Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
A pre-Christmas family holiday in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds with Jenny, Jono and our wonderful grandchildren Isabelle (9) and Max (7). Halo is too small for all of us to sleep on, so we used the boat as a water taxi and stayed in land-based accommodation at each location. Sunday 15th December - Picton to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jim. Forecast: Light northerly early turning to southerly increasing to 20 kts later. Wellington HW 0932 hrs 1.7 m. We needed to deliver Halo across to Queen Charlotte Sound in preparation for our family holiday next week. Jim, who lives in Nelson, was visiting Wellington so we offered him to join us... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John. Forecast: S 11-15 kts, gusts up to 18 kts (Predictwind). John met me on Halo at Chaffers and after preparing the boat we cast off at 1120 hrs. The wind was already gusting up to 25 kts as we sailed round to Evans Bay with the small no. 3 jib mainsail... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, John. Forecast: Predictwind said: Southerly 3-15 kts, which proved to be spot-on. Peter joined me on Halo at Chaffers Marina and after rigging the boat we cast off at 1130 hrs. The wind was negligible but we hoisted the mainsail to shake out the wrinkles and the reef we used on our... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Tunch, Jamie, Leah, Funny, Sophie, Mavis. Forecast: Southerly 20 kts gusting 30 kts easing to 15 kts in the afternoon. The RPNYC joined with the Turkish Embassy to celebrate the anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye. Each boat would have guests from the Turkish community aboard. My sailing buddy Tunch who is Turkish and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Funny, Leah. The forecast was looking good for sailing back to Wellington the Sunday after completing the Waikawa Women's Regatta. Variable 10 kts in the morning, developing 15 kts northerly in the evening. After checking the tide tables I used OpenCPN to put together a route plan: Waikawa to Wgtn 2024 -... Continue Reading →
Crew: Marion, Funny, Leah, Helen, Juliet, Geoff. Thursday 12th September Bit of a disaster on the last day of cruising The Sounds. I dropped my phone over the side! Quite an unsettling feeling having no means of communication. I needed to get a replacement phone ASAP. Warren and Lyn Rankin, who have their car (and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, John, Jamie. 6 Sept - Ngaruru to Picton After a restful night in Ngaruru Bay after our Cook Strait crossing yesterday, we said our goodbyes to the Grenadier and Tamerlane crews and headed off to Picton. Ngaruru to Picton - 12 Nautical Miles I had made a call to Mark at Picton Marina.... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jamie, John. Forecast: PW - NW 8 kts increasing to 13 kts. MetService: N 10 kts. The Plan The plan is to sail across Cook Strait in company with Grenadier and Tamerlane to be in Waikawa for the Women's Regatta the next week. After monitoring the forecasts over the past few days... Continue Reading →
Hull Washdown Before sailing over to the Marlborough Sounds we had to wash down the hull. The Waikawa and Picton marina biosecurity rules require: All vessels to have been antifouled in the last six months, or lifted and washed in the last month. On 28th August I motored Halo round to the Evans Bay yard and Sven hoisted the... Continue Reading →
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