3rd Sept: Hamble Harbour Sea Safety Day
Ian Davis had asked if I would like to help him represent Calshot NCI at the Hamble River Sea Safety Day. It turned out to...
Author: Peter Taylor
4th September: Kayak Incident
This had been a fairly routine watch until we heard a call on the VHF to the Coast Guard from a vessel worried about the...
4th Sept: Photo Album
A converted second-hand lifeboat, a gas tanker, and one of many gaffers that passed during the day. Watchkeeper TC wanted some photos of himself in...
8th Sept: Windy Lepe
A windy day and gear problems led me to anchor off Lepe until a fishing boat appeared! (27nm)
8th Sept: Photo Album
A windy day and gear problems led me to anchor off Lepe until a fishing boat appeared! (27nm); photos from the day.
13-14th Sept: Flood Protection Maintenance
Having the river at the back of your house is wonderful, but it has it’s down sides! My house is on the edge of the...
16th Sept: NCI Stand at the Boat Show
I’d put myself down for helping man the National Coastwatch Institution stand at the Southampton Boat Show because I thought it would be interesting to...
19th Sept: I visit the Boat Show
Monday is usually a “quiet” day at the Boat Show so I went along to buy some new sailing boots and also to look at,...
23rd Sept: Photo Album
I’d planned to sail to Cowes and then come back via the Boat Show, but lack of wind meant otherwise (21nm); photos.