Crew: Graciela and GeoffMarine forecast: Southerly 10 knots, becoming northwest 15 knots early this morning, rising to 20 knots this afternoon. Sea becoming moderate this afternoon. Mostly fine. Lovely fine winter days so decided to go out for a short sail. As Graciela still recuperating from her shoulder surgery, her crewing activity was limited to... Continue Reading →

Crew: Grant and Geoff. Marine Forecast: Northerly 17 knots gusting 20. Sea moderate. Cloudy periods After 2 weeks on the hard at Evans Bay Boatyard repainting hull with antifoul and various other maintenance items we were ready to sail Halo back home to Chaffers Marina. Grant agreed to come with me. After lowering Halo into... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff (first time single handed) Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southeast 10 knots developing this morning, Cloudy with poor visibility in rain from this afternoon. Departed Chaffers Marina at 0900 hrs and motored out into the harbour. Beautiful still day. Great to be out after a longish break. Passed Point Jerningham and then south... Continue Reading →

Crew: Joanna, Stu, Graciela, Geoff Met Service Forecast: Northerly 10 knots developing this morning, turning southerly 10 knots late evening. Sea slight. Fine, apart from a few cloudy periods. After a long bout of crappy weather in Wellington we finally got out on Halo for a blat around the harbour on a beautiful autumn day. First time... Continue Reading →

Crew: Peter, Malcolm, Graciela, Geoff Marine Forecast: Northeast 10 knots rising to northerly 15 knots this morning. Easing to northeast 10 knots again late evening. Departed Chaffers at 1300 hrs on another beautiful breezy and hot Wellington day. About 10 kts of wind so decided to err on the side of caution and use the... Continue Reading →

Crew:  Nick, Marianna, Jono, Graciela and Geoff.  Marine Forecast:  Becoming southerly 15 knots but southeast 20 knots about the south coast this morning then easing to variable 5 knots everywhere early afternoon. Northerly 10 knots developing this evening. Departed Chaffers Marina at 1500 hrs after the safety briefing. Winds were very light southerlies initially so we... Continue Reading →

Crew: Sabine, Joe, Ali, Chris, Graciela and Geoff1900 hrs - Motored out to Oriental Bay where we put the anchor down, had swims, drank champagne and watched the sunset. Water was warm and no wind.  Idyllic!2030 hrs - We motored back to Chaffers Marina at  for supper, drinks, music and watch the amazing Chinese New Year fireworks!

Crew: Jason, Graciela, Geoff Marine Forecast: Northerly 10 knots easing to variable 5 knots this morning. Southerly 10 knots developing time, dying out this evening. Sea slight. Fine. The easy southerlies were ideal for a short sail to try out downwind techniques for the first time. Jason, who is on Graciela's Cruising Crew course, joined us... Continue Reading →

Crew: Lee & Karyn, Jo, Sam, Ruby, Graciela, Geoff Marine Forecast: Southwest 15 knots. Easing to variable 5 knots. Sea slight. Fine.Departed Chaffers Marina 1150 hrs after completing the safety briefing. With light southerly winds and due to presence of first-timers, purposely underpowered the boat with the No. 3 Headsail together with the Mainsail and headed... Continue Reading →