Latest Seatern Diaries Entries
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29th June: It’s been hot recently! - We had a series of very hot days and nights towards the end of June 2026! ...(Read More)
27th June: Seascow first sail! - It has been a very hot few days. However temperatures were a bit lower on Saturday, most modifications after the trial rigging had been done, and with a morning tide I decided to see how she would sail. The only… ...(Read More)
21st June: Seascow trial rigging - I'd been waiting for a calm day to try rigging "Seascow" and one came soon after dawn on Sunday 21st June. I discovered a list of things to do including: whip end of halyard attach pulleys at mast base for… ...(Read More)
16th June: Cleaning Seafly aka Seascow! - Having established that the Lymington Scow rig would fit on the Seafly, the first step was to clean the seafly hull which has been neglected while I was trying to sell Seatern and then getting the jetty rebuilt. To summarise… ...(Read More)
13th June: “Bark on the Beach” - I was on watch at NCI Stone Point on the afternoon of Saturday 13th June, so turned up at about 11am to take some photos of the NCI representation at the Lepe Country Park "Mark on the Beach" event. Our… ...(Read More)
10th June: Seawork Exhibition - This year I went to Seawork out of interest because I knew that Furuno would be displaying the radar from NCI Stone Point (and NCI Lee on the Solent). I was somewhat surprised at the reception I got on the… ...(Read More)
7th June: D-Day at Lepe - I was booked on the 1400-1730 watch at NCI Stone Point so went to Lepe early to watch the D-Day Service. I must admit that as an atheist, who is becoming more and more convinced of the harm done by… ...(Read More)
23rd May: Fawley Emergency Services Day - It was St Denys Carnival Day and I would have liked to be at home for that. However hot weather suggested that Lepe Country Park would be busy and we were struggling to staff the NCI Stone Point Station. I… ...(Read More)