Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Our first race for Halo! "Pub to Club" Race. Days Bay Pavilion to Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club.Crew: Peter, Eduardo, Jim, Murray, Helen, GeoffForecast: Variable light winds, fine day.We motored across the harbour to Days Bay (due to almost zero wind) and rafted up at the jetty with Coriander and Temptation. Did the crew... Continue Reading →
Marine Forecast; Northerlies 5-10 kts, fine.Crew: Geoff After doing some maintenance on the winch, cast off from Chaffers at 1235 hrs and hoisted the Main and No. 3 Genoa. (Would have used No. 1 by was being cautious due to sailing single-handed). A nice breeze and beautiful fine day so navigated around north of Somes... Continue Reading →
Crew: Sandra, Eduardo, Javiera, Graciela, Isabelle, Geoff Marine Forecast: Fine, 5 knots variable southerly winds Departed Chaffers Marina at 1230 hrs and sailed across Wellington Harbour with No. 1 Genoa and full Mainsail. Southerly was a steady 10-12 knots which gave us speeds of around 6 knots with Javi doing a great job on helm!... Continue Reading →
Wired in two Blue Sea Systems Mini OLED Ammeters into the control panel and the supplied shunts wired into negative circuit of each of the House 1 and House 2 batteries. Updated Electrical Diagram in Specs.
Crew: Geoff Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Fine. Took Halo out to sea trial the readjusted stuffing box. Previously dripping once per second when stationary. Tried various adjustments to find the optimum point of between too tight (where it overheats) and too loose when it floods with... Continue Reading →
Added 100A circuit breaker to House 1 battery to provide additional protection. Previously the Capstan Winch was connected direct to the battery with no short circuit protection.Also updated Halo Electrical Diagram (attached to Specifications page).
Crew: Jenny, Jono, Isabelle, Graciela, Geoff Forecast: 5 kts southerlyBeautiful evening in Wellington so decided to have fish and chips dinner on Halo. Dropped the anchor in Oriental Bay and had our dinner. Lots of swimmers and kayakers around the place. Watched the start of the RPNYC Rum Race at 1800 hrs but looked like... Continue Reading →
Crew: Joanna, Graciela, Geoff Marine Forecast: Variable 5 knots, becoming southerly 10 knots about the south coast for a time this afternoon. Sea slight. Fine spells. Departed Chaffers at 1033 hrs. Winds almost non-existent to start with so we motored with the Mainsail to Pt Jerningham where we started getting some of the southerly and... Continue Reading →
I finally got to the the bottom of the Isotherm fridge temperature not regulating properly on Halo. I discovered, with the help of Sean on the phone from Fridgetech, that the thermostat was the wrong type. A previous owner of Halo must have replaced it at some stage with a model with a sensor which needs to be... Continue Reading →
Crew: Sandra, Cecilia, Vaite, Auntie Helen, Graciela, Geoff Wellington Marine Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, turning northerly 10 knots late afternoon, rising to 20 knots late evening We all met on Halo at Chaffers at 10.30am. Wind was almost non-existent so we prepared the No. 1 LT Genoa and after safety briefing we departed Chaffers Marina... Continue Reading →
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