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    East or West Coast? Auckland to Wellington...

    in MarineTalk

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    Nice.. that should keep you on a high for awhile!

     

    There has been a lot of weed around since those big easterly swells week before last. I found myself weaving around the bigger clumps on my way back to Tauranga. Thanks for the update

     

    Thanks for the insight on the availability of weed! Years sailing around Pacific Islands and around New Zealand waters...never once weed fouled my prop. It's a folding prop. And it's new (but has Propspeed). Maybe one of those rope cutter attachments would help. Or maybe a good few revs in reverse or a good wetsuit are in order.

    East or West Coast? Auckland to Wellington...

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    PASSAGE COMPLETED.

     

    We had a great passage on the EAST coast, 6 days Sun - Sat (17/2/19 - 23/2/19) with a stopover sleep and morning/afternoon break at Mahia Peninsula in Hawke Bay.The weather window was perfect, mostly sailing with northerlies although we had a fair bit of motoring but that is okay. We were very aware of the looming low on Sunday 24/2 which a week before had (incorrectly) been predicted to be an ex-cyclone, TC OMA. The northerlies were perfect. The Southerlies kicked in a few hours too early on morning of Saturday (3 am) approaching Cape Palliser so on the nose and even had to tack a few times! Then it pushed us into Wellington. Mostly uneventful but never before have I had seaweed foul a prop...twice! Once near Port Jackson on first night (a huge branch of the black stuff with bubbles on it) so pulled into there to sleep and swim down to remove in the morning. Second at Mahia Peninsula as approaching the narrow passage between main peninsula and the island on way to an anchorage to slow down a day to synch with southerlies. Thick dark green leather-like weed wrapped around prop hub. It lowered revs initially and slowed speed from 5 to 3 kn.

     

    We used Windy predominantly but also Predictwind, when in phone range. I had two other crew.

     

    I am glad we took the East coast but would recommend only if weather data is monitored and the window was favourable. I can see how southerlies after East Cape could be a problem (eg, Cape Turnagain is well-named).

     

    Cheers!

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    East or West Coast? Auckland to Wellington...

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    Hi All,

     

    I intend to sail my 38' steel sloop from Auckland to Wellington where she will stay.

     

    I have extensive with blue water sailing (eg, NZ - islands) but have not sailed to Wellington before.

     

    What are the pros and cons of either the west coast (heading north first) or the east coast? Places to stop, if any? Is it best to hang out up north after Cape Reinga and wait for a good window? If going east coast, is there an issue with headwinds after East Cape? These are things I have heard, hence my request to this wider, well-informed forum.

     

    Also, is there a preferred time to go? Ideally, I would do this in the next weeks, month or so.

     

    If this has been discussed before please advise which threads.

     

    I am also looking for a crew member - see my other post.

     

    Thanks.

     

    Paul

    I have crew and almost ready to commit... East Coast leaving Sun Auck... bound for Wellington.

    Windy.Com shows light-ish conditions til Sat/Sun when ex-Tex-TC appears depending on whether you trust EC or GFS model. Bob McDavitt considers EC more accurate...he also agrees Windy.com is the best but neither model very accurate beyond 5 days.

     

    Thoughts??

    East or West Coast? Auckland to Wellington...

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    Hi All,

     

    I intend to sail my 38' steel sloop from Auckland to Wellington where she will stay.

     

    I have extensive with blue water sailing (eg, NZ - islands) but have not sailed to Wellington before.

     

    What are the pros and cons of either the west coast (heading north first) or the east coast? Places to stop, if any? Is it best to hang out up north after Cape Reinga and wait for a good window? If going east coast, is there an issue with headwinds after East Cape? These are things I have heard, hence my request to this wider, well-informed forum.

     

    Also, is there a preferred time to go? Ideally, I would do this in the next weeks, month or so.

     

    If this has been discussed before please advise which threads.

     

    I am also looking for a crew member - see my other post.

     

    Thanks.

     

    Paul

    Crew wanted - sail - Auckland to Wellington

    in Crew Finder

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    I am looking for at least one additional crew member for a sail from Auckland to a Wellington marina where the boat will become based.

     

    When? Possibly soon in next few weeks but could be later in Feb or March.

     

    Boat? Adams 38: a well-founded 38' steel sloop, centre cockpit. The skipper has extensive experience including NZ to the Pacific islands on several occasions (Fiji/Tonga/Vanuatu).

     

    Usually the wife accompanies me but not this time so I am looking for someone primarily for watch-keeping at night but any sailing skills would be welcome of course; must have good sea legs.

     

    Also keen to discuss best route - east or west coast?

     

    If keen please register your interest by contacting me - 0273378622. I am based in Wellington so would meet here first to discuss. I also will probably be in Auckland next couple weeks and may even decide to leave then.

     

    Cheers,

    Paul

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