Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Anastasia, Murray. Forecast: Southerly 25 kts gusting 35 kts easing to 20 kts afternoon. In the morning before the race Murray and I went to the Port Nick clubrooms where the official Opening Day ceremony was held. The guest speaker was former elite yachtsman Mark Orams who gave a thought provoking presentation... Continue Reading →
Crew: Marion, Anastasia, Meredith, Patricia, Katherine, Geoff. The 2023 Evolution Sails Women’s Regatta was hosted by Waikawa Boating Club Friday 15th to Sunday 17th Sept. Attended by 250 women from all over NZ, the vast majority from outside Marlborough. Day 1 - Friday Halo was back in the Waikawa Marina berth after the previous few... Continue Reading →
Crew: Grant, Yarin, Murray, Meredith, Louise and Geoff. Forecast: Metservice: Northerly 10 knots developing in the morning then rising to 20 knots in the afternoon. PredictWind: N 10 knots increasing to 12 knots. Gusts up to 17 knots. Wellington turned on another beautiful day for the final race of the Barton Marine Winter Series. Grant and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Anastasia, Murray, Vivien, Colin. Forecast: N 10 knots, rising to NW 15 knots around midday. Vivien and Anastasia met me on Halo at Chaffers and after rigging the sheets we cast off from our berth at 1038 hrs. The northerly was around 15 kts with some gusts up to 20 kts at times... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Anastasia, Murray, Meredith, Yareen. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northeast 10 knots developing this morning, then turning northerly 10 knots around midday. HW 1325 hrs. A beautiful calm morning for sailing! Anastasia took the helm as we cast off from Chaffers at 1035 hrs. I rigged up the No. 1 light genoa and shook out... Continue Reading →
Matariki Day, also known as the Māori New Year, is a public holiday in New Zealand, timed with the first rising of the Pleiades star cluster. The Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club pays homage to Tāwhirimātea, the god of wind and weather, with a mid-winter three-day sailing regatta. Day 1 and 3 are traditional... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Anastasia, Louise, Jason, Vivien. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing in the morning, rising to southeast 15 knots about the south coast in the afternoon. Vivien, Anastasia and Jason joined me on Halo at Chaffers and we cast off at 1030 hrs to head around to Evans Bay. The southerly was... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Paul, Louise, Anastasia, Murray. Forecast: Variable 5 kts. We cast off from Chaffers just after 11 am and sailed round to Pt Jerningham in a nice 10 kts north-easterly breeze. As we entered Evans Bay, however, the wind died out and even turned to a light southerly as we tied up at... Continue Reading →
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