Return to Ward Island 16 Jan 2022

Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle and Max. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Becoming southeast 10 knots, but 15 knots about the south coast this morning. Becoming variable 5 knots but northeast 10 knots about the harbour in the evening. Sea slight. Fine.  Another wonderful trip to 'Treasure Island' with family. We were a bit worried...

RPNYC Rum Race 14 January 2022

Crew: Geoff, Nina, Trey, Eduardo, Peter, Vivien.   Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, easing to southerly 10 knots but southeast 15 knots about the south coast this evening. Sea slight. Lovely evening for our first race of 2022. The RPNYC Rum Race was to start at 1815 hrs and announced as course #23 which is to Shoal...

Back to Mākaro/Ward Island – 4 Jan 2022 – 8 Jan 2022

Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Fleur, Anzak, Imogene and Tennyson. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots by early morning. Northerly 10 knots developing by midday, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon. We cast off from our Chaffers berth at 1240 hrs and headed out into the harbour sailing with the mainsail and No. 3...

Mākaro/Ward Island – 4 Jan 2022

Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Louise, Nick, Lucas and Chelsea. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing late morning. Sea slight. Fine with high cloud. We cast off from our berth at 1150 hrs and hoisted the mainsail and No. 2 jib. The southerly breeze was about 12 kts by the time we passed Pt Jerningham and...

Cook Strait Crossing Kaipakirikiri to Wellington – 31 Dec 2021

Crew: Geoff, Malcolm, Phil. Cook Forecast: Southerly 15 knots, turning northerly 10 knots around midday and rising to 20 knots in the afternoon. Sea becoming moderate. Long period southerly swell 1 metre. The Plan: Crossing Cook Strait back to Wellington. For an Easterly Crossing we need to leave Tory Channel two hours after tidal stream...

Waikawa – Kaipakirikiri Bay – 30 Dec 2021

Crew: Geoff, Malcolm, Phil. After a great night's sleep following our Cook Strait Crossing yesterday we were greeted to a beautiful day in Waikawa Marina. Summer at last! Phil put on breakfast while we listened to the Marlborough Radio forecast on channel 63. We slipped our lines from the berth at 0930 hrs and motored...

Cook Strait Crossing Wellington to Waikawa – 29 Dec 2021

Crew: Geoff, Malcolm, Phil. Forecast Cook: Southerly 25 knots, easing to 15 knots in the morning and to variable 10 knots late afternoon. Rough sea easing. Long period southerly swell 1 metre developing. Fair visibility in a few morning showers. The Plan:Wed 29th December: Wellington high tide 1326 hrs 1.7 m. Leave Wellington to arrive...

EBYMBC Spring Sailing 4 Dec 2021

Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Grant. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots in the evening. As we prepared the boat at the Chaffers Marina berth the northerly was varying from 12 to 20 kts so we held off deciding on which headsail to use and cast off at 1130 hrs to sail with just the mainsail...

EBYMBC Spring Sailing 27 Nov 2021 – Win for Halo!

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...

EBYMBC Tuesday Twilight Sail – 23 Nov 2021

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...