ScottiE 174 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 actually - not quite the same - but we parked up at Men's Bay on Rotaroa Is. two Sunday's ago - no other boat in the bay - for two whole hours! Link to post Share on other sites
col j 0 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 wheels. to go out and not see another boat in auckland (done it once or twice) you get to the end of the kite ride which has you out the back of waiheke in half an hour and think.....hmmmm its a long hard beat back home, this weather is f***ing s**t and getting worse. maybe we are the dumb ones? one of those days the ferry service wasn't running. Link to post Share on other sites
Kiwi303 0 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 might be an interesting trip north, stocked up on seasickness pills? Things look a little choppy out there Link to post Share on other sites
shanson 0 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 wheels. to go out and not see another boat in auckland (done it once or twice) you get to the end of the kite ride which has you out the back of waiheke in half an hour and think.....hmmmm its a long hard beat back home, this weather is f***ing s**t and getting worse. maybe we are the dumb ones? one of those days the ferry service wasn't running. Either that or you go out in the middle of the week! SHANE Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Either that or you go out in the middle of the week! What? You think that is going to get you a bay to yourself in Auckland? It probably will - sometimes... Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Antifoul = Tick Stern gland tightened= Tick Prop recoated in propspeed = Tick Hull repaired = half a tick Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Wheels reporting in on progress = Tick Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I would appreciate a little more weather thoughts folks. Now that we are further along in the week and much has changed already and I realise next weeks forcast may be very different than plotted at present. We go for splash down at just before midmorning today. Then we will head to the outer sounds an overnight. Tomorrow morning we will cut across to Wellington with a light northerly. I think we might have to wait it out a day (or two) in Wellywood and then we should have a northerly slightly slanted norwest to get us around the corner and up the coast to Napier or preferably Gisborne before the nasty little low zips over.We may have to take a brake there for a day till the tail end flicks a southerly and we shopuld be able to use that to take us around East cape and on home to Auckland. Any comments?? Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 What weather would you like Wheels? Seeing as I'm probably not going away in my boat over Easter I can put in a good word for you. No guarantee they're listening though... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Where are you going to stay in Wellington? In a marina, or on the hook? Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Any good word to anyone listening would be better than none at all AA. Slacko, I am hoping I might be able to knock on Seaviews door and see if I can get a stable at the inn. We are now at the outer sounds and heading into Ketu for the night. I was going to head to Aligator head, but wanted to study the weather tonight and I can't remember if I had connection out there or not. There is currently a lovely 8kt breeze, but it has been dead calm up untill now. The sound was like Glass. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Just looking at the forecast and tonight is a 15 knot northerly, so nice crossing to Wellington. Quite a few cruisers are crossing tonight after work going to the sounds from Wellington. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I should have taken up your offer Wheels, right now stuck in front of the computer doing race reports, lots of silly people interrupting me wanting to buy houses and off to the hospital to visit mum soon, a pleasant overnight sail sounds OK to me . Link to post Share on other sites
w44vi 17 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 There will be a number of births availble on A pier seaview from about 6am tommorow, just remeber your boat is 12 metres not 45ft Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Oh yes, forgot the regatta. With the new weather update, i am now thinking maybe we will go past Wellington now and head to Napier. The southeryly due from Monday evening onward is not looking like it will play nicely and there will not be any way of getting round the cape till the following Friday. So tomorrow morning we might just get the hammer down and go for it i reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Yeah, those Wellingtonians drink too much anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
w44vi 17 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Yeah, those Wellingtonians drink too much anyway. lies its all lies I tell ya and the pictures were photo shopped Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Oh yes, forgot the regatta. With the new weather update, i am now thinking maybe we will go past Wellington now and head to Napier. The southeryly due from Monday evening onward is not looking like it will play nicely and there will not be any way of getting round the cape till the following Friday. So tomorrow morning we might just get the hammer down and go for it i reckon. Not nice punching a NE chop up the east coast of either island thou Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Sorry wheels I willn't be at Napier this weekend to met you, if you make this far I taking the second half to Gisborne for a few days. But maybe next week I can make it to the club. Piss next Saturday is the season's prizegiving, could be a big night. Knot picking up any silverware this year. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 SJB, which is the better, napier or Gisbon, for shelter and is there anywhere we might be able to anchor in either? Just leaving the outer sounds now and it is very calm, but supposed to pick up soon. Link to post Share on other sites
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