Crew: Geoff, Murray, Anastasia, Eduardo and Grant. Forecast: Northerly 20 knots, rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots for a time in the afternoon and early evening. Grant, Eduardo, and Anastasia joined Geoff at Chaffers. The weather looked a bit rough with dark clouds and gusts up to 30 kts in the marina. We wondered... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC America Cup – 23rd April 2022
Crew: Malcolm, Murray, Marion and Geoff. Forecast: Variable 5 knots in the morning. Northerly 15 knots developing in the afternoon. Fine. With Geoff and Malcolm on board we departed Chaffers at 1025 hrs. The wind was under 5 kts but forecast to increase to a nice breeze for the race. Another beautiful Wellington day for... Continue Reading →
Grand Finale EBYMBC Summer Series – 9 April 2022
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Grant, Murray, Anastasia. Forecast: Southerly 20 knots easing to 15 knots late morning, to 10 knots early afternoon, and to variable 5 knots early evening. This was Halo's first race for a while as Geoff and Graciela had been away on holiday in Mexico and Chile for the last six weeks. The... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Spring Race – 6 November 2021
Crew: Peter, Albrecht, Grant, Lorna, Geoff. Forecast: Southerly 15 knots but southeast 20 knots about the south coast, rising to southerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots everywhere this morning, easing to 10 knots this evening. Sea becoming rough for a time morning until evening. Mostly cloudy, with fair visibility in a few showers. Low tide... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Spring Race – 23 October 2021
Crew: Geoff, Albrecht, Grant, Nina, Trey. Forecast: Variable 5 knots. Southerly 10 knots developing for a time afternoon about the South Coast. Northerly 10 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Fine with increasing high cloud. Low tide 1405 hrs. This Saturday was the first in the EBYMBC series of 'The Wash House' Spring Sailing races.... Continue Reading →
EBYMBC Opening Day Interclub Race – 2 Oct 2021
Crew: Geoff, Eduardo, Murray, Martin, Roman. Forecast: Northerly 15 knots but 20 knots about the south coast, rising to 20 knots but 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the south around midday. Sea becoming rough about the south coast around midday. Partly cloudy.High tide: 1407 hrs This is the second race in the Interclub Series... Continue Reading →
Winter Series Race – 15 Aug 2021
Crew: Geoff, Grant, Murray, Peter, Albrecht, Eduardo. Forecast: Northerly 10 knots rising to northwest 15 knots in the afternoon and to 20 knots gusting 30 knots in the evening. Sea becoming moderate in the evening. Fine. Another glorious day for sailing in the Barton Marine Winter Series! It was an early start due to the... Continue Reading →