Photo Album: 14th September
Photos taken during a two tide sail out towards Salt Mead on the Isle of Wight, and then back for a look at the Boat Show from the water.
Photos taken during a two tide sail out towards Salt Mead on the Isle of Wight, and then back for a look at the Boat Show from the water.
I was one of 6 Watchkeepers from NCI Calshot tower manning the NCI stand at the Southampton Boat Show. The NCI mobile display was much...
I made use of my “aged Southampton resident’s” free entry to the Boat Show to have a more leisurely wander around than was possible on...
The last few days of the Boat Show were marked by rain and lots of wind but then the following week, summer returned! On Wednesday...
Photos taken while visiting Needles NCI station and the Old and New Batteries on the Needles headland via ferry and bus.
Starting early with Dai having cooling problems, then out to the Needles Fairway Buoy, back up the North Channel and, by the time I was back at Calshot, some curious winds.
October: "Summer's over" / Diary Entry / 2018
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/10/2018 · Last modified 20/10/2018
[photos from the day] My birthday, another year has gone! I’ve sailed past Seaview a few times and thought it looked interesting. The place doesn’t...
Photographs during a ferry trip to the Isle of Wight and a walk from Ryde to Seaview to mark my birthday!
October: "Summer's over" / Diary Entry / 2018
by Peter Taylor · Published 24/10/2018 · Last modified 28/10/2018
I took the sails off Seatern today. I was thinking of going out sailing for a last short (one tide) sail but decided against. Indeed...
HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, Patron of the National Coastwatch Institute visited NCI Calshot on 25th October. We were all on parade outside the...