Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Grant, Nina. Forecast: Variable 5 knots, becoming southerly 10 knots for a time this afternoon. Sea slight. Fine. Another stunning winter's day in Wellington for Race 3 for the Barton Marine Winter Series. Start time for all boats was 1045 hrs. Start - Mark 15 off Pt Halswell - Mark 8 off... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Grant, Jim, Nina. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots for a time in the morning. Sea slight. Fine. HW 1200 hrs. A bloody great day to go sailing! With Geoff, Grant and Jim on board we cast off from Chaffers Marina at 0900 hrs. The northerly was forecast to pick... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Eduardo, Grant, Albrecht, Murray. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots. Becoming southeast 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast this morning. Moderate sea, easing in the harbour in the morning. Cloudy with fair visibility in periods of rain developing late morning. High tide: 1133 hrs. Our first race of the EBYMBC Winter Series... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Eduardo, Grant. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots. Changing southerly 10 knots later this afternoon, rising to 15 knots in the evening. Sea slight. Partly cloudy. We met at Chaffers at 1000 hrs for a harbour sail to shake out any gremlins in the boat and crew 🙂 in preparation for the the... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle, Max. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Sea smooth. Morning cloud then fine. Another family sailing adventure just two days before Max's 4th birthday. Max started the engine and we cast off from Chaffers marina at 1100 hrs. Once we left the shelter of Lambton Harbour we took advantage of the light... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Eduardo, Sandra. Metservice Cook Coastal Forecast: Northerly 15 but variable 10 knots west of Turakirae Head. Becoming northerly 15 knots everywhere this afternoon rising to 25 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough. Long period southerly swell 1 metre at times. Eduardo and Sandra came over to Picton on the Interislander on Saturday... Continue Reading →
Crew - Geoff and Graciela. Following our Cook Strait crossing from Wellington with Murray and Phil, Geoff spent a couple of days on Halo in Picton doing a bit of boat cleanup and maintenance before Graciela flew over from Wellington on Sounds Air. We celebrated her arrival on Saturday with a dinner and blues music... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Phil Forecast Cook Strait: : Variable 10 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing in the morning, then easing to variable 10 knots again in the afternoon. Sea slight. Long period southerly swell 1 metre. HW Wellington 1312 hrs. Wellington turned on a glorious morning for our departure. Light southerly breeze and clear skies. Phil... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, Eduardo, Albrecht, Bruno. Forecast: Saturday: Northerly 15 knots, easing to 10 knots for a time late afternoon and evening. Sea slight. Fine. Sunday: Northerly rising to 20 knots early morning. This year's 24 Hour Endurance race looked like it would be a bit more exciting than previous years due to the forecast of some... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Murray, Peter, Albrecht. Forecast: Variable 5 knots becoming southerly 10 knots in the morning. Rising to 15 knots in the afternoon. Sea slight. Fine spells. High tide: 1114 hrs. The start line for this race was between the committee boat (Pania) and the orange flag. Halo started first over the line -... Continue Reading →
