Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
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, Tunch, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. Wellington high tide at 16:42. The Island Bay race was to be a staggered start with Halo's time set for 1035 hrs. We met up at Chaffers Marina and started preparing the boat. Due to the 1-2 kts of... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Ildomar. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts according to the Metservice with Predictwind saying 5 kts. A lovely evening for a sail! We didn't enter Halo in the full four-day RPNYC regatta program but were happy to participate in their pre-regatta invitation race. After preparing the boat Murray and I wandered over to... 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, 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, 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: Geoff, Peter, Hugo, Anastasia, Nina, Grant and Murray. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots easing to variable 5 knots everywhere this evening. Sea slight. Fine. We cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1730 hrs in a beautiful evening and started rigging the No. 1 Heavy Genoa with full main. Positions were allocated, Peter on helm, Grant... Continue Reading →
The Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club is joining clubs and organisations around the world by running an event as part of the World Sailing Women's Sailing Festival. If a boat in the Rum Race has a woman on the helm for the race they will get a rum race result and a result for the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Anastasia, Patricia. Forecast: Northwest 15 knots, rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots for a time in the afternoon and early evening. Low tide 1355 hrs. On the morning of the race the forecasts weren't looking too good. On arrival at Chaffers at 9am it was already blowing hard with gusts over... Continue Reading →
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