August 2021: Cowes Week at “SP”
In 2019 we manned NCI Stone Point (“SP”) everyday during Cowes Week. I did a shift most days and obtained some good photos of the...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / August-Sept: "Still cool" / NCI(2021)
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/08/2021 · Last modified 09/09/2021
In 2019 we manned NCI Stone Point (“SP”) everyday during Cowes Week. I did a shift most days and obtained some good photos of the...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Photo Album (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/08/2021 · Last modified 30/04/2022
Lepe Country Park might not be thought of as a place to view Cowes Week. However it is the closest place to Cowes on the...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Photo Album (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/08/2021 · Last modified 30/04/2022
On the first day of Cowes Week, Saturday 31st August, it was the “black sail” yachts that passed Lepe Country Park heading westwards. When they...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Photo Album (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/08/2021 · Last modified 30/04/2022
One of the few days of the week with a good sailing wind. The Committee Boat was anchored near the yellow buoy at the start...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Photo Album (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/08/2021 · Last modified 30/04/2022
Given the number of yachts and the close racing I’m surprised that there are not more accidents. Whilst on duty at NCI Stone Point we...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 09/08/2021 · Last modified 29/04/2022
On Sunday, 8th August, I arrived at Lepe Country Park early for my afternoon Watch at NCI Stone Point to watch and take photographs of...
2021 / Photo Album (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 09/08/2021 · Last modified 16/08/2021
Photos of the start of the 2021 Fastnet Race taken from Lepe Country Park before starting my watch at NCI Stone Point.
2021 / Sailing Log (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/08/2021 · Last modified 16/08/2021
A day sail where I changed my mind off Cowes and turned sharp left to end up at No Man’s Land Fort and Seagrove Bay.
2021 / Photo Album (2021) / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/08/2021 · Last modified 16/08/2021
Photographs taken during a day sail on the 12th August 2021 to No Man’s Land Fort and Seaview.
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / August-Sept: "Still cool"
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/08/2021 · Last modified 16/11/2021
I left the house to drive out to Lepe Country park for Coastwatch duty only to find that someone had run into my car! There...