Latest Seatern Diaries Entries
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22nd Sept: Boat Show - The Boat Show shrinks year by year. At one time the Show stretched up to the Town Walls with a bridge over Mountbatten Road. Now it is confined to Mayflower Park. There were even empty berths in the Marina and,… ...(Read More)
19th Sep: Incident at Lepe - I arrived at the station with my companion watchkeeper to find an incident in progress. We were told that, in the force 5 to 6 winds a motor cruiser had lost power off Lepe beach. As the watchkeeper was informing… ...(Read More)
17th Sept: NCI Stone Point repair - Exposed to the full force of the south-westerly winds, the NCI Stone Point station building has not weathered well. Anti-graffiti paint used soon after the station was put in place did not help since it did not allow the woodwork… ...(Read More)
12th Sept: Satvir Kaur Conversation - I over-booked myself on Saturday 12th. Early in the year I'd booked on the Shieldhall Cruise where she would steam alongside the paddle steamer Waverley. Then when I got a circular from our local MP Satvir Kaur inviting me to… ...(Read More)
6th Sept: Cooler at last! - The hot weather of June was repeated in July and August. Not quite as hot, but maximum daytime temperatures often above 25ºC and sometimes above 30ºC. ...(Read More)
1st Sept: Boom Cover and Planing Seafly - At the end of August I got an email to say that the boom cover and Scow jib that I had ordered from Sanders Sails in Lymington were ready. Not realising they would deliver to Shamrock Quay, I arranged to… ...(Read More)
28th August: Lunar Eclipse - A lunar eclipse was forecast for the early hours of this morning, only partial but at 93% not that bad. I woke at 3am as I often do nowadays and looked out to find thin clouds partially obscuring the moon.… ...(Read More)
29th Aug: SRCMBC Annual Show - The annual Solent Radio Controlled Model Boat Club show was held at the Milford-on-Sea Community Centre on Saturday 29th August 2026. Using one of the Neumi mp4 players I contributed a continual video display for the screen behind the stage,… ...(Read More)