10th Sept: Ocean Globe Race
The Ocean Globe race is a fully crewed retro-race in the spirit of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race held to mark the 50th...
Category: Sept-Dec: More classics
15 & 21 Sept: Boat Show
I’m not sure why I sign up for the NCI stand at the Boat Show since I can get in for free as an “aged...
23rd Sept: NCI Stone Point opens!
The first watch at an NCI station in Lepe Country Park was on the 25th May 2019. The station was an NCI transportable unit and...
23rd Sept: SRCMBC Show
The Scale Section Model Boat Show 2023 was held at the Milford-on-Sea Community Centre on Saturday, 23rd September. The show was generously sponsored by Wightlink...
2nd Oct: Centurion Industrial Park
Centurion Industrial Park is on the east bank of the Itchen River directly north of Northam Bridge. I can see the northwest corner from my...
14th Oct: Helicopter practice
Solent Rescue are an independent lifeboat organisation situated close to our NCI Stone Point station. They seem to have lost of money for gear –...
22nd October: Exbury Gardens
One of the best things I’ve done this year was to buy a season ticket for Exbury Gardens. I have been there numerous times, usually...
22nd October: Exbury Halloween
After “lunch” I wandered over to the rock garden and discovered it had been taken over by witches, skeletons, and giant cobwebs. The smoke from...
28th/29th Oct: preparing for a flood
Late on Thursday 26th October the EA issued a Flood Alert for the period of Friday to Sunday 27th to 29th October. Due to “industrial...
30th October: Itchen Seal !
While I was checking the high tide water levels on the 29th October I noticed that the jetty was becoming slippery. I made use of...