10th-12th June: Richard Mille Cup
This year’s Richard Mille Cup event at Cowes seemed to have fewer vintage sailing craft out on the water. This was possibly because of the...
Author: Peter Taylor
Round the Island Race – Photo gallery
Photos of the 2024 Round the Island race taken from NCI Stone Point (mainly before the station opened officially!). Initially the weather was overcast with rain squall limiting visibility and the wind increased to force 7.
15th June: Round the Island Race
[Photo Album for the event] The first start in the 2024 Round the Island race was at 06:00 with further starts up to 07:20. The...
15th June: “Ave Atque Vale” sculpture
On my first visit to the WWII exhibition at the Palais des Vaches I walked down through the field to view their new sculpture “Ave...
23rd June: WWII at the Palais des Vaches
For the D-Day 80 Anniversary a new sculpture was unveiled at Lower Exbury and the Palais des Vaches art gallery mounted a WWII at Exbury...
2nd July: Cleaning Seatern
I had last careened Seatern in June 2021 and I managed to do some sailing that year. In March of 2022 I had started cleaning...
7th July: Foil Pumper
I had an incident at NCI Stone Point on 21st January involving Foil Pumpers. The problem is that a paddle boarder in rough water and...
16th July: British Classic Week
I thought that last week (6th to 12th July) was Cowes Classic Week but I did not see any of the racing. Looking at their...
Mariquita
Length on Deck: 38m/ 125ft Beam: 5.2m / 19ft Built: 1911 Designer: William Fife III Builder: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland Based: Brest, France...
Moonbeam IV
Length on Deck: 29m / 95.1ft Beam: 5.45m / 17.9ft Built: 1920 Designer: William Fife III Builder: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland Based: Brest,...