Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
As a young lad I loved reading the Hornblower novels and always dreamed of adventures sailing the oceans on tall ships. So when the opportunity came up to join the Endeavour for the four day Picton to Wellington section of the Tuia 250 expedition around New Zealand, I signed up without a second thought. ... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Lucy. Forecast: Northerly 20 knots, easing to variable 5 knots by midday. Southerly 10 knots but 15 knots about the south coast developing for a time this afternoon and early evening. Becoming Northeast 10 knots developing tonight. Moderate sea, easing by midday. Fine. The 5 min warning for the start was late... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Murray, Grant. Forecast: Northerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots, but 20 knots gusting 30 knots in the harbour. Sea rough about the south coast. Cloudy with poor visibility in occasional drizzle. The Commodores Cup was a mark foy/pursuits style start where the slower boats start earlier and theoretically we all arrive at... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Lorna, Murray, Ken, Eduardo. Metservice Forecast: Northerly 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast. Rising to 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast this afternoon. We had to pull out of Friday's Wineworks race due to not being able to find a weather window to sail... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Murray, Peter, Robin Forecast: Northerly rising to 30 knots early morning easing to northwest 15 knots in the afternoon. Race day started out with the northerly winds initially dropping and then increasing again to 20-25 kts. We were expecting the race to be cancelled and Geoff and Robin delayed departing Chaffers. With... Continue Reading →
Annual service inspection by Travis at TS Marine Ltd as per manufacturer's recommendations:Run engine to temp checking charge rates gear shift and operation. Replace engine oil and filter replace fuel filters and bleed system.Check hose clamps, check gearbox oil level.Drain the gearbox oil and flush several times before setting level. Check start battery battery failed load test. Remove... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Ken, Brett. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots. Changing southerly 15 knots around midday. Sea slight. Fine spells, but chance of showers with southerly change. Peter met Geoff at Chaffers and to help with the delivery of Halo around to Evans Bay. We tied up at the slipway poles together with Rogue, Coriander and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Lorna, Emer, Paul and Ken Metservice Forecast: Southerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots easing to 15 knots this morning, and to 10 knots this afternoon. Northerly 10 knots developing this evening.Rough sea easing this morning. Fair visibility in morning showers then fine. Geoff, Eduardo, Lorna cast off from Chaffers at 1015 hrs... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Lorna, Eduardo, Emer. Metservice Forecast: Southeast 15 knots turning northerly 10 knots in the morning, rising to 20 knots in the afternoon rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough this evening. Poor visibility in showers,some heavy with possible thunderstorms. Lorna and Geoff departed Chaffers at 1015 hrs... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Lorna, Murray, Ken, Robert, Robin. First try-out of our new No. 2 Genoa made by Brett at Linton Sails. Metservice Forecast: Northerly rising to 15 knots late morning, then easing to 10 knots in the evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods. Wind was already up to 16 kts in Chaffers so we hanked up... Continue Reading →
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