2nd August: Jetty staging repairs
Neighbour (and builder) Mark has started work of new supports for my “shed” at the landward end of my jetty. The shed is 17′ (~5m)...
August: "Jetty repairs" / 2017 / Diary Entry
by Peter Taylor · Published 02/08/2017 · Last modified 21/09/2017
Neighbour (and builder) Mark has started work of new supports for my “shed” at the landward end of my jetty. The shed is 17′ (~5m)...
August: "Jetty repairs" / 2017 / Diary Entry / NCI
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/08/2017 · Last modified 26/08/2017
The Fastnet Race started today between 1100 and 1240. As usual, I was on watch in Calshot Tower from 1200 so I took my telephoto...
August: "Jetty repairs" / 2017 / Diary Entry / NCI
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/08/2017 · Last modified 26/08/2017
As usual I was on watch in Calshot Tower on Sunday, August 20th, while the Calshot RNLI Day was held. Unlike last year, this year...
August: "Jetty repairs" / 2017 / Diary Entry
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/08/2017 · Last modified 21/09/2017
The first, outer-most wooden beam was hoisted in place on the 5th and braced with acrow props. Each of the drain-pipe/reinforced concrete piles rests on...
I had been planning to move the Seatern Diaries web site to WordPress format this coming winter. However the bad weather at the start of...
August: "Jetty repairs" / 2017 / Diary Entry
by Peter Taylor · Published 31/08/2017 · Last modified 06/09/2017
I can’t believe that I’ve not got out sailing during August! I was in two minds about going today but the wind was light and...
2017 / Diary Entry / Sept: "Autumn is Early"
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/09/2017 · Last modified 11/10/2017
Friends from way back, Geof (whom I met when we were at Imperial College) and Linden, phoned me to say they would be going to...
This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during July to December 2017 kept for my own records....
2017 / NCI Watch-Keeping Summary / Photo Album
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/09/2017 · Last modified 20/02/2018
Most of these photos were taken with a good quality DSLR camera with a general purpose zoom lens. Some were taken with a telephoto zoom...
2017 / Diary Entry / Sept: "Autumn is Early"
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/09/2017 · Last modified 21/09/2017
September has started stormy and it really feels like autumn, almost every forecast has had force 6 or 7 winds. In the early hours of...