Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
A recap on some of the Halo jobs I've been working on recently. Harken Traveller Repair Our wonderful Harken Windward Sheeting Traveller has started getting increasingly difficult to move. It came to a head during the Waikawa Regatta when it was totally stuck at one stage. I was advised by the professionals that I probably needed... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Peter, Anastasia, John. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing in the afternoon. HW 1611 hrs. At our berth at Chaffers I did some training with John who was new to Halo and then we cast off at around 1100 hrs doing some practice sailing with the light genoa no. 1... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Peter, Caroline, Tunch and Dilsad. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing early afternoon. The RPNYC joined with the Turkish Embassy to hold an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye. Each boat would have a guest from the Turkish community aboard. A course... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Trey. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Fine. LW: 10:44 am HW: 17:04 pm. Another great day for sailing in Wellington. The course was announced as on-water start at Pania through to Somes west (5P) and return. 7.5Nm course length. Just the three of us on Halo: Grant on helm with me and Trey... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Frances. Forecast: S 20 kts gusting 30 kts late morning, easing to 10 kts this evening. Murray and I cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1115 hrs and motored round to Evans Bay with around 15 kts southerly. We rigged up the small no. 3 jib considering the Metservice forecast and being... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Anastasia, Murray. Forecast: Southerly 25 kts gusting 35 kts easing to 20 kts afternoon. In the morning before the race Murray and I went to the Port Nick clubrooms where the official Opening Day ceremony was held. The guest speaker was former elite yachtsman Mark Orams who gave a thought provoking presentation... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff - in company with Phil on Grenadier. After the Waikawa Women's Regatta we were optimistically planning to sail Halo back to Wellington the next day, Monday. The southerly storm put paid to that so all the crew travelled back to Wellington Sunday on the ferries or Sounds Air flights and we left Halo... Continue Reading →
Crew: Marion, Anastasia, Meredith, Patricia, Katherine, Geoff. The 2023 Evolution Sails Women’s Regatta was hosted by Waikawa Boating Club Friday 15th to Sunday 17th Sept. Attended by 250 women from all over NZ, the vast majority from outside Marlborough. Day 1 - Friday Halo was back in the Waikawa Marina berth after the previous few... Continue Reading →
Day 1 After our Cook Strait Crossing the previous week and following a week back home in Wellington, I returned to the Sounds on the morning Interislander to rejoin Halo. Phil and Francis had sailed Grenadier across Cook Strait a few days earlier and they collected me at the Picton visitors jetty. Over a welcome... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff and Peter Forecast: Light and variable winds. Route Plan: Departure set for 0600 hrs to enable us to arrive at Sinclair Head one hour before high water at Wellington. The tide will then be favourable for the passage across Cook Strait and through Tory Channel’s eastern entrance. HW Wellington is 0900 hrs. Peter... Continue Reading →
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