NCI Watches: July – Dec 2016

This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during January to June 2016 kept for my own records. [  indicates photo(s) available; click on it to go to the Photo Gallery page]

Date	No.	Summary of NCI Watches and other activities [the index to people (identified by numbers) is password protected]
3rd July	40	Watch (12-16) 640,560; the flag was dipped for the Shieldhall
7th July	–	Visit to NMOC, Fareham (host Dan Winter)
10th July	41	Watch (12-16) 100,540; RNLI day, 4 incidents  [see 10th July entry]
16th July	–	First Aid course 0900 – 1300, Scout Hut.
17th July	42	Watch (12-16) 100,560; visited Castle before watch
23rd July	43	Watch (16-20) 350,370; 2 cruise liners  [for photos see 23-24 July entry]
24th July	44	Watch (12-16) 720,540; Hamble Lifeboat cox’n visit  [for photos see 23-24 July entry]
31st July	45	Watch (12-16) 100,560; injured yachtsman photos
7th Aug	46	Watch (12-16) 640; Cowes week!
14th Aug	47	Watch (12-16) 660,630; saw seal but frightened by jet skis
21st Aug	48	Watch (12-16) 180,110; quiet, then squall created incident(s)  [see 21st Aug entry]
28th Aug	49	Watch (12-16) 560,530; paddle boarder crossed to Hamble – informed SP
3rd Sept	–	Hamble Harbour Sea Safety Day with 360  [for photos see 3rd Sept entry]
4th Sept	50	Watch (12-16) 560,640  [for photos see 4th Sept entry]
11th Sept	51	Watch (12-16) 180; overdue kayak found at Ashlett Slip, Kayaker turned up at Calshot RNLI!
16th Sept	–	NCI stand at the Boat Show  [see 16th Sept entry]
18th Sept	52	Watch (12-16) 640, 560; relatively quiet watch
22nd Sept	53	Watch (12-16) 100,190, 240, quiet Thursday watch, Lord Nelson passed
25th Sept	54	Watch (12-16) 530; kite surfer in water near Hill Head, yacht aground towards Bald Head, yacht with rigging failure south of the Bramble!
2nd Oct	55	Watch (12-16) 640,560 a very quiet watch for a change!
9th Oct	56	Watch (12-16) 240,170 a guy learning to sail a foiling Moth kept capsizing and at one time got close to the shipping channel
16th Oct	56	Watch (12-16) 670,560 some spectacular showers with rainbows, otherwise quiet
19th Oct	–	NCI Calshot AGM at OS HQ
23rd Oct	57	Watch (12-16) 670,640; misty quiet watch – panpan near IoW but out of sight; Lord Nelson with wheelchair person on bowsprit.
30th Oct	58	Watch (11-14) 670,560
6th November	59	Watch (11-14) 440; catamaran capsized near SP and they informed CG. We told CG that cat was OK but Hamble LB called out anyway.
13th Nov	60	Watch (11-14) 560,530, quiet watch – VHF mayday but outside our area
20th Nov	61	Watch (11-14) 560,670, very quiet watch – Calshot IRB rescued a pallet with direction from the Tower as we came on watch, nothing after that
27th Nov	62	Watch (11-14) 250,660, Hamble LB called us on 65 but did not hear reply. Mayday from Kayak 1nm off Elmore slipway which turns out to be the Angling Club at Lee. Was picked up by HMS Smiker and transferred by Rescue 104 to Soton General Hospital
28th Nov	–	Watch Leader training at OS HQ
4th Dec	63	Watch (11-14) 100, quiet watch
11th Dec	64	Watch (11-14) 560,calm day, quiet watch
18th Dec	65	Watch (11-14) 560,530 foggy day, previous watch had broken down jet ski who was lost in fog off Lee – towed in by Calshot IRB; quiet watch
26th Dec	66	Watch (11-14) 600; Boxing Day – as we took over a car was reported “in the water” at Calshot. Turned out to be in the dyke alonside the road. Hamble lifeboat attended! I had to write incident report for Ford Focus!