Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
The annual EBYMBC Matariki Regatta was run over three days during the weekend New Zealand Aotearoa celebrates Matariki Puanga, the Māori New Year. The programme included events for Waka Ama, Dinghies, Multihulls, Trailer Yachts & Keelboats with over 330 competitors involved (over 170 sailors and 160 paddlers). We had relocated Halo to a berth at... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Jamie, John, Murray. Forecast: N 9 knots decreasing to 7 knots. It's the 100th anniversary of EB's America Cup this year. In 1925 the United States Pacific Fleet came to Wellington on a goodwill visit and enjoyed the EBYMBC dances so much they presented an 'America Cup' to the club for future competitions.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Jamie. Forecast: Southerly 10 kts. A beautiful Wellington day for the last race of the EBYMBC Summer Series. (The sponsor of the series is The Wash House, a commercial and domestic laundry). Eduardo and Jamie joined Halo at Chaffers Marina and we rigged the no. 1 heavy genoa and full main.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, John, Jamie, Eduardo, Murray. Forecast: Predictwind was forecasting W 4 knots increasing to SE 11 knots in the afternoon. Metservice, a a bit more extreme, was saying 20 kts gusting 30 kts. Hoping for the best, we rigged up the #1 heavy genoa. We sailed round to Evans Bay tying up at the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Max. Forecast: N 10 kts rising to 15 kts in the morning then easing to variable 5 kts late. Our new crew member, Max, a post-grad student from Netherlands, joined John and me at Chaffers Marina. Max has centre-board sailing experience on lakes. His English is good but he had to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Jamie. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts rising to 15 kts in the afternoon. The heavy #1 genoa and full main were working well as Jamie and I sailed Halo from Chaffers round to Evans Bay in another beautiful Wellington day. We tied up at the wharf at 1155 hrs where Murray and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Jamie, Murray, John. Forecast: Variable 5 kts becoming N 15 kts. Fresh from our return from Nelson two days earlier we cast off from Chaffers at 1105 hrs. With the heavy #1 genoa and full main hoisted, Jamie and I sailed round to Evans Bay. Peter, John and Murray were waiting for... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John. Forecast: S 11-15 kts, gusts up to 18 kts (Predictwind). John met me on Halo at Chaffers and after preparing the boat we cast off at 1120 hrs. The wind was already gusting up to 25 kts as we sailed round to Evans Bay with the small no. 3 jib mainsail... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, John. Forecast: Predictwind said: Southerly 3-15 kts, which proved to be spot-on. Peter joined me on Halo at Chaffers Marina and after rigging the boat we cast off at 1130 hrs. The wind was negligible but we hoisted the mainsail to shake out the wrinkles and the reef we used on our... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, John, Jaime, Leah, Geoff. PW Forecast: N8-15 kts, Gusts up to 21 kts. Conditions for the final race of the Winter Series were promising to be a bit more lively than the last ones. We cast off from Chaffers at 1052 hrs and hoisted our small no. 3 jib and the mainsail... Continue Reading →
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