Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Grant, Eduardo. Forecast: Light northerly to start picking up during the race. 15-20 ktsWe had sailed Halo across Cook Strait to Waikawa the previous day (Thursday 30 Nov) and berthed in the Waikawa Marina for the night. At 7pm the Waikawa Boating Club held the pre-race briefing at the clubrooms. Very well organised... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Grant. We decided to do the Cook Strait crossing on Thursday 30th Nov for the Wineworks Race on Friday as forecasts were all consistent in predicting a perfect dying southerly for Cook. Forecast Cook: Southerly 5 knots easing to variable 10 knots this evening. Sea slight. Southerly swell rising to 1 metre. Poor... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Murray, Geoff. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots easing to 15 knots late this evening. Moderate sea, easing late this evening. Mostly cloudy, with light drizzle possible this evening. Peter and Geoff sailed round to Evans Bay where we signed on for the race and got the course instructions: S - Ngauranga 4 (S) - Ward... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Paul, Bex. Forecast: Southeast 30 knots gusting 40 knots but 20 knots gusting 30 knots about the harbour easing to 20 knots gusting 30 knots but 15 knots about the Harbour during the evening. Rough sea about the south coast, easing this evening. This Saturday's race to Island Bay was organised by RPNYC and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Paul, Danielle, Dougal, JessieForecast : Southeast 15 knots but variable 5 knots about the Harbour. Becoming southeast 20 knots but 15 knots about the Harbour this morning. Sea becoming moderate in the south this morning. A fine morning, then increasing cloud.First of 2 races was due to start at 1320 hrs. Geoff,... Continue Reading →
Crew: Murray, Eduardo, Paul, Geoff. Met Service Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots for a time this afternoon and evening.Sea slight. Mostly cloudy, a few light showers. Our first Interclub Series race for Halo and quite a different experience with 44 boats out on the water! Murray and Geoff left from Chaffers at 1046... Continue Reading →
Travis from TS Marine came down and carried out the yearly Nanni engine inspection and service as per check sheet below. Included replacement of Engine oil, Racor filter, Fuel filter, Oil filter and Nanni engine anode.After the service we checked the engine one last time and found it wouldn't start. In fact the control panel was totally dead. Travis eventually... Continue Reading →
Crew: Eduardo, Marco, Agustín (Snr), Agustín (Jnr), Geoff Weather: Northerly 15-20 knots Rigged up the No. 3 Headsail and departed from Chaffers Marina at 1037 hrs. We made our way across the harbour with around 16 kts northerly wind. Marco did a great job on helm on a close reach with good speed up to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff Delivery of Halo to Evans Bay slipway to complete Cat 3 Certification test by Kim McMorran as well as hull washdown and zinc anode replacement. Tuesday - Chaffers Marina to Evans BayForecast: 10 knots northwestCalm conditions for single-handed motoring from Chaffers to Evans Bay. Only difficulty was when leaving marina berth the boat... Continue Reading →
As a requirement for the Wineworks Cook Strait Race we needed to obtain Category 3 Certification. I assumed Halo had previously been Cat 2 certified by the previous owner for the Round North Island Race in 2010, and wasn't anticipating too much difficulty. However after reading the 157 pages of the YNZ Safety Regulations and speaking with the Kim... Continue Reading →
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