Crew: Geoff, Murray, Rachel. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts. Great to be back on Halo! First time since Graciela and I were both laid up with Covid earlier this month. Phil, the EBYMBC Vice Commodore asked if I would like to bring Halo round to Evans Bay as part of the Te Ākautangi Matariki Festival Festival Launch... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, John, Jamie, Leah. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts changing southerly 20 kts. Variable conditions for the last race of the Summer Series provided a tricky decision of which headsail to go for. Do we use the big genoa for the dying northerly and then change to a smaller no. 3 jib for the southerly... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jamie. Forecast: Southerly 5 kts backing to SE 10 kts. Jamie joined me at Chaffers Marina at 1030 hrs. He has just completed the Ocean Sports Introductory Keeler Sailing Course but as it was his first time on Halo we spent half an hour on safety briefing and general boat familiarisation. The... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Murray, Marion. Forecast: SE 10 kts. The Night Race is an Evans Bay Special Race open to keel boats and trailer yachts. In preparation I attached the lights to the two life rings, checked the lifejacket lights, and navigation lights. I also attached our nice new LED strip lights which we had used... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff and John. Forecast: Easing to 10 kts late morning and then to variable 5 kts turning to NW 10 kt late afternoon. Just the two of us on Halo today for what was looking like a great day to go sailing. We rigged up the sheets and then cast off from Chaffers at... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Paul, John, Phil. Forecast: Northerly 15 kts rising to 20 kts. Our first race on Halo since the excitement of the Nelson Regatta. John and I cast off from Chaffers at 1100 hrs and hoisted the small no. 3 jib together with one reef in the mainsail. We sailed round to Evans Bay... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Murray, Anastasia, Paul, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the morning, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon and 20 knots in the evening. Anastasia and John joined me at Chaffers and after rigging the sheets etc we cast off at 1100 hrs. With John on helm we hoisted... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Murray, Peter, Anastasia, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. HW 1611 hrs. At our berth at Chaffers I did some training with John who was new to Halo and then we cast off at around 1100 hrs doing some practice sailing with the light genoa no. 1... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Grant, Trey. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Fine. LW: 10:44 am HW: 17:04 pm. Another great day for sailing in Wellington. The course was announced as on-water start at Pania through to Somes west (5P) and return. 7.5Nm course length. Just the three of us on Halo: Grant on helm with me and Trey... Continue Reading →

Crew: Geoff, Murray, Frances. Forecast: S 20 kts gusting 30 kts late morning, easing to 10 kts this evening. Murray and I cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1115 hrs and motored round to Evans Bay with around 15 kts southerly. We rigged up the small no. 3 jib considering the Metservice forecast and being... Continue Reading →