Crew: Geoff, Grant, Murray. Marine Forecast Wednesday: Variable 10 knots. Northerly 15 knots developing in the evening. Heavy southerly swell, easing. The Plan: Tuesday - Take 9 am Interislander to Picton. Sail from Picton to Ngaruru Bay mooring.Wednesday - Depart Ngaruru Bay 1000 hrs. Arrive Tory Channel Entrance 1100 hrs (Tide begins setting East at 0920 hrs). Arrive... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Malcolm and Eduardo. Forecasts: Wellington Marine: Southerly 20 knots, easing to 10 knots early morning, and to variable 5 knots late morning. Northerly 10 knots developing around midday, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon. Moderate sea easing early morning. Mainly fine. Cook: Southerly easing to variable 10 knots Saturday morning. Northerly 15... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Irene, Blair. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots in the morning. Northeast 10 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Cloudy, chance of some showers during the day. Departed Chaffers at 1116 hrs. We hoisted the No. 1 LT Genoa and Mainsail and headed north with Irene on helm. Very light... 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, 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 →
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, 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 →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jonathan, Kathy, Mark and Allison. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, easing to 10 knots everywhere late morning and to variable 5 knots around midday. Becoming southerly 10 knots this afternoon. Sea moderate about the south coast this morning. Fine apart from areas of cloud,morning and evening. The... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Ken, Grant, Lorna, Murray. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this morning, to 20 knots gusting 30 knots early afternoon, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Sea becoming rough in the evening. Fine apart from morning cloud.Departed Chaffers at 1117 hrs and after hoisting the Mainsail and No.... Continue Reading →
As a young lad I loved reading the Hornblower novels and always dreamed of adventures sailing the oceans on tall ships. So when the opportunity came up to join the HMB Endeavour for the four day Picton to Wellington section of the Tuia 250 expedition around New Zealand, I signed up without a second thought. ... Continue Reading →
