NCI Watches: July – December 2023

This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during July to December 2023 kept for my own records.
No. | Time | Where+ | With* | |||
1st July | 701 | 06-09 | SP | Round the Island Race | ||
2nd July | 702 | 09-12 | SP | 130 | During the 12-15 watch there was an incident with a windsurfer – Gosport LB was tasked. | |
703 | 12-15 | 504 | ||||
7th July | 704 | 12-15 | SP | 509,555 | 12-15 with new trainee | |
705 | 15-18 | 412 | ||||
8th July | 706 | 15-18 | SP | 355 | New trainee but has experience | |
9th July | 707 | 12-15 | SP | 322 | Double watch for both watchkeepers! | |
708 | 15-18 | 322 | ||||
10th July | 709 | 9-12 | SP | 555 | First watch period was with trainee. Cowes Classics week (photos) | |
710 | 12-15 | 415 | ||||
11th July | 711 | 9-12 | SP | 483 | ||
712 | 12-15 | 455 | ||||
15th July | 713 | 15-18 | SP | 100 | To avoid loan manning last watch on Saturday | |
16th July | 714 | 12-15 | SP | 412 | Second watch was lone watch. Super-yacht Ngoni moored off Cowes (photos) | |
715 | 15-18 | – | ||||
17th July | 716 | 12-15 | SP | 322 | Lots of double watches to keep station staffed in run up to school hols. | |
717 | 15-18 | 322 | ||||
19th July | – | 12-15 | SP | – | Supposed to be radar training but turned into a self-training event | |
718 | 15-18 | 100 | playing with radar; British Classic Week (photos) | |||
22 July | 719 | 9-12 | SP | 520 | Initially lone watch, then 520 turned up early for next watch period | |
720 | 15-18 | SP | 509 | Fastnet Race with incident SW of Needles during this watch | ||
24 July | 721 | 12-15 | SP | 274 | Trainee on first watch | |
29th July | 722 | 9-12 | SP | 535 | Coastguard Rescue Team demo at Stone Point. Start of Cowes week and, frustratingly, the best day for taking photos! | |
723 | 12-15 | 189,274 | ||||
30th July | 724 | 12-15 | SP | 557,412 | Second day of Cowes week – racing cancelled! New trainee in second watch. | |
725 | 15-18 | 576 | ||||
31st July | 726 | 12-15 | SP | 557 | Third day of Cowes week but poor visibility. | |
1st Aug | 727 | 9-12 | SP | 555 | Fourth day of Cowes Week – weather closed in with poor visibility | |
2nd Aug | 728 | 12-15 | SP | 520,274 | Cowes Week racing cancelled due to strong winds | |
3rd Aug | 729 | 12-15 | SP | 188 | Sixth day of Cowes Week – yachts becalmed with adverse current between Lepe and Egypt Point | |
4th Aug | 730 | 9-12 | SP | 165 | Last day of Cowes Week – racing stayed in central Solent – film crew with horses on Lepe Spit | |
8th Aug | 731 | 15-18 | SP | 274 | ||
9th Aug | 732 | 12-15 | SP | 415 | ||
18th Aug | 733 | 15-18 | SP | 487 | ||
19th Aug | 734 | 12-15 | SP | 502 | ||
735 | 15-18 | 535 | ||||
24th Aug | 736 | 12-15 | SP | – | Lone watch, then with new Trainee | |
737 | 15-18 | 486,657 | ||||
26th Aug | 738 | 12-15 | SP | 520 | Lepe Summer fete – torrential downpours! | |
27th Aug | 739 | 12-15 | SP | 107 | 3 paddle-boarders (sitting down) paddled across to Cowes, watched them trying to come back along IoW shore but gave up and went for ferry. Then 7 keyakers back from Osbourne Bay | |
740 | 15-18 | 335 | ||||
31st Aug | 741 | 15-18 | SP | 274 | ||
3rd Sep | 742 | 12-15 | SP | – | Double watch, both by myself. Family had an inflatable ring with zebra head which looked to have more windage than the infamous unicorns. Fortunately it was very calm. | |
743 | 15-18 | – | ||||
10th Sep | 744 | 12-15 | SP | 412 | Double watch, second by myself. During the first watch we saw the start of the Ocean Globe race | |
745 | 15-18 | – | ||||
12th Sep | – | 10-13 | SP | – | Tidying up at SP before opening ceremony | |
15th Sep | – | 09-17 | – | – | NCI stand at the Boat Show | |
16th Sep | 746 | 15-18 | SP | 577 | ||
17th Sep | 747 | 15-18 | SP | – | Lone watch, torrential downpour just before arriving | |
22nd Sep | – | 07-11 | SP | – | Cleaning down all the blue bits on the station prior to tomorrows opening ceremony | |
23rd Sep | – | 10-13 | SP | – | NCI Stone Point opening ceremony | |
24th Sep | 748 | 12-15 | SP | 412 | Tired after yesterday! | |
749 | 15-18 | 465 | ||||
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