8th June: Victualling Hut Poster
An item in the Victualling Hut which I found rather moving was a poster which (according to Nick de Rothschild) may have been created for...
Category: Diary Entry (2024)
10th-12th June: Richard Mille Cup
This year’s Richard Mille Cup event at Cowes seemed to have fewer vintage sailing craft out on the water. This was possibly because of the...
15th June: Round the Island Race
[Photo Album for the event] The first start in the 2024 Round the Island race was at 06:00 with further starts up to 07:20. The...
15th June: “Ave Atque Vale” sculpture
On my first visit to the WWII exhibition at the Palais des Vaches I walked down through the field to view their new sculpture “Ave...
23rd June: WWII at the Palais des Vaches
For the D-Day 80 Anniversary a new sculpture was unveiled at Lower Exbury and the Palais des Vaches art gallery mounted a WWII at Exbury...
2nd July: Cleaning Seatern
I had last careened Seatern in June 2021 and I managed to do some sailing that year. In March of 2022 I had started cleaning...
7th July: Foil Pumper
I had an incident at NCI Stone Point on 21st January involving Foil Pumpers. The problem is that a paddle boarder in rough water and...
16th July: British Classic Week
I thought that last week (6th to 12th July) was Cowes Classic Week but I did not see any of the racing. Looking at their...
19th July: NCI Flag at Stone Point
A NCI 30th Anniversary Flag is making its way around the coast clockwise from NCI Station to NCI Station. It bears the names of all...
20th/21st July: NCI 30th Flag
On Saturday 20th July a Morris Minor “Monty” belonging to one of our watchkeepers, escorted by a Morris Traveller “Ethel”, took the Flag from Stone...