Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Albrecht. Forecast: Southeast 15 knots, but 10 knots in the harbour. Becoming variable 5 knots everywhere this evening. Sea slight. Fine. Low tide 1153 hrs. With the light winds predicted we rigged up the No. 1 Light Genoa and prepared the Maxi Spinnaker. Geoff and Eduardo sailed round to Evans Bay and... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Night Race 12 March 2021
Crew: Geoff, Bruno, Eduardo. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots, but 15 knots about the harbour. Becoming southeast 15 knots but 10 knots in the harbour this evening. Moderate sea easing. High tide: 1708 hrs, Low tide 2317 hrs. After doing a safety briefing with Bruno (first time on Halo) and fitting a MOB light on his... Continue Reading →
RPNYC Rum Race – 26 Feb 2021
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Murray, Juliet, Mark. Forecast: Today: Variable 5 knots but southerly 10 knots about the south coast. Becoming variable 5 knots everywhere this evening. Sea slight. Poor visibility in morning drizzle, clearing then fine. Very light conditions in the inner harbour today. Geoff, Mark and Kay went out for a training sail earlier in... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Marangi Cup – 13 Feb 2021
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Lorna. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing this morning, rising to 15 knots this afternoon. Sea slight. Fine. Low tide - 1340 hrs. We cast off from Chaffers at 1100 hrs. Hoisted the No. 1 Light Genoa and Mainsail to sail across to Point Jenningham and then rigged up the spinnaker... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Waitangi Day 8 Feb 2021 – Win for Halo!
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Murray, Lorrna, Silvia. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots rising to 20 knots in the morning. Sea becoming moderate. Morning and evening cloud otherwise fine. We all met at Chaffers and after safety briefing for new crew we cast off a 1100 hrs. The northerly was averaging around 18 kts with gusts around 25 kts... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Shiralee Cup – 30 Jan 2021
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, John, Juliet, Hamish. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast. Becoming southerly 15 knots but southeast 20 knots about the south coast this afternoon, and variable 5 knots everywhere this evening. Rough sea about the south coast, easing this afternoon. Chance of a morning shower, otherwise... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Kelvin Hopkins Memorial Trophy – 28 November 2020
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Albrecht, Murray P, Tina. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots. Becoming northerly 20 knots this afternoon, rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough this evening. Fair visibility in showers, clearing to fine this morning. Becoming cloudy this evening. High tide 1632 hrs. The forecast was indicating a narrow window... Continue Reading →
RPNYC Rum Race – 20 Nov 2020
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Juliet. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots rising to 20 knots this afternoon. Sea becoming moderate this afternoon. Fine spells. We cast off from Chaffers at 1735 hrs with the wind blowing 15 kts northerly and rigged up the No. 3 Jib and full main. Positions were Murray on helm, Eduardo and Juliet... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Commodore’s Cup – 7 Nov 2020
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Peter, Lorna, Albrecht, Alison. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 20 knots this morning, easing to 10 knots this evening. Sea becoming moderate for a time during the day. Peter and Grant joined Geoff on Halo and we departed Chaffers at 1037 hrs. With the northerly blowing at 15-18 kts we hoisted the... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Holmes Cup – 17 Oct 2020
Crew: Geoff, Bruce, Nikolas, Lorna, Martin and Petra. Today: Southerly 15 knots, easing to 10 knots this afternoon and to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Fair visibility in occasional showers, clearing this afternoon. Departed Chaffers Marina at 1105 hrs with Geoff, Bruce and Nikolas on board. With wind averaging 14 kts southerly we decided... Continue Reading →