Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
Crew: Peter, Caroline, Mark, Jane, Geoff and Graciela, Today: Variable 5 knots in the morning. Southerly 10 knots developing about midday then rising to 15 knots in the afternoon. Peter and Caroline's friends, Mark and Jane, were visiting Wellington so we took the opportunity to take them out for a harbour cruise. Mark has sailed on... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Anastasia, Murray. Forecast: On Friday the Metservice was forecasting Southerly 20 knots gusting 30 knots but on Saturday morning thankfully they downgraded it to Southerly 15 kts so the race was on! We all met at Chaffers and after showing off to the crew Halo's new engine exhaust pipe and diesel heater... Continue Reading →
I decided that we needed to get a heater for Halo after some rather cold nights while cruising outside the summer season. After looking at other boats and talking with boat owners it seemed a 2KW diesel powered unit was the way to go. I ordered a Chinese knock-off unit through AliExpress. OK there would... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Patricia, Malcolm, Meredith. Forecast: Variable 5 knots, northerly 10 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Following the terrible storms of Cyclone Gabrielle up north the previous week, Wellington harbour woke on Saturday morning to almost flat calm conditions but dirty brown water. With just enough breeze for racing we cast off... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Anastasia, Murray, Malcolm, Patricia, Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing for a time in the afternoon. High tide 1000 hrs. Saturday was looking like another great 'champagne sailing' day. All the crew met at Chaffers and after rigging the light Genoa No. 1 and setting up the spinnaker sheets and gybe... Continue Reading →
Crew: Grant, Nina, Anastasia, Patricia, Geoff. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots this morning. Low tide 1100 hrs. We cast off from the berth at Chaffers Marina at 1108 hrs and hoisted the mainsail with #1 reef and the No. 2 Jib. We did some practise sailing around to Evans Bay before tying... 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 →
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