Crew: Geoff, Murray, Lorna, Eduardo, Emer.  Metservice Forecast: Southeast 15 knots turning northerly 10 knots in the morning, rising to 20 knots in the afternoon rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough this evening. Poor visibility in showers,some heavy with possible thunderstorms. Lorna and Geoff departed Chaffers at 1015 hrs... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Lorna, Murray, Ken, Robert, Robin. First try-out of our new No. 2 Genoa made by Brett at Linton Sails. Metservice Forecast: Northerly rising to 15 knots late morning, then easing to 10 knots in the evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods. Wind was already up to 16 kts in Chaffers so we hanked up... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Eduardo. Lorna, Murray, Paul and Ken. Metservice Forecast: Northerly 20 knots but 15 knots about the harbour. Rising to northerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the harbour in the evening. Sea becoming rough in the evening. Mainly fine. Fair visibility in a few evening showers. Geoff, Lorna and Eduardo departed Chaffers at... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Murray, Paul, Bruce, Julie, Bradyn Mestservice Forecast: Northerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots, easing to 20 knots this evening.Rough sea, easing this evening. Cloudy periods. Bruce joined Geoff on Halo at Chaffers Marina and we departed the berth at 1027 hrs. As forecasted, the northerly was blowing 25 kts and the sea was... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Ken, Lorna, Paul, Robin Forecast: : Variable 5 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing this morning, and rising to 20 knots about the south coast for a time late this morning and early afternoon. Easing to southerly 10 knots everywhere this evening. Moderate sea in the south for a time late this morning and... Continue Reading →

Held at the Evans Bay clubhouse Saturday 11 May 2019 the Centenary Season Prize Giving was a fun night with success for Halo: * Winner - Pet Cup* Winner - Holmes Cup* 3rd Place - Cruising Division Season Championship Congrats to the crew who have sailed with Halo at various times over the season; Peter... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Ken, Murray, Kaye.  Forecast: Southerly 25 knots gusting 30 Knots, easing to 20 knots in the afternoon. Eduardo and Geoff motor-sailed Halo round to Evans Bay with the Mainsail rigged with 1 Reef and tied up at the pole at 1110 hrs. Wind was as predicted, southerly 25 kts with long gusts... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Ken, Paul, Emma, Lee Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Fine weather. After running through the safety briefing with new crew member Emma we departed Chaffers at 1024 hrs motor sailing round to Evans Bay with very light breezes fully expecting the race to be cancelled... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Bruce, Ken, Seamus Sunday : Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots in the afternoon, and 25 knots in the evening. Sea becoming rough in the evening. Cloud gradually increasing. Early start in conditions very different to yesterday so we rigged up the No. 3 Jib in expectation of the northerly already blowing... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Peter, Grant, Murray, Ken Metservice Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing this afternoon, turning northerly 10 knots this evening, and rising to 15 knots overnight. Sea slight. Fine weather. We departed Chaffers Marina at 1010 hrs with the No. 1 LT Genoa rigged and motor-sailed round to Evans Bay. Race Officer... Continue Reading →