20th January: Sailing Rig Diagrams
At our last DFS assessment (May 2023) one criticism of NCI Stone Point was that we did not have a sailing vessel recognition diagram. I...
2024 / NCI (2024) / Jan-March: Mainly Stone Point
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/01/2024 · Last modified 31/01/2024
At our last DFS assessment (May 2023) one criticism of NCI Stone Point was that we did not have a sailing vessel recognition diagram. I...
2024 / NCI (2024) / Diary Entry (2024) / Jan-March: Mainly Stone Point
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/01/2024 · Last modified 31/01/2024
On watch at NCI Stone Point on a windy day just before Christmas we were observing someone who appeared to be efoiling. However when he landed...
2024 / Diary Entry (2024) / Jan-March: Mainly Stone Point
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/01/2024 · Last modified 31/01/2024
On 2nd October 2023 I recorded the start of work at Centurion Industrial Park across the river from my house. By today, 30th January 2024...
I’ve really missed being able to visit Exbury Gardens on my way to standing watches at NCI Stone Point. So when it opened from 2nd...
[Photo Album from the day] I’m keen to see the cherry blossoms on the trees near the Dragonfly Pond since I remembering them last year...
Photos from a soft drizzle morning’s walk around Exbury Gardens in search of Cherry Blossom.
This post is based on a post I have just published on the NCI Calshot “Blog” which was, in turn, based on a report to...
2024 / Diary Entry (2024) / Jan-March: Mainly Stone Point
by Peter Taylor · Published 27/03/2024 · Last modified 30/03/2024
Switched on CNN on Tueday morning to find that a container ship, the Dali, had rammed one of the piers of a bridge at the...
2024 / Diary Entry (2024) / Jan-March: Mainly Stone Point
by Peter Taylor · Published 27/03/2024 · Last modified 30/03/2024
Along with 11 other watchkeepers from NCI Calshot Tower and NCI Stone Point I visited our local HM Coastguard Search and Rescue Helicopter Unit “Coastguard...
heThere was a EA storm surge alert with a predicted 5.31m total tide and a Met Office yellow wind warning issued for Thursday 28the March....