Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Eduardo, Grant, Murray. Forecast: Northwest 20 knots gusting 30 knots. Easing to northwest 15 knots in the afternoon. Changing southerly 15 knots everywhere late afternoon. High tide 11.30 am. We cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1135 hrs. The wind was around 15 kts with gusts up to 30 kts but was... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Juliet, Vivien, Trey. Forecast: Southeast 10 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, easing to variable 5 knots but southeast 10 knots in the south this evening. Sea becoming moderate for a time this afternoon. On the spur of the moment we decided to enter in the Tuesday Twilight Sail for... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Malcolm. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Changing southerly 10 knots this morning, then becoming northerly 10 knots in the afternoon. Sea slight. Fine. In preparation for Saturday's Island Bay race we took advantage of a nice day to do a bottom clean at the Evans Bay slipway. We cast off from Chaffers at 0950... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Albrecht, Grant, Lorna, Geoff. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots but southeast 20 knots about the south coast, rising to southerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots everywhere this morning, easing to 10 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough for a time morning until evening. Mostly cloudy, with fair visibility in a few showers. Low tide... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Grant, Nina, Trey. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing for a time afternoon about the South Coast. Northerly 10 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Fine with increasing high cloud. Low tide 1405 hrs. This Saturday was the first in the EBYMBC series of 'The Wash House' Spring Sailing races.... Continue Reading →
Annual Nanni engine service by Isaac from TS Marine Ltd as per manufacturer’s recommendations.Drain and replace gearbox oil Drain and replace engine oil Replace impellerClean out water strainerRepaired broken bracket holding relays etc.Replace Racor 500 series fuel filterReplace secondary fuel filterReplace oil filterEngine hours: 464 We found the impeller had two vanes missing. Isaac fished them... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Juliet, Martin, Trey. Forecast: Northwest 20 knots, easing to 15 knots this morning. Changing southerly 20 knots this afternoon. Moderate sea easing. Fine to start. Fair visibility in showers from afternoon, possibly heavy. Geoff attended the RPNYC opening day celebration on the deck of the Port Nick clubhouse. Met up with new... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Martin, Roman. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, rising to 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the south around midday. Sea becoming rough about the south coast around midday. Partly cloudy.High tide: 1407 hrs This is the second race in the Interclub Series... Continue Reading →
Grew: Geoff, Grant, Albrecht, Eduardo, Nina. Forecast: Northwest 15 knots changing southerly 20 knots this afternoon, then easing to 15 knots this evening. Sea becoming moderate for a time. A few afternoon showers, then poor visibility in evening rain. We departed Chaffers Marina at 1230 hrs to give us plenty of time to sail the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Jason, Nina, Murray, Corrinna. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots. Sea slight. Fine. It was forecast to be a beautiful spring day in Wellington. A perfect opportunity to blow the cobwebs out of Halo (being a month since our last sail due to Covid lockdown) and to have a fun cruise around Wellington Harbour. The... Continue Reading →
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