Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Martin, Roman. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, rising to 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the south around midday. Sea becoming rough about the south coast around midday. Partly cloudy.High tide: 1407 hrs This is the second race in the Interclub Series... Continue Reading →
Grew: Geoff, Grant, Albrecht, Eduardo, Nina. Forecast: Northwest 15 knots changing southerly 20 knots this afternoon, then easing to 15 knots this evening. Sea becoming moderate for a time. A few afternoon showers, then poor visibility in evening rain. We departed Chaffers Marina at 1230 hrs to give us plenty of time to sail the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Jason, Nina, Murray, Corrinna. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots. Sea slight. Fine. It was forecast to be a beautiful spring day in Wellington. A perfect opportunity to blow the cobwebs out of Halo (being a month since our last sail due to Covid lockdown) and to have a fun cruise around Wellington Harbour. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Murray, Peter, Albrecht, Eduardo. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots rising to northwest 15 knots in the afternoon and to 20 knots gusting 30 knots in the evening. Sea becoming moderate in the evening. Fine. Another glorious day for sailing in the Barton Marine Winter Series! It was an early start due to the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Grant, Nina. Forecast: Variable 5 knots, becoming southerly 10 knots for a time this afternoon. Sea slight. Fine. Another stunning winter's day in Wellington for Race 3 for the Barton Marine Winter Series. Start time for all boats was 1045 hrs. Start - Mark 15 off Pt Halswell - Mark 8 off... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Grant, Jim, Nina. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots for a time in the morning. Sea slight. Fine. HW 1200 hrs. A bloody great day to go sailing! With Geoff, Grant and Jim on board we cast off from Chaffers Marina at 0900 hrs. The northerly was forecast to pick... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Eduardo, Grant, Albrecht, Murray. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots. Becoming southeast 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast this morning. Moderate sea, easing in the harbour in the morning. Cloudy with fair visibility in periods of rain developing late morning. High tide: 1133 hrs. Our first race of the EBYMBC Winter Series... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Eduardo, Grant. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots. Changing southerly 10 knots later this afternoon, rising to 15 knots in the evening. Sea slight. Partly cloudy. We met at Chaffers at 1000 hrs for a harbour sail to shake out any gremlins in the boat and crew 🙂 in preparation for the the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle, Max. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Sea smooth. Morning cloud then fine. Another family sailing adventure just two days before Max's 4th birthday. Max started the engine and we cast off from Chaffers marina at 1100 hrs. Once we left the shelter of Lambton Harbour we took advantage of the light... Continue Reading →
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