1st July: Round the Island Race
Someone in NCI decided it would be a “good idea” to open the NCI stations around the Solent at 06:00 hrs. so competitors could do...
Category: July-Aug: Watching the Sailing
More vicarious sailing as Cowes Week came at the end of july
7th July: Cowes – Dinard – St Malo race
On Friday 7th July I was booked on the 12-15 hrs. and the 15-18 hrs. watches at NCI Stone Point. Like from Moore security turned...
12/13th July: Cleaning the Seafly Hull
A neap tide and cooler weather encouraged me to start getting the Seafly back into a fit state to use. During the last neap it...
15th July: Exbury in the rain
It was only light rain but enough to ensure the gardens were beautifully quiet during the first hour or so of opening when these photos...
10th-19th July: Seen from Stone Point
Some yachts (and a cruise ship) seen from NCI Stone Point mainly during Cowes Classics Week and then British Classics Week. The super-yacht Ngoni was...
20th July: Sidmouth & Lyme Bay
The Solent Radio Controlled Model Boat Club had been offered a free model yacht and I drove down to Sidmouth to collect it. Reaching Lyme...
22nd July: Start of the Fastnet Race
[ View Photo Gallery] Saturday, 22nd July 2023, saw the start of the 50th running of the Fastnet Race. I booked on the 09-12 watch...
22nd July: Fastnet Race Photo gallery
Photo album for the start of the 2023 Fastnet Race, the 50th time the race has been run. I managed to photgraph the large multihulls, IMOCA 60s and Class40s before the visibility became too poor.
29th July: Coastguard Rescue Team
Two members of the Lymington Coastguard Rescue Team visited NCI Stone Point on Saturday, 29th July 2023, to show us the equipment they carry and...
29th July – 5th Aug: Cowes Week
[post under construction] Since I’m not sailing I decided to book myself in for watches at our NCI Stone Point station each day during Cowes...