Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Grant, Murray, Ken Metservice Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing this afternoon, turning northerly 10 knots this evening, and rising to 15 knots overnight. Sea slight. Fine weather. We departed Chaffers Marina at 1010 hrs with the No. 1 LT Genoa rigged and motor-sailed round to Evans Bay. Race Officer... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Lorna Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing late afternoon, gradually rising to 20 knots gusting 30 knots this evening. Sea becoming moderate this evening. Cloudy, with fair visibility in patchy drizzle. EBYMBC advised by text at 10am that "the Cruising Division race this Saturday will be held in... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graham, Bruce, Paul, Deneen, JeremyMarine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing this morning easing to 10 knots this evening. Sea slight, Mainly fine.This combined inter-club race is a staggered harbour pursuit race with boats starting form between 12:00 and 13:45. Halo's start time was set at 12:25.We set off from Chaffers... Continue Reading →
We flew to Nelson from Wellington and arrived at Halo in the Nelson Marina to discover the 12 volt house batteries were completely dead as a result of the stereo being left on plus the solar panel (and the whole boat) being covered in a thin layer of ash from the recent Nelson bush fires.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Graciela. Forecast: Wellington Marine: Northerly 15 knots. Rising to northerly 20 knots gusting 30 knots by late morning, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots about the south coast this afternoon. Morning cloud, then fine spells. NIL warning for COOK. We had a couple of relaxing days in Picton during which Geoff... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela. 18 February - Catherine Cove to Ship Cove Forecast: Southerly 18 kts easing to south-westerly 15 kts. We woke up in the morning at Catherine Cove to the wind and choppy sea which hadn't abated from last night. Rather than row the dinghy ashore we called the Wilderness Lodge and told them... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff & Graciela. Forecast: Northerly 10 to 15 kts rising to 20 kts in the afternoon. The previous night after stocking up on provisions at the supermarket in Motueka, Geoff had a chat with the local secretary of the yachting club about our plans to sail across Tasman Bay and transit French Pass. One... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Graciela. Sailing Nelson to Motueka 11 Feb 2019 We flew to Nelson from Wellington and arrived at Halo in the Nelson Marina to discover the 12 volt house batteries were completely dead as a result of the stereo being left on (oops) plus the whole boat including solar panel being covered in... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Tunch, Eduardo, Pien. "Have you ever done the Nelson Regatta?" Tunch asked me back in November last year. No, I hadn't but I'm always up for new challenges for Halo so I looked into it. The Nelson Regatta is an annual event run by the Tasman Bay Cruising Club which includes an overnight anchorage in... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Tunch, Jim. This was a Rum Race warm-up before the start of the Nelson Regatta and as Jim agreed to join us we decided it would be a good experience. We attended the race briefing at 1630 hrs and were given race instructions which to us out-of-towners were a bit confusing. Especially when... Continue Reading →
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