautiful day's sailing with Malcolm Wood, Marjorie and Paul, and Graciela. Started out with the Mainsail and No,1 Genoa but winds was stronger than expected (15 Knots variable) and the ride was a bit hairy for the newbees. At one... Continue Reading →
Evans Bay with Grant – 24 March 2015
Crew: Grant, Geoff and Graciela Marine Forecast:Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots for a time this afternoon and early evening. Sea becoming moderate for a time this afternoon and early evening. Cloudy periods. Sailed with Genoa No.3 and Mainsail. Got some good speed while tacking and downwind, up to 6 kts!Lots of big ships... Continue Reading →