Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle and Max. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots easing to variable 5 knots early this evening. Northerly 10 knots developing late evening. Sea slight. Fine. Isabelle and Max 's first fishing adventure! They'd read stories of people going fishing so we decided to take them out to Oriental Bay to give them... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Peter, Malcolm. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this morning, easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods, but long afternoon fine spells. With the weather finally settling down after the Christmas storms, we arranged with Paul on Temptation to do a combined harbour sail and raft-up. Peter and... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Isabelle and Max. Today: Southerly 15 knots, easing to 10 knots this afternoon. Becoming northerly 10 knots this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods. First time this season taking out Isabelle and Max on Halo. We departed Chaffers Dock at 1245 hrs and hoisted the Mainsail and No. 2 Jib. With Graciela on... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Irene, Blair. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots in the morning. Northeast 10 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Cloudy, chance of some showers during the day. Departed Chaffers at 1116 hrs. We hoisted the No. 1 LT Genoa and Mainsail and headed north with Irene on helm. Very light... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Mia, Lorna. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 15 knots developing this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy. Fair visibility in a few showers developing this morning. After helping Murray with mooring lines for the arrival of Juscinta's yacht Southern Rose at Chaffers we cast off at 1118 hrs. Wind was a very light 3 kts... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Rebecca, Peter, Ken, Lorna, Juliet. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots this morning. Southerly 10 knots developing this afternoon, then tending northerly 10 knots this evening. Sea slight. Mainly fine.We cast off from Chaffers at 1115 hrs and followed Temptation out into the harbour. With Peter on helm we hoisted the Mainsail and... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Peter, Eduardo.The country's COVID Level came down from 3 to 2 and we were finally able to take Halo out for a spin round the harbour. First time out on the water since 20 March - almost 2 months! We cast off from Chaffers at 1530 hours. Wind was 15-18 kts and we... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Seamus, Lorna, Eduardo, Malcolm. Forecast: Southeast 10 knots but 15 knots in the south, easing to variable 5 knots everywhere in the evening. Sea slight. Fine. All crew joined Halo for a Harbour Night Sail Practice. We started at 8 pm with a Trip Report (TR) call to Wellington Radio on ch. 14. We practised... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jonathan, Kathy, Mark and Allison. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, easing to 10 knots everywhere late morning and to variable 5 knots around midday. Becoming southerly 10 knots this afternoon. Sea moderate about the south coast this morning. Fine apart from areas of cloud,morning and evening. The... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Ken, Grant, Lorna, Murray. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this morning, to 20 knots gusting 30 knots early afternoon, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Sea becoming rough in the evening. Fine apart from morning cloud.Departed Chaffers at 1117 hrs and after hoisting the Mainsail and No.... Continue Reading →