Crew: Geoff, Jason, Eduardo, Abrecht, Lorna. Metservice Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this morning, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots early this evening. Winds 5 knots lighter in the harbour from morning. Sea becoming rough out of the harbour early evening. Becoming cloudy. We cast off from Chaffers at 1007 hrs. Hoisted... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Mia, Lorna. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 15 knots developing this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy. Fair visibility in a few showers developing this morning. After helping Murray with mooring lines for the arrival of Juscinta's yacht Southern Rose at Chaffers we cast off at 1118 hrs. Wind was a very light 3 kts... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Juscinta, Albrecht, Lorna. Forecast: Northerly 20 knots, changing southerly 30 knots gusting 40 knots late afternoon or early evening. Southerly easing to 25 knots gusting 35 knots late evening. Sea becoming rough early evening. Mainly fine, poor visibility in heavy showers from late afternoon. We cast off from Chaffers Marina at 1040... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Rebecca, Peter, Ken, Lorna, Juliet. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots this morning. Southerly 10 knots developing this afternoon, then tending northerly 10 knots this evening. Sea slight. Mainly fine.We cast off from Chaffers at 1115 hrs and followed Temptation out into the harbour. With Peter on helm we hoisted the Mainsail and... Continue Reading →
Prior to the 24 Hour Endurance Race the old 7 Amp Ctek battery charger suddenly stopped working. As it was out of warranty I purchased a new ProMariner 12 Amp charger from Burnsco using the vouchers we won in the race. The new charger is wired directly to the charger selector switch so that I... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Eduardo.The country's COVID Level came down from 3 to 2 and we were finally able to take Halo out for a spin round the harbour. First time out on the water since 20 March - almost 2 months! We cast off from Chaffers at 1530 hours. Wind was 15-18 kts and we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Jason.Forecast: Southerly 15 kts easing to 10 kts.Our first Rum Race for Halo. We cast off from the berth at 1728 hrs to allow plenty of time to test the mainsail which we had removed that week for repairs to the sail cover. With wind reading from 16 to 20 knots we... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Murray, Lorna, Eduardo, Malcolm. Wednesday 4 MarchGeoff and Ken attended the 24 Hour Race First Skippers’ briefing at 1930 on Wednesday 4 March at LBYC. Race director Theo Muller welcomed us and introduced Race Officer Bob Rowell and Brent Porter who gave us lots of instructions about the course, weather limits, boat... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Seamus, Lorna, Eduardo, Malcolm. Forecast: Southeast 10 knots but 15 knots in the south, easing to variable 5 knots everywhere in the evening. Sea slight. Fine. All crew joined Halo for a Harbour Night Sail Practice. We started at 8 pm with a Trip Report (TR) call to Wellington Radio on ch. 14. We practised... Continue Reading →
