3rd Sept: Hamble Harbour Sea Safety Day
Ian Davis had asked if I would like to help him represent Calshot NCI at the Hamble River Sea Safety Day. It turned out to...
Category: Sept-Oct: “Autumn Already!”
The month started with NCI entries. I had a couple of sailing trips but, typical of this year, the wind was too strong or too light! I represented NCI at the Boat Show. Then October just flew by. The weather was more settled but for various reasons I didn’t get out sailing.
4th September: Kayak Incident
This had been a fairly routine watch until we heard a call on the VHF to the Coast Guard from a vessel worried about the...
8th Sept: Windy Lepe
A windy day and gear problems led me to anchor off Lepe until a fishing boat appeared! (27nm)
13-14th Sept: Flood Protection Maintenance
Having the river at the back of your house is wonderful, but it has it’s down sides! My house is on the edge of the...
16th Sept: NCI Stand at the Boat Show
I’d put myself down for helping man the National Coastwatch Institution stand at the Southampton Boat Show because I thought it would be interesting to...
19th Sept: I visit the Boat Show
Monday is usually a “quiet” day at the Boat Show so I went along to buy some new sailing boots and also to look at,...
23rd Sept: Calshot and Boat Show
I’d planned to sail to Cowes and then come back via the Boat Show, but lack of wind meant otherwise (21nm)
24th Sept: Boat Show again
I’d arranged for an internet purchase of a Personal Distress pack to be delivered at the Boat Show (to avoid carriage costs) so I went...
3rd-7th Oct: Pontoon modifications
In trying to turn Seatern around at the jetty after sailing on the 23rd September she blew around the end of the pontoon. This has...