NCI Watches: January – June 2022

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This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during January to June 2022 kept for my own records.

Date
 No. Time Where+ With*
Comment
1st Jan
 504 10-13 SP 630 New years Day double watch, Lepe Park packed, car park overflowing! Some people swimming including one topless individual we finally decided was male!
505 13-16 SP 509
9th Jan
 506 13-16 SP 300 grey day – cliffs eroding
11th Jan
 507 13-16 SP 504 Trainee but will soon qualify
16th Jan
 508 13-16 SP 453 Spring like day, Lepe busy for time of year
17th Jan
 509 13-16 SP 549 Fairly new trainee, calm sunny day
23rd Jan
 510 13-16 SP 504 Newly qualified watchkeeper
28th Jan
 511 13-16 SP 205 With long serving watchkeeper for a change!
30th Jan
 512 14-17 CT 548 Calshot Tower for a change!
1st Feb
 513 10-13 CT/SP 273 comment
7th Feb
 – 09-12 SP – Planting new pine trees
12th Feb
 514 10-13 SP – Was meant to be doing an assessment but  the watchkeeper did not turn up!
13th Feb
 515 13-16 SP 127 With trainee, 34kt winds by end of watch, front shutter closed
27th Feb
 516 13-16 SP 335 1st watch after Lepe Country Park being closed due to storm damage during Eunice
6th Mar
 517 13-16 SP 273 with newly qualified watchkeeper – ENE wind and hydraulic jump 
11th Mar
 518 13-16 SP 509 did appraisal for watchkeeper
13th Mar
 519 13-16 SP 127 with trainee
15th Mar
 520 13-16 SP 335 with trainee
18th Mar
 521 10-13 SP 506 did appraisal for watchkeeper
20th Mar
 522 13-16 SP 127 with trainee
25th Mar
 523 13-16 SP 454 with trainee
26th Mar
 524 13-16 SP 335 trainee thanked me after qualifying
29th Mar
 – – – – tested positive for covid-19
16th Apr
 525 13-16 SP 662 first watch after covid
22nd Apr
 526 10-13 SP 486
23rd Apr
 527 13-16 SP – lone watch, had to get Solent Rescue to help close shutters, Tenacious went by
28th Apr
 528 13-16 SP 205
30th Apr
 529 13-16 SP 509 watchkeeper going back to sea!
1st May
 530 13-16 SP 544 did appraisal, Round the Island power boats
4th May
 531 10-13 SP 510 filling in for cancellation
7th May
 532 13-16 SP 502 with trainee
14th May 533 13-16 SP 577 yacht aground at entrance to Beaulieu River
17th May
 534 13-16 SP 452
22nd May
 535 13-16 SP 501 New keen trainee
24th May
 – 10-12 SP – Installing Davis weather station on new SP station
26th May 
 – 10-13 SP – SP Development Group meeting, new SP station. Visited Palais des Vaches afterwards
28th May
 536 13-16 SP 501 Called in at Palais des Vaches on route
31st May
 537 12-16 CT 250,375 Calshot DFS assessment (passed!)
 4th June
 538 12-16 CT 546 Jubilee weekend, busy but no incidents
5th June
 539 13-16 SP 337 Jubilee weekend, quiet, watch with difficult trainee
6th June
 540 13-16 SP 337 watch with difficult trainee
12th June
 541 13-16 SP 501 Keen trainee!
17th June
 542 10-13 SP 502 Friday watch
19th June
 543 13-16 SP 511
24th June 
 544 13-16 SP 205 Yacht aground off Gull Island but not in trouble, told CG had eyes on and phoned them when after leaving the Park I saw them under way
25th June
 545 10-13 SP 535 Round the Island race (see diary entry)
546
 13-16 188
28th June
 547 13-16 SP – Lone watch, got help from LCP to close shutters
30th June
 548 10-13 SP 455 Cowes Classics Week (see diary entry)
549
 13-16 511

+CT = Calshot Tower, SP = Stone Point (Lepe Country Park)
*the index to people is password protected