13th July: Bird Scarer!
I left the mast lowered for a couple of days while I bought a new block to replace the broken jib halyard one. The new...
2019 / About Seatern / July: "Sailing again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/07/2019 · Last modified 13/09/2020
I left the mast lowered for a couple of days while I bought a new block to replace the broken jib halyard one. The new...
Photo Album 2019 / 2019 / July: "Sailing again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 29/07/2019 · Last modified 02/08/2019
Photos from a whole day’s sail along the coast off Milford on Sea to Highcliffe and back using the North Channel in both directions.
High Tide Portsmouth: 0620 3.8m, LT 1150 1.84m, HT 1904 3.94m. Out 0450 to 0800, back 1710 to 2106. Weather (midnight forecast, 0500 forecast was...
Diary Entry / 2019 / Aug/Sept: "Vicarious Sailing"
by Peter Taylor · Published 04/08/2019 · Last modified 30/08/2019
Saturday 3rd August 2019 saw the start of the Fastnet Race from off Cowes. I took a couple of photos from Calshot Point of the...
Saturday 10th August was stormy; racing at Cowes was cancelled including the first day of the SailGP races. Unusually, I was on the evening watch...
Diary Entry / 2019 / Aug/Sept: "Vicarious Sailing" / Cowes Week 2019
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/08/2019 · Last modified 23/08/2019
On each day during Cowes Week I was on watch at NCI Stone Point. This post introduces photo albums depicting the racing on days when the weather allowed.
Photo Album 2019 / 2019 / Aug/Sept: "Vicarious Sailing" / Cowes Week 2019
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/08/2019 · Last modified 23/08/2019
Photos of the SailGP racing on Sunday 11th August taken from Lepe Country Park using a telephoto lens.
2019 / NCI (2019) / Aug/Sept: "Vicarious Sailing" / Cowes Week 2019
by Peter Taylor · Published 21/08/2019 · Last modified 23/08/2019
Photos from Monday 12th August when Solent Rescue took part in an exercise with one of the Coastguard helicopters, Rescue 175.
Photo Album 2019 / 2019 / Aug/Sept: "Vicarious Sailing" / Cowes Week 2019
by Peter Taylor · Published 21/08/2019 · Last modified 23/08/2019
A multitude of spinnakers passing Lepe Country Park on Tuesday 13th August – perhaps the best weather of the week.
Photo Album 2019 / 2019 / Aug/Sept: "Vicarious Sailing" / Cowes Week 2019
by Peter Taylor · Published 22/08/2019 · Last modified 23/08/2019
After wind and rain on Wednesday, Thursday was still windy for the racing.