Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Giovanna, Adriana Marine Forecast: Southerly 15 knots easing to southeast 10 knots this morning, then to variable 5 knots around midday. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. After visiting the fuel jetty to fill up with diesel we then a bit of helming practice for Adriana in Lambton Harbour. We hoisted... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Anzak, Fleur, Imogene, Tennyson Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing this evening. Sea slight. Fine weather.Another hot day in Wellington so took out the Tindall family for their first sail on Halo. Left Chaffers Marina at 1600 hrs and hoisted the Main and No. 3 Jib and sailed across the harbour... Continue Reading →

Crew: Brent and Peter Forecast: Northeast 10 knots, rising to northerly 15 knots for a time this afternoon. Before departing Chaffers I spent a while trying to get the new USB-NMEA adaptor cable working to no avail. Eventually cast off at 1020 hrs, hoisted the Main and No. 3 Jib and headed for Somes. Made good... Continue Reading →

Crew: Peter, Caroline, Graciela, GeoffForecast: Variable 5 knots in the morning. Northerly 15 knots developing in the afternoon, rising to 20 knots in the evening. Sea becoming moderate in the evening. Fine weather.Departed Chaffers at 1215 hrs, Sailed across the harbour with Main and No. 3 Jib reaching south end of Somes island at 1300 hrs.... Continue Reading →

Crew: Graciela and GeoffForecast: Southerly 10 knots easing to variable 5 knots early this evening. The EBYMBC Race was set to start at 13154 hrs. Graciela and I motored Halo round to Evans Bay to meet Murray only to find the race had been cancelled due to lack of wind (and boats). We decided to... Continue Reading →

Crew: Eduardo, Marco, Agustín (Snr), Agustín (Jnr), Geoff Weather: Northerly 15-20 knots Rigged up the No. 3 Headsail and departed from Chaffers Marina at 1037 hrs. We made our way across the harbour with around 16 kts northerly wind. Marco did a great job on helm on a close reach with good speed up to... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff Delivery of Halo to Evans Bay slipway to complete Cat 3 Certification test by Kim McMorran as well as hull washdown and zinc anode replacement. Tuesday - Chaffers Marina to Evans BayForecast: 10 knots northwestCalm conditions for single-handed motoring from Chaffers to Evans Bay. Only difficulty was when leaving marina berth the boat... Continue Reading →

Crew: Lee, Graciela, Geoff. Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. Left Chaffers Marina at 1144 hrs. Hoisted mainsail and No.1 LT Genoa and sailed on a port tack with Lee on the helm across to Point Halswell at around 6 kts. Graciela spotted some nice blue penguins! Did a... Continue Reading →

Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Sandra, Murray, Geoff Marine Forecast: Light northerlies changing to strong southerlies in the evening. Departed Chaffers Marina at 1200 hrs with Mainsail and No.1 Genoa and almost no wind. Headed north slowly towards Somes island. Had lunch on the way. Thanks Sandra for the great quiche! At 1330 hrs hoisted the spinnaker.... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff and Peter Marine forecast: Northerly 10 knots, changing southerly 10 knots this evening. Sea slight. Left Chaffers at 1030 hrs with full Mainsail and No. 3 Genoa and tacked up towards Ngauranga Gorge. Geoff inadvertently dropped the binoculars case over the side so we took advantage to practice our MOB procedure! Peter quickly... Continue Reading →