Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew : Geoff and Tunch. While resting in Nelson and after Peter had returned to Wellington, Tunch mentioned he was keen to take a bus trip to Motueka to visit a friend who has a Kebab shop there. Why don't we sail there Geoff suggested! We did a route plan on OpenCPN and figured out... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Tunch. On our last night on the mooring in Catherine Cove the southerly started blowing into bay and we rocked and rolled all night. The forecast was for the wind to change to a northerly and then die out in Nelson so we departed early at 6 am, skipping breakfast, and started... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Tunch. Metservice Forecast: COOK - Southeast easing to 15 knots Saturday morning. Turning northerly 15 knots late Saturday evening. Rough sea at times. Southerly swell 1 metre, developing. Cook Strait Sailing Instructions: Leave Wellington to arrive at Sinclair Head 1 hour before HW Wellington. You will then have a favourable tidal stream... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Tunch. Motored Halo round to Evans Bay Quick Slip. Hull wash down and replaced Zinc Anode.
I purchased a new XB-6000 AIS Class B Transponder manufactured by the New Zealand company, Vesper Marine. The install on Halo went well. The XB-6000 uses its own internal GPS antenna. For VHF reception and transmission we connected it to our existing backup VHF antenna which is attached to the push-pit of the boat. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Jono, Jenny, Isabelle, Max Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing for a time this afternoon and evening. Northerly 10 knots developing overnight. Sea slight. Fine.Our first sailing in 2019! With a perfect day for sailing forecast we left Chaffers Marina at 1422 hrs and hoisted the Main and No. 3 Jib. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Kerry, Sam, Josh, Nick and LucasForecast: Variable 5 knots, cloud clearing in the morning.We set off from Chaffers Marina at 1000 hrs with Mainsail and No. 3 Jib hoisted and set course for Mākaro-Ward Island. Wind was a stronger than forecasted getting up to 15 kts southerly once we passed Pt Halswell. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Tunch, Murray, Pien Marine Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots this morning. Northerly 15 knots developing this afternoon, and rising to 20 knots gusting 30 knots about the south coast this evening. Sea becoming moderate in the south this evening. Fair visibility in showers, clearing to long fine spells this... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Eduardo, Julie, Tunch Marine Forecast: Northerly 15 knots, but 20 knots gusting 30 knots at times about the south coast. Sea moderate at times about the south coast. Fine with high cloud.Early start leaving Chaffers at 0730 hrs and with Murray on helm and in breezy northerly (20+ kts) we motor-sailed across harbour arriving... Continue Reading →
The old Lewmar SuperHatch above the cabin has always leaked and seeing as it is no longer produced and there are no spares available, I looked around for a replacement. Found that the NZ manufacturer Cule Marine www.culemarine.co.nz produce a model CLW30 which was almost exact same size. Ordered it via Bartons Marine.After a bit of adjustment of the roof... Continue Reading →
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