Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Jason, Eduardo, Abrecht, Lorna. Metservice Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this morning, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots early this evening. Winds 5 knots lighter in the harbour from morning. Sea becoming rough out of the harbour early evening. Becoming cloudy. We cast off from Chaffers at 1007 hrs. Hoisted... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Juscinta, Albrecht, Lorna. Forecast: Northerly 20 knots, changing southerly 30 knots gusting 40 knots late afternoon or early evening. Southerly easing to 25 knots gusting 35 knots late evening. Sea becoming rough early evening. Mainly fine, poor visibility in heavy showers from late afternoon. We cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1040... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jason.Forecast: Southerly 15 kts easing to 10 kts.Our first Rum Race for Halo. We cast off from the berth at 1728 hrs to allow plenty of time to test the mainsail which we had removed that week for repairs to the sail cover. With wind reading from 16 to 20 knots we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Murray, Lorna, Eduardo, Malcolm. Wednesday 4 MarchGeoff and Ken attended the 24 Hour Race First Skippers’ briefing at 1930 on Wednesday 4 March at LBYC. Race director Theo Muller welcomed us and introduced Race Officer Bob Rowell and Brent Porter who gave us lots of instructions about the course, weather limits, boat... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Ken. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots, easing to 10 knots this evening. Moderate sea, easing this evening. Fine.RaceQS Replay: http://raceQs.com/event/1039337
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Eduardo. Metservice Forecast: Northerly easing to 20 knots in the morning. Changing southerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Sea rough at times. Fair visibility in morning rain and poor visibility in evening showers. Ken, Eduardo and Geoff sailed round to Evans Bay and tied up at the Slipway pole. White Cavalier tied... Continue Reading →
Grew: Geoff, Malcolm, Ken, Murray. Forecast: Variable 5 knots, becoming southerly 10 knots late morning, turning northerly 10 knots late afternoon or early evening. Sea slight.Increasing high cloud.Geoff and Malcolm departed Chaffers Marina at 1045 hrs. Wind was very light 5 kts southerly and we motor-sailed round to Evans Bay with just the mainsail up. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Malcolm, James, Emily and Jackie.Forecast: Northerly 15 knots rising to 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast early morning. Changing southerly 15 knots around midday, rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots for a time in the afternoon. Sea becoming rough at times. Fine at first, then fair... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Ken, Thomas. Forecast: Northerly 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast, easing to 20 knots everywhere in the afternoon. Rough sea about the south coast, easing afternoon. Fine, apart from morning and evening cloud.Geoff and Peter joined Halo at Chaffers and we cast off at 1035 hrs to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Allison, Albrecht, Ken and Seamus. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods this morning with possible fog, mainly about the south coast, otherwise fine.Geoff and Albrecht sailed Halo round to Evans Bay departing Chaffers Marina at 1040 hrs. Wind was around 15 kts and with Albrecht on... Continue Reading →
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