Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Ildomar. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts according to the Metservice with Predictwind saying 5 kts. A lovely evening for a sail! We didn't enter Halo in the full four-day RPNYC regatta program but were happy to participate in their pre-regatta invitation race. After preparing the boat Murray and I wandered over to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Paul, John, Phil. Forecast: Northerly 15 kts rising to 20 kts. Our first race on Halo since the excitement of the Nelson Regatta. John and I cast off from Chaffers at 1100 hrs and hoisted the small no. 3 jib together with one reef in the mainsail. We sailed round to Evans Bay... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Tunch. Day 1 - Wednesday 24th Abel Coastal Forecast: SW easing to 10 kts becoming SW 20 in the evening. After the excitement of the Nelson Regatta we now needed to sail Halo back to Wellington. After verifying the forecast and tides I did a route plan on OpenCPN. I logged our... Continue Reading →
This was our second time doing the regatta in sunny Nelson. There were 35 boats registered for the regatta including four Wellington boats, Gucci, 88%Proof, Matatoa and us. We entered Halo in the cruising division which suited us well and had a blast with the four days of racing. On day three we raced across to the beautiful... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Tunch, Murray. Day 1 - Wednesday 17th Cook Strait Crossing After monitoring the forecasts every day for the last week we decided today would be the day - a southerly dying out early morning becoming northerly 15 kts at the Brothers. The plan was for a leisurely sail to Nelson over three days to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Isabelle, Max. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts in the morning increasing to 15 kts gusting 25 kts in the evening. First day's sailing with the grandies for the year. We cast off from Chaffers at 1035 hrs with Graciela's steady hand on helm and hoisted the no. 3 jib and one reef in... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Louise, Lucas, Chelsea, Murray. Forecast: Variable 5 kts, Southerly 10 kts developing late morning and late afternoon. A stunning Wellington day for sailing so I invited niece Louise and family to join me for a trip to Ward Island. I coordinated with Phil on Grenadier for a raft-up at the club mooring. Murray... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Eduardo, Sandra, Cecilia, Javiera, Camila, Peter. Forecast: Variable 5 knots, southerly 10 knots developing late morning. Becoming variable 5 knots this evening. Glorious weather for first day's sailing in the new year with friends the Villoutas and Peter. Seven adults and plus little Camila. After fitting our life jackets we cast off from... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Anastasia, Paul, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the morning, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon and 20 knots in the evening. Anastasia and John joined me at Chaffers and after rigging the sheets etc we cast off at 1100 hrs. With John on helm we hoisted... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Martin, Ole, Trey. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots in the morning, easing to variable 5 knots in the evening. HW 0933 hrs, LW 1609 hrs. Lovely day for sailing but the conditions weren't looking too promising for the Island Bay race with light breezes varying between zero and 3 kts. As we were... Continue Reading →
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