Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jaime, Juliet, Juliette, Alex. PW Forecast: N 7-14 kts gusts up to 16 kts. A lovely winter's day for some 'champagne sailing' in the RPNYC Winter Series Race. We all met up on Halo and prepped the boat with spinnaker sheets and our big no. 1 genoa. Juliette's friend Alex from France... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Jamie, Juliet. Forecast: SE 7-11 kts. John, Jamie and I cast off from Chaffers and with the No. 1 HW genoa hoisted did some practice tacks as we sailed round to Evans Bay. We tied up to the poles by the slipway facing into the southerly breeze next to Tamerlane. Juliet... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Jamie, Juliette. Forecast: N 10 this morning changing S 15 kts late afternoon. A glorious winter's day for sailing! After prepping the boat we cast off at 1116 hrs and did some practice tacks with our repaired heavy no. 1 genoa and full main. The northerly was about 10 kts but... Continue Reading →
The Te Ākautangi Matariki Festival is jointly run by Tai Tonga 41 Outrigger Canoe Club and Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club with over 50 boats of all types and sizes registered for the event. Thursday - Deliver Halo to Evans Bay Marina As the regatta would take in three days of events we decided... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Jamie, Juliette. Forecast: Predictwind NE 6-14 kts, Metservice: NE 10 kts easing to variable 5 kts this evening. Last week's EBYMBC Barton Marine Winter Series race was cancelled due to too much wind. The RPNYC Fully Crewed Waitoa Winter Series runs on alternate weekends. Signing on for both clubs' winter series... Continue Reading →
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 →
A wonderful weekend of yacht racing and socialising organised by the Lowry Bay Yacht Club. Wellington turned on two days of glorious sunshine and light breezes (a bit too light at times). Marion did a great job organising Halo's all-women (apart from me) crew and a thoroughly enjoyable time was had by all. Friday After... 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 →
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