Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Marcia, Hunter. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots. Sea slight. Marcia and Hunter are visiting us from the deep south (Manapouri) so we took the opportunity to take them out on Halo to experience some sailing and see Wellington from a different perspective. We cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1021 hrs. Graciela and... 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, Graciela, Paula and Eduard. Graciela and I were travelling to the UK to meet Aurelia, our brand new granddaughter and I decided to try out something I have wanted to do for ages, go sailing in Croatia. I researched the available charter companies, there's plenty of them, and eventually decided on Sail-Croatia which... 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 →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Malcom, Scott. After the excitement of the SailGP racing in Lyttleton we planned to sail back north on the Monday together with some of the other boats in the Island Cruising Association South Island Rally. This plan was thwarted however by a big weather system which came in bringing cold gale force... Continue Reading →
After our overnight sail to Pigeon Bay we spent more time exploring Whakaraupō Lyttelton and surrounds, filling in time before the SailGP event. We found Lyttelton to be a very pleasant place, good locally roasted coffee, locally brewed beer, friendly people and great weather. Hiking the Port Hills We met up with Allan Sutherland (whose... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Malcolm, Justin and Hamish. After sailing from Wellington to Lyttelton as part of the Island Cuising South Island Rally we were invited to join the Pigeon Bay Boating Club on their annual Lyttleton to Pigeon Bay race. We would stay there the night for the party and sail back to Lyttleton the next... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Murray, Malcolm. SailGP is coming to New Zealand this year with the big F50 cats racing in Lyttleton Harbour. When we heard that the Island Cruising Association was organising a rally of boats to sail there to watch the racing we jumped at the opportunity! Another Wellington boat Bellatrix, a Beale 33... Continue Reading →
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