Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Anastasia, Paul, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the morning, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon and 20 knots in the evening. Anastasia and John joined me at Chaffers and after rigging the sheets etc we cast off at 1100 hrs. With John on helm we hoisted... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Martin, Ole, Trey. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots in the morning, easing to variable 5 knots in the evening. HW 0933 hrs, LW 1609 hrs. Lovely day for sailing but the conditions weren't looking too promising for the Island Bay race with light breezes varying between zero and 3 kts. As we were... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Peter, Anastasia, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. HW 1611 hrs. At our berth at Chaffers I did some training with John who was new to Halo and then we cast off at around 1100 hrs doing some practice sailing with the light genoa no. 1... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Peter, Caroline, Tunch and Dilsad. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing early afternoon. The RPNYC joined with the Turkish Embassy to hold an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye. Each boat would have a guest from the Turkish community aboard. A course... Continue Reading →
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 →
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