16th September: Jolie Brise!
During the 2021 Southampton Boat Show I got to fulfil an ambition to sail on the Jolie Brise. Only for 3 hours but an enjoyable experience.
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 17/09/2021 · Last modified 11/10/2021
During the 2021 Southampton Boat Show I got to fulfil an ambition to sail on the Jolie Brise. Only for 3 hours but an enjoyable experience.
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Photo Album (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 17/09/2021 · Last modified 30/04/2022
Photos from a sail on the Jolie Brise during the Southampton Boat Show. One participant had her guide dog with her, apparently it was not...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / About Seatern (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 28/09/2021 · Last modified 29/04/2022
I careened Seatern on the 6th and 7th June and tried rubbing down the Coppercoat as suggested by the man on the Coppercoat stand at...
Yesterday (Monday 27th September) I had a really good sail in my “Sea Lightning” (using the small Lightning rig on the Seafly hull). On the...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Photo Album (2021) / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 10/10/2021 · Last modified 30/04/2022
I was on watch at NCI Stone Point in Lepe Country Park during the afternoon on Saturday 9th October so I arrived there an hour...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 24/10/2021 · Last modified 16/11/2021
A windy October day but still mild… around 18°C. I had my “Sea Lightning” dinghy almost flying across the river in some of the gusts....
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/10/2021 · Last modified 23/11/2021
Some photos taken during short walks… 6th October 2021- Flowering plants: While I was having the car serviced and MOT’d at Everton Garage I walked...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again" / NCI(2021)
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/11/2021 · Last modified 29/12/2021
With roads in the area scheduled to be closed, the morning watch arrived early at Calshot Tower on the morning of 31st October to see,...
On Monday 25th October the watchkeeper at NCI Stone Point looked behind the station and saw this rainbow with a weaker secondary rainbow above it....
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 13/11/2021 · Last modified 29/12/2021
At around 0700 on the 31st October 2021 they demolished the 650 foot Fawley Power Station chimney. It had long been a landmark visible from...