Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Paul, Bex. Forecast: Southeast 30 knots gusting 40 knots but 20 knots gusting 30 knots about the harbour easing to 20 knots gusting 30 knots but 15 knots about the Harbour during the evening. Rough sea about the south coast, easing this evening. This Saturday's race to Island Bay was organised by RPNYC and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Paul, Danielle, Dougal, JessieForecast : Southeast 15 knots but variable 5 knots about the Harbour. Becoming southeast 20 knots but 15 knots about the Harbour this morning. Sea becoming moderate in the south this morning. A fine morning, then increasing cloud.First of 2 races was due to start at 1320 hrs. Geoff,... Continue Reading →
Crew: Murray, Eduardo, Paul, Geoff. Met Service Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots for a time this afternoon and evening.Sea slight. Mostly cloudy, a few light showers. Our first Interclub Series race for Halo and quite a different experience with 44 boats out on the water! Murray and Geoff left from Chaffers at 1046... Continue Reading →
Crew: Eduardo, Paul, Murray, Geoff Metservice Marine Forecast: "Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots for a time late morning and afternoon. Fine." Eduardo and Geoff sailed round to Evans Bay where we tied up at the dock and met up the rest of our crew, Paul and Murray, and signed on for the race. Noted down the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Murray, Paul, Geoff Met Service Forecast : Northwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots rising to 30 knots gusting 40 knots in the morning, then easing to 20 knots early afternoon. Northwest rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots again in the evening. Rough sea, easing for a time in the afternoon. Poor visibility... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Paul, Murray, Geoff. Marine Forecast: Southerly easing to 10 knots this morning and to variable 5 knots this afternoon.Departed Chaffers at 1119 hrs. No wind in sight yet as we motored round to Evans Bay and tied up at club jetty at 1156 hrs.Quick lunch and race sign-on in the club house... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Geoff Marine Forecast: Northeast 20 knots. Rain developing. Today was meant to be race 2 in the EBYMBC Winter Series but was cancelled due to lack of boats. The weather put them off. Wind reading at 9am this morning was 10 kts in Chaffers and 15 kts at Wellington Airport so we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Paul, Helen, Graciela, Geoff. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots for a time late morning and afternoon. Our plan for our first real race for Halo was: 11.00 Assemble at Halo at Chaffers Marina11.15 Depart to sail round to Evans Bay and tie up at the dock next to... Continue Reading →
Our first race for Halo! "Pub to Club" Race. Days Bay Pavilion to Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club.Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Jim, Murray, Helen, GeoffForecast: Variable light winds, fine day.We motored across the harbour to Days Bay (due to almost zero wind) and rafted up at the jetty with Coriander and Temptation. Did the crew... Continue Reading →
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