Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Eduardo, Paul, Murray, Geoff Metservice Marine Forecast: "Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots for a time late morning and afternoon. Fine." Eduardo and Geoff sailed round to Evans Bay where we tied up at the dock and met up the rest of our crew, Paul and Murray, and signed on for the race. Noted down the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Murray, Paul, Geoff Met Service Forecast : Northwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots rising to 30 knots gusting 40 knots in the morning, then easing to 20 knots early afternoon. Northwest rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots again in the evening. Rough sea, easing for a time in the afternoon. Poor visibility... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Paul, Murray, Geoff. Marine Forecast: Southerly easing to 10 knots this morning and to variable 5 knots this afternoon.Departed Chaffers at 1119 hrs. No wind in sight yet as we motored round to Evans Bay and tied up at club jetty at 1156 hrs.Quick lunch and race sign-on in the club house... Continue Reading →
Crew: Lee, Graciela, Geoff. Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. Left Chaffers Marina at 1144 hrs. Hoisted mainsail and No.1 LT Genoa and sailed on a port tack with Lee on the helm across to Point Halswell at around 6 kts. Graciela spotted some nice blue penguins! Did a... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Geoff Marine Forecast: Northeast 20 knots. Rain developing. Today was meant to be race 2 in the EBYMBC Winter Series but was cancelled due to lack of boats. The weather put them off. Wind reading at 9am this morning was 10 kts in Chaffers and 15 kts at Wellington Airport so we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Paul, Helen, Graciela, Geoff. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots for a time late morning and afternoon. Our plan for our first real race for Halo was: 11.00 Assemble at Halo at Chaffers Marina11.15 Depart to sail round to Evans Bay and tie up at the dock next to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Paul Jennings, Geoff Marine Forecast: Southeast 15 knots but 10 knots about the Harbour, becoming southerly 10 knots everywhere this afternoon, then easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy. Following Geoff's birthday morning tea we went down to Halo about 1300 hrs and motored round to Evans Bay where we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Sandra, Murray, Geoff Marine Forecast: Light northerlies changing to strong southerlies in the evening. Departed Chaffers Marina at 1200 hrs with Mainsail and No.1 Genoa and almost no wind. Headed north slowly towards Somes island. Had lunch on the way. Thanks Sandra for the great quiche! At 1330 hrs hoisted the spinnaker.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Peter Marine forecast: Northerly 10 knots, changing southerly 10 knots this evening. Sea slight. Left Chaffers at 1030 hrs with full Mainsail and No. 3 Genoa and tacked up towards Ngauranga Gorge. Geoff inadvertently dropped the binoculars case over the side so we took advantage to practice our MOB procedure! Peter quickly... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Paul, GeoffMotored Halo round to Evans Bay Quickslip for hull inspection, clean, and zinc anode replacement.Gave the hull a wash with soft brush. Removed the Speed Log Paddle Wheel unit and cleaned inside the shaft where the big algae was growing. Explains why it wasn't working even though the wheel itself had been cleaned... Continue Reading →
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