NCI Watches: July – Dec 2026

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The view from NCI Stone Point

This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during July to December 2026 kept for my own records.

Date
 No. Time Where+ With*
Comment
4th July 1125 10.5-14 SP 520 XOD race, then Incident with 4 swimmers just W of Spit, several ambulance & HART units, we were not involved except for trying to guide them closer!.
1126 14-17.5 504
5th July 1127 14-17.5 SP 102 with trainee
11th July 1128 06-10 SP 188 Opened station at 0600 for the Round the Island Race
12th July 1129 12-16 CT 504 Incident at end of watch – yacht with broken forestay
19th July 1130 14-17.5 SP 337
25th July 1131 14-17.5 SP 205 Saturday watch – still struggling to staff weekends
26th July 1132 14-17.5 SP 415b
2nd Aug 1133 14-17.5 SP 486 Cowes week but not in W Solent
4th Aug 1134 14-17.5 SP 447 see Cowes Week
5th Aug 1135 SP 520,515 see Cowes Week, 515 on taster watch, start of shutter work
6th Aug – 07.5-14 SP – Shutter legs being replaced on station, did assessment for 5013
6th Aug 1136 14-17.5 SP 277 see Cowes Week, did 1-2-1 for 277
8th Aug 1137 14-17.5 SP 443 saturday watch
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+CT = Calshot Tower, SP = Stone Point (Lepe Country Park)
*the index to people is password protected