5th June: New Back Brush!
It seems silly writing a post about buying a new brush to scrub my back, but it is a once in decades event! The previous...
Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past / 2023
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
It seems silly writing a post about buying a new brush to scrub my back, but it is a once in decades event! The previous...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 10/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
During the “Rhododendron Walk” we were shown the layered oriental plane tree which has been nicknamed the “wiggly tree” for obvious reasons. Somehow I’d missed...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 11/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
It was the “All Aboard” annual River Festival and Mark and Gavin had the kids amused throwing “poo” sacks into a toilet! Listening to some...
Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past / 2023
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
We are having difficulty covering weekend watches so on Sunday 11th June I was due to be on watch at NCI Stone Point for both...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
A simple navigational error, 26°M west instead of 26°M east, brought the Junkers over the IoW. Thinking they were over the Scheldt estuary region of German-held southern Holland they fired red flares to show they were friendly.
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
I attended the last day of the Seawork Exhibition on Thursday, 15th June. Compared to previous years there seemed a lot fewer boats on the...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 21/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
I had gone to NCI Stone Point in Lepe Country Park in the hope of getting some photos of the classic yachts competing in the...
Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past / 2023
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
The Richard Mille Cup is a new event for which: Entry will be open to invited owners and charterers of yachts built before 1939, or...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
While the Southsea to Isle of Wight Hovertravel service is a regular sight in the eastern Solent, to see a hovercraft in the western Solent...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / NCI (2023)
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/07/2023 · Last modified 24/07/2023
On Friday 30th June I did a double watch, 12-15 hrs. and then 15-18 hrs. The first watch passed peacefully, even to the extent that...