16th Sept: Boat Show
The Boat Show week was beginning to look busy with a power cut at Stone point on the Tuesday and a double watch on the...
Category: Diary Entry (2024)
3rd October: Nerines at Exbury
Exbury Gardens close for the winter at the start of November but, before that, they have a display of Nerines in the Five Arrows gallery...
7th October: Rainbow Display
On Monday, 7th October, I was on the first watch at NCI Stone Point.On the way there I drove through a torrential downpour. It had...
9th October: Car Serviced
It seems to have become my “Birthday Treat” to get the car serviced! It is not as bad as it sounds since I have the...
20th October: Foil pumpers
Sunday 20th October was a misty day with force 6 to 7 SW to WSW winds. On watch at NCI Stone Point we watched as...
12th November: Aft Deck repaired
Covid, Seatern, and me! I sailed Seatern only three times during 2019 in each case going west to the Shingles/Needles Fairway buoy area, but sailing...
23rd Nov: RRS James Cook
Recently the research ship RRS James Cook visited Cardiff and was opened to the general public and to many former staff from the research vessel...
11th Dec.: Santa at Calshot
National NCI had requested “Christmassy” images from the stations and my fellow watchkeeper on Sunday 8th December had brought along a Santa together with a...
13th Dec.: Lord Mayor at Stone Point
The Lord Mayor of Southampton, Councillor David Shields, visited NCI Stone Point on Friday, 13th December. The Lord Mayor is also the “Honorary Admiral of...