NCI Watches: July – December 2021

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This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during July to December 2021 kept for my own records.

Date
 No. Time Where+ With*
Comment
3rd July
 370 13-16 SP 100 Arrived early morning to take photos of the Round the Island race, went home, then back to SP
4th July
 371 13-16 SP 575 With new Trainee
5th July
 372 13-16 SP 511
9th July
 373 13-16 SP 575 2nd session with new trainee, Cowes – Dinard race
11th July
 374 13-16 SP – Lone watch – had broken down motor boat moored to Lepe Spit cardinal mark until towed by rib
12th July
 375 10-13 SP 435 Monday morning – with trainee
376 13-16 SP – Monday afternoon – lone watch – worried about 2 canadian canoes coming back from Gurnard but the made it in the end!
18th July
 377 13-16 SP 453 With Trainee
23rd July
 378 10-13 SP 577 With new Trainee
379 13-16 SP 105 With watchkeeper wanting to revise SP experience
25th July
 380 13-16 SP – Lone watch
27th July
 381 13-16 SP 435 with trainee
28th July
 382 13-16 SP 493 Had to close station in force 7 winds, used rope to control front shutter
31st July
 383 13-16 SP 630 Saturday – 1st day Cowes week, yacht aground on Quarry Ledge near Gurnard
3rd Aug
 384 13-16 SP 453 Tuesday – Light winds meant Cowes week races started late and were confined to the Cowes area
4th Aug
 384 13-16 SP 690 Wednesday – similar to the day before
5th Aug
 385 13-16 SP 577 Thursday – more wind meant the races came past Lepe with a spinnaker reach to the yellow buoy off Stone Point (Photos)
6th Aug
 386 13-16 SP 453 Friday – strong winds and Cowes races cancelled – kayakers practicing rescues at the Spit
8th Aug
 387 13-16 SP 585 Sunday – start of the Fastnet Race in strong winds. Concern for a wind surfer but he refused help from two local wind surfers who went to him and from another wind surfer who swam out to him!
10th Aug
 388 10-13 SP 435 With Trainee
389 13-16 SP – Lone afternoon watch
13th Aug
 – 10am SP – Meeting at Lepe about new Station Building
15th Aug
 390 13-16 SP 103 with new trainee
17th Aug
 391 13-16 SP 509 Start of Mayflower 401 Sail Training Ship race
19th Aug
 392 10-13 SP 575 With Trainee
393 13-16 SP 627 With Trainee (double watch day!)
21st Aug
 394 13-16 SP 103 With Trainee
29th Aug
 395 12-16 CT 440 After viewing the start of power boat races from Lepe a watch in Calshot Tower for a change… I’d forgotten how noisy the jet skis are! The previous day (Saturday) there was a fatal incident at Lepe.
31st Aug
 396 13-16 SP 486 With Trainee
1st Sep
 397 13-16 SP 277 With Trainee
2nd Sep
 398 13-16 SP 575 With Trainee
5th Sep
 399 13-16 SP 630
8th Sep
 – am – – NCI group visit to VTS
10th Sep
 400 13-16 SP 277 With Trainee
11th Sep
 – all day – – NCI Stand at the boat show
12th Sep
 401 13-16 SP 103 With Trainee who videoed a seal
19th Sep
 402 13-16 SP 103 With Trainee
26th Sept
 403 13-16 SP – lone watch
2nd Oct
 404 13-16 SP 127 With Trainee
9th Oct
 405 13-16 SP 511 Arrived at Lepe early for the start of the Round the Island Power Boat Race
13th Oct
 406 10-13 SP – Should have been with Trainee 510 but I got times wrong!
16th Oct
 407 13-16 SP 325 Polly Agatha aground on Gurnard Ledge
18th Oct
 408 13-16 SP 403 Monday watch with trainee
21st Oct
 409 08-12 CT 494 Thursday – double watch starting Calshot Tower
410 13-16 SP 300 Thursday watch
24th Oct
 411 13-16 SP 127 wet weather!
30th Oct
 – 9-1230 SP – Helping supervise chart work course
412 13-16 SP 255 Following chart work course
31st Oct
 413 13-16 SP 510 Finally did watch with new trainee 510
  7th Nov
 414 13-16 SP 335 with trainee
12th Nov
 415 13-16 SP 453 Hurley 17 yacht beached and instigated incident with HMCG
16th Nov
 416 13-16 SP 486 Tuesday watch with trainee
19th Nov
 417 13-16 SP 452 Friday with trainee, Solent very quiet
20th Nov
 418 13-16 SP 535 Quiet watch
27th Nov
 419 13-16 SP 127 with trainee
28th Nov
 420 13-16 SP 335 with trainee
5th Dec
 421 14-17 CT 380 Calshot last watch for a change!
10th Dec
 422 13-16 SP 452 with trainee
11th Dec
 423 13-16 SP 273 with trainee
14th Dec
 424 13-16 SP 627 with trainee – USV survey of Beaulieu River
19th Dec
 425 13-16 SP 273 fairly new trainee
24th Dec
 502 10-13 SP 502 with trainee
27th Dec
 503 hours SP 187 Not with a trainee for a change!

+CT = Calshot Tower, SP = Stone Point (Lepe Country Park)
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