Latest Seatern Diaries Entries
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20th/21st July: NCI 30th Flag - On Saturday 20th July a Morris Minor “Monty” belonging to one of our watchkeepers, escorted by a Morris Traveller “Ethel”, took the Flag from Stone Point to Calshot. The arrangements for the NCI 30th Anniversary Flag events had been set… ...(Read More)
19th July: NCI Flag at Stone Point - A NCI 30th Anniversary Flag is making its way around the coast clockwise from NCI Station to NCI Station. It bears the names of all the NCI stations and it has a satellite tracker to record its journey. To help… ...(Read More)
16th July: British Classic Week - I thought that last week (6th to 12th July) was Cowes Classic Week but I did not see any of the racing. Looking at their entry list it appears to have mainly featured locally raced classes like the Bembridge OD,… ...(Read More)
7th July: Foil Pumper - I had an incident at NCI Stone Point on 21st January involving Foil Pumpers. The problem is that a paddle boarder in rough water and far from the shore can cause concern for members of the public and they may… ...(Read More)
2nd July: Cleaning Seatern - I had last careened Seatern in June 2021 and I managed to do some sailing that year. In March of 2022 I had started cleaning Seatern ready for the sailing season and had treated some of her teak with boracol… ...(Read More)
23rd June: WWII at the Palais des Vaches - For the D-Day 80 Anniversary a new sculpture was unveiled at Lower Exbury and the Palais des Vaches art gallery mounted a WWII at Exbury exhibition. I visited twice during the period that the exhibition was open to the public,… ...(Read More)