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Hibiscus Marine Coatings Winter race 9

Race 9 & another Windy race for our Winter Race series ran by GHYC, with RO Richard Brown & his team, Miles & John on Olympus. Thanks to our sponsors - Hibiscus Marine Coatings & The Engine Room, who we will hopefully meet representatives of following the final race back at WBC in a fortnight. Acknowledging the fluctuating westerly breeze with a base wind of low 20's, & regular peaks above 30knts, Race control

Published 21:10 on 8 Sep 2019
Hibiscus Marine Coatings Winter Race 8

Race 8 of the Hibiscus Marine Coatings / The Engine Room Combined Weiti / GHYC winter Series 2019. Windy - again ! This time from the South-West with a base of 20knts peaking at 30knts towards the end of the race. However, despite the fresh winds, the rains stayed away during the race and flat waters in the space between the two clubs gave great conditions. The white fleet set off at pace,

Published 07:03 on 3 Sep 2019
Hibiscus Marine Coatings Winter Race 7

A wild wintery day for Race 7 of the Hibiscus Marine Coatings / Engine Room Combined 2019 Winter Series. Richard Brown co-ordinated operations on behalf of GHYC with Sarah Morgan laying marks on Club RIB, Chase. As the 18 boats headed down to the start-line, blue skies gave a false indication of what was to come. Several crews taking heed of the stronger forecasted breeze reefed down their mains & the majority were using

Published 07:00 on 3 Sep 2019
You Travel Winter Cruising Race 4

Race 4 and final race in the You Travel winter cruising series got underway on time on Saturday in 13 to 28 knots of Southwest breeze 7 starters got of to variously timed runs for the 11 am start, with Planet X leading the way around the Yellow Gulf Harbour Mark The wind strength and direction proved to keep crews on their toes with several boats putting in and shaking out reefs at

Published 22:39 on 31 Aug 2019
Pub Games Night

The Pub Games night was a huge success thanks to the hard work of the social committee dreaming up appropriate games and then showing great inventiveness to custom build the equipment needed. A buffet of typical English Pub food was enjoyed by all and then teams of 6 were decided upon, and given typical English pub names with a nautical flavour. The rules were explained, and then the games began. Lots of cheering and jeering

Published 23:33 on 26 Aug 2019
Hibiscus Marine Coatings Winter Race 6

A force 4 NE with some sea running was the forecast for the 20 strong fleet setting out for Race 6 of the WBC - GHYC Combined 2019 Winter Series sponsored by Hibiscus Marine Coatings & The Engine room. Weiti Race Control set the white fleet off first with an individual recall for 3 boats. Despite one boat having to return to the start - a quick return still allowed them to be competitive

Published 21:18 on 28 Jul 2019
Youth Sailing Programme

Our Youth Sailing Programme got off to a very wet and windy start with 7 students from Whangaparaoa College going for a Day Sail on the legendary Lion NZ on Friday 19th July. The forecast 15-20 kt northerly winds transformed into 25-30kts with a vicious 45-50kt front coming through from the north accompanied by horizontal rain. It was good to be on a boat with the pedigree of Lion NZ as she handled it very

Published 03:02 on 23 Jul 2019
Hibiscus Marine Coatings Winter Series Race 5

Today was the perfect day for launches and fishing, not sailing. However, 17 boats and their respective crews for race 5 of the Hibiscus Marine Coatings Winter Series were happy to bask in the winter sunshine, nimbly drift around the course and deftly deal with each wind shift as it came. And there were many. So plenty of patience was needed. And in particular, big shout out to Wharanaki IV and Stark Raven for their

Published 07:02 on 7 Jul 2019
YOU Travel winter Cruising Race 2

A fleet of 7 boats couldn't have asked for more perfect conditions for the second race in the YOU Travel Winter Cruising Series. Course 2 was set and Glory Days and Toronui led the field seeking the wind under the cliffs on the windward leg towards Gulf Harbour buoy. The rest of the fleet followed around the buoy like a row of ducklings and became more evenly spread with Te Kawana and Shine On tussling

Published 23:32 on 30 Jun 2019
Marine Education

The second of our Marine Education evenings covered the topic of coastal navigation and was well attended. These evenings are run every two weeks on Wednesday evenings starting at 7pm with the intention of refreshing the knowledge of skippers and crew to improve the safety and enjoyment of all on board. There will be seveal guest speakers, with one talking on the subject of looking after and respecting our marine environment. Information about each

Published 23:41 on 27 Jun 2019