Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Eduardo. Metservice Forecast: Northerly easing to 20 knots in the morning. Changing southerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Sea rough at times. Fair visibility in morning rain and poor visibility in evening showers. Ken, Eduardo and Geoff sailed round to Evans Bay and tied up at the Slipway pole. White Cavalier tied... Continue Reading →
Grew: Geoff, Malcolm, Ken, Murray. Forecast: Variable 5 knots, becoming southerly 10 knots late morning, turning northerly 10 knots late afternoon or early evening. Sea slight.Increasing high cloud.Geoff and Malcolm departed Chaffers Marina at 1045 hrs. Wind was very light 5 kts southerly and we motor-sailed round to Evans Bay with just the mainsail up. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jonathan, Kathy, Mark and Allison. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, easing to 10 knots everywhere late morning and to variable 5 knots around midday. Becoming southerly 10 knots this afternoon. Sea moderate about the south coast this morning. Fine apart from areas of cloud,morning and evening. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Malcolm, James, Emily and Jackie.Forecast: Northerly 15 knots rising to 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast early morning. Changing southerly 15 knots around midday, rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots for a time in the afternoon. Sea becoming rough at times. Fine at first, then fair... Continue Reading →
Peter and Geoff took Halo round to Evans Bay yard on Saturday 1 Feb. Water blasted the hull and applied new antifoul. International Ultra 2. Cleaned the topsides with acid wash. Peter did some paint touch-ups on the bow. Cleaned boarding ladder with Grunt. Replaced the 1" zinc anode on the prop shaft. Cleaned log... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Ken, Thomas. Forecast: Northerly 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast, easing to 20 knots everywhere in the afternoon. Rough sea about the south coast, easing afternoon. Fine, apart from morning and evening cloud.Geoff and Peter joined Halo at Chaffers and we cast off at 1035 hrs to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Allison, Albrecht, Ken and Seamus. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods this morning with possible fog, mainly about the south coast, otherwise fine.Geoff and Albrecht sailed Halo round to Evans Bay departing Chaffers Marina at 1040 hrs. Wind was around 15 kts and with Albrecht on... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Grant, Lorna, Murray. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this morning, to 20 knots gusting 30 knots early afternoon, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Sea becoming rough in the evening. Fine apart from morning cloud.Departed Chaffers at 1117 hrs and after hoisting the Mainsail and No.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Lorna, Colin. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots for a time this morning, then easing to 10 knots this afternoon and to variable 5 knots this evening. In 1925 the United States Pacific Fleet came to Wellington on a goodwill visit and enjoyed the EBYMBC dances so much they presented an... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Lorna, Juliet. Forecast: Northwest 15 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast. Easing to variable 5 knots in the south late morning, then becoming northwest 20 knots everywhere early afternoon, and rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the south coast late afternoon. Sea rough at times... Continue Reading →
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