26th May: St Denys Carnival
A really successful event: (click on photos to enlarge) (click on photos to enlarge) The time I spend on Coastwatch prevents me contributing to local...
Category: Diary Entry (2025)
31st May: Folkboats and X-Boats
It was Cowes Classics weekend and a race or races involving Nordic Folkboats and XODs came close in to Lepe Country Park as they tacked...
7th June: Round the Island Race
I was at NCI Stone Point on Saturday 7th June at 0530hrs to open up the station in case of any radio checks before the...
8th June: D-Day at Lepe
On Sunday 8th June it was the annual D-Day Service at the anchor War Memorial in Lepe Country Park. I was on watch in the...
10th June: Seawork 2025
I went along to the first day of the Seawork 2025 exhibition in order to attend a session on Flood Rescue and Climate Change. It...
28th June: Bark on the Beach
I was on watch during the “Bark on the Beach” event at Lepe Country Park and after the end of my watch took some informal...
10th July: British Classic Week
British Classic Week 2025 was 6th to 11th July. It is organised by the British Classic Yacht Club and is a separate event from the...
11th July: Cowes – St Malo
Although I was not on watch, with clear skies and an easterly wind forecast I went to the NCI Stone Point station to take some...
26th July: Fastnet from Shieldhall
SS Shieldhall is the largest operational historic steamship in Europe. I became a supporter last year so when I saw that she would be viewing...
26th July: Shieldhall Engine Room
[go to Description of the Shieldhall Trip] A surprizing feature of S.S. Shieldhall is that you are allowed into the Engine Room and also up...