Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
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 →
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, Graciela, Jenny, Jono, Isabelle and Max. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots easing to variable 5 knots early this evening. Northerly 10 knots developing late evening. Sea slight. Fine. Isabelle and Max 's first fishing adventure! They'd read stories of people going fishing so we decided to take them out to Oriental Bay to give them... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Malcolm. Forecast: Southerly 10 knots, rising to 15 knots this morning, easing to variable 5 knots this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods, but long afternoon fine spells. With the weather finally settling down after the Christmas storms, we arranged with Paul on Temptation to do a combined harbour sail and raft-up. Peter and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Graciela, Jenny, Isabelle and Max. Today: Southerly 15 knots, easing to 10 knots this afternoon. Becoming northerly 10 knots this evening. Sea slight. Cloudy periods. First time this season taking out Isabelle and Max on Halo. We departed Chaffers Dock at 1245 hrs and hoisted the Mainsail and No. 2 Jib. With Graciela on... Continue Reading →
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 →
