Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Eduardo, Martin and Mariela. Forecast: Northeast 10 knots, turning northerly 10 knots late morning, rising to 15 knots early afternoon. Sea slight. Fine. We entered Halo in the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Commodore's and Ambassadors invitation Race. It was to be a big fleet with 24 keel-boats participating. Each boat would... Continue Reading →
Crew: Malcolm, Murray, Marion and Geoff. Forecast: Variable 5 knots in the morning. Northerly 15 knots developing in the afternoon. Fine. With Geoff and Malcolm on board we departed Chaffers at 1025 hrs. The wind was under 5 kts but forecast to increase to a nice breeze for the race. Another beautiful Wellington day for... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Grant, Murray, Anastasia. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots easing to 15 knots late morning, to 10 knots early afternoon, and to variable 5 knots early evening. This was Halo's first race for a while as Geoff and Graciela had been away on holiday in Mexico and Chile for the last six weeks. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Nina, Trey, Eduardo, Peter, Vivien. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, easing to southerly 10 knots but southeast 15 knots about the south coast this evening. Sea slight. Lovely evening for our first race of 2022. The RPNYC Rum Race was to start at 1815 hrs and announced as course #23 which is to Shoal... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Grant. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots in the evening. As we prepared the boat at the Chaffers Marina berth the northerly was varying from 12 to 20 kts so we held off deciding on which headsail to use and cast off at 1130 hrs to sail with just the mainsail... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Eduardo, Grant, Murray. Forecast: Northwest 20 knots gusting 30 knots. Easing to northwest 15 knots in the afternoon. Changing southerly 15 knots everywhere late afternoon. High tide 11.30 am. We cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1135 hrs. The wind was around 15 kts with gusts up to 30 kts but was... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Juliet, Vivien, Trey. Forecast: Southeast 10 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, easing to variable 5 knots but southeast 10 knots in the south this evening. Sea becoming moderate for a time this afternoon. On the spur of the moment we decided to enter in the Tuesday Twilight Sail for... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Albrecht, Grant, Lorna, Geoff. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots but southeast 20 knots about the south coast, rising to southerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots everywhere this morning, easing to 10 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough for a time morning until evening. Mostly cloudy, with fair visibility in a few showers. Low tide... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Grant, Nina, Trey. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing for a time afternoon about the South Coast. Northerly 10 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Fine with increasing high cloud. Low tide 1405 hrs. This Saturday was the first in the EBYMBC series of 'The Wash House' Spring Sailing races.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Juliet, Martin, Trey. Forecast: Northwest 20 knots, easing to 15 knots this morning. Changing southerly 20 knots this afternoon. Moderate sea easing. Fine to start. Fair visibility in showers from afternoon, possibly heavy. Geoff attended the RPNYC opening day celebration on the deck of the Port Nick clubhouse. Met up with new... Continue Reading →
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