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
15th Aug 1138 14-17.5 SP 454a
16th Aug 1139 14-17.5 SP 5013
22nd Aug 1140 14-17.5 SP 189 Trainee expected assessment but thought needed more practice
23rd Aug 1141 14-17.5 SP 118
30th Aug 1142 14-17.5 SP 5013,433
5th Sep – 830-1230 – – Helped at chartwork course at Scout Hut, called in at Exbury before pm shift
1143 14-17.5 SP 157
6th Sep 1144 14-17.5 SP 443
12th Sep – 730 – 930 SP – Opened station early for (aborted) cross Solent swim, and the Satvir Kaur coffee morning in Soton before pm watch!
1145 14-17.5 433
13th Sep 1146 14-17.5 SP 205
17th Sep – 08-1015 SP – Opened station for refurbishment work
19th Sep 1147 14-17.5 SP 503 Incident on-going when arrived at station.
SP
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+CT = Calshot Tower, SP = Stone Point (Lepe Country Park)
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