Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Annual Nanni engine service by Isaac from TS Marine Ltd as per manufacturer’s recommendations.Drain and replace gearbox oil Drain and replace engine oil Replace impellerClean out water strainerRepaired broken bracket holding relays etc.Replace Racor 500 series fuel filterReplace secondary fuel filterReplace oil filterEngine hours: 464 We found the impeller had two vanes missing. Isaac fished them... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff. Forecast: Southerly 10-15 knots. Sea slight. Fine. Motored Halo round to Evans Bay arriving at the slip and onto the travel lift at 1345 hrs. Hull was in pretty good condition since the last clean six months ago in September. Most growth was under the keel, and rudder, around the prop and shaft, and... Continue Reading →
Annual service inspection by Travis at TS Marine Ltd as per manufacturer’s recommendations:Drain the gearbox oil and flush several times before setting level. Remove and inspect impeller and replaced. Clean out water strainer.Replace drive belt.Repaired broken bracket holding relays etc.Clean and touch-up blue paint.Test start battery. Failed load test. Engine hours: 396. Parts:Racor 500 seriessecondary fueldrive belt... Continue Reading →
Friday motored Halo round to Evans Bay for a 9 am appointment with Sven at the Quickslip. Washed the hull and then parked Halo on the hard. With Sven's help we enlarged the thru-hole to fit the new NASA Clipper Electromagnetic Speed sensor. Sealed the hole with Sikaflax then applied undercoat and then some antifoul... Continue Reading →
Following completion of the Winter Series racing in August 2020 we have now undertaken a full replacement of the mast equipment: Anchor Light - Hella NaviLED 360 Compact Anchor Light. Steaming and Spreader Lights - Hella NaviLED Pro Masthead Navigation Light. VHF Antenna - Pacific Aerials SeaMaster P6001 with 20m extension cable. Wind instrument -... Continue Reading →
During preparation for the 24 Hour Endurance Race the old 7 Amp Ctek battery charger suddenly stopped working. It was out of warranty so after the race I purchased a new ProMariner 12 Amp charger from Burnsco using the vouchers we won for coming second. The new charger is wired directly to the charger selector... Continue Reading →
Peter and Geoff took Halo round to Evans Bay yard on Saturday 1 Feb. Sand blasted the hull and applied new antifoul. International Ultra 2. Cleaned the topsides with acid wash. Peter did some paint touch-ups on the bow. Cleaned boarding ladder with Grunt. Replaced the 1" zinc anode on the prop shaft. Cleaned log... Continue Reading →
Annual service inspection by Travis at TS Marine Ltd as per manufacturer's recommendations:Run engine to temp checking charge rates gear shift and operation. Replace engine oil and filter replace fuel filters and bleed system.Check hose clamps, check gearbox oil level.Drain the gearbox oil and flush several times before setting level. Check start battery battery failed load test. Remove... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff 4 April -Motored Halo round to Evans Bay Quick Slip. Met with Murray plus Barry from Totally Marine to investigate cause of the vibration in the prop shaft. Barry confirmed my suspicions that the Cutless Bearing is worn. He agreed to quote price and availability for replacing the bearing to be done hopefully... Continue Reading →
We flew to Nelson from Wellington and arrived at Halo in the Nelson Marina to discover the 12 volt house batteries were completely dead as a result of the stereo being left on plus the solar panel (and the whole boat) being covered in a thin layer of ash from the recent Nelson bush fires.... Continue Reading →
