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 →
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