21st July: Darings, Dragons, and XOD’s
The classic Solent day-boat racing classes usually race in the east part of the central Solent but while on watch at NCI Stone Point on...
Category: Diary Entry (2024)
30th July: HMS Queen Elizabeth
After the last watch on 30th July I stayed in Lepe Country Park for a short while to take photos of HMS Queen Elizabeth. She...
27th July – 2nd Aug: Cowes Week
The 2024 Cowes Week was disappointing, at least with regard to watching the sailing from NCI Stone Point. Often there was a lack of wind...
15th August: Luttrell’s Tower
On Monday 12th August there was a fatal incident at Calshot when a water user suffered a heart attack. Ambulances and the Coastguard Helicopter 175...
17th August: Refitting Spray Hood
I’m slowly getting Seatern to look more presentable. Having careened Seatern around the 2nd July much of that month was taken up with a combination...
24th August: “Operation Blue Barrels”!
Approaching the record high tide of 8th/9th April there were 2 blue barrels floating in the area between my jetty and no 78 Priory Road....
25th August: Round the Island Power Boats
I turned up early at NCI Stone Point for the “10am” start of the Round the Island Power Boat Race. As it was they didn’t...
25th August: Ave Atque Vale
The Hampshire Open Studios event was held over August Bank Holiday weekend and I decided to call in at Palais des Vaches after my watch...
7th September: SRCMBC Milford Show
The Solent Radio Controlled Model Boat Club held their annual show at the Community Centre, Milford-on-Sea, on the 7th September 2024. I provided a sequence...
17th Sept: 12V supply at Stone Point
When NCI Stone Point opened in May 2019 in what we came to call the “Burger Van” I donated one of my 12V batteries and...