13th June: “Bark on the Beach”
I was on watch at NCI Stone Point on the afternoon of Saturday 13th June, so turned up at about 11am to take some photos...
Author: Peter Taylor
16th June: Cleaning Seafly aka Seascow!
Having established that the Lymington Scow rig would fit on the Seafly, the first step was to clean the seafly hull which has been neglected...
21st June: Seascow trial rigging
I’d been waiting for a calm day to try rigging “Seascow” and one came soon after dawn on Sunday 21st June. I discovered a list...
27th June: Seascow first sail!
It has been a very hot few days. However temperatures were a bit lower on Saturday, most modifications after the trial rigging had been done,...
28th June: Jet-ski Incident at Calshot
I was meant to do my usual Sunday watch at NCI Stone Point but they needed someone at NCI Calshot, so I swapped over with...
29th June: It’s been hot recently!
We had a series of very hot days and nights towards the end of June 2026!
4th July: X One Design racing
I was on watch at NCI Stone Point when a fleet of XOD’s came past the station tacking against both current and wind. They went...
NCI Watches: July – Dec 2026
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....
11th July: Round the Island race
I opened up NCI Stone Point at 06:00 BST for the Round the Island sailing race which this year had about 800 starters. We are...