10th March: Swaying in the Wind
A secondary depression crossed southern England early on Sunday 10th March. As I left home for the drive to Calshot the tide was coming in...
Category: March-April: Windy at first
After February warmth, March has started windy and unsettled; it feels more like winter than spring. However easter, in mid April, felt more like Summer! Most of my time was spent on a living room refurbishment!
17th March: Dinghy Incident and a Windsurfer
On the morning of Sunday 17th March winds were force 5 to 6 west to west-northwest. During the 11 to 14 hours watch at Calshot...
31st March: 18′ Skiffs are back!
The 18 foot skiffs had their first race weekend of the 2019 season. Future events were scheduled for the weekends of 20th April, 11th May,...
Mid-February to mid-April: New Living Room!
It all started with a watchkeeper at NCI Calshot Tower remarking that he had found a good painter and decorator. I’ve been meaning to get...
10th April: Ocean Business
Apparently it’s 70 years since the National Institute of Oceanography was founded (on 1st April 1949) and it happened that this year’s “Ocean Business” Conference...
April 14th: Not “Calm” except at the Jetty!
On Sunday (14th April) I went on watch to find that, despite a force 4 to 5 ESE wind, the sea state had been entered...
Days gone by: Totland Paella
A couple of weeks ago a friend, “E.T.”, gave me some prints which he had recently scanned. They dated back to an event, probably in...
April 19th: sails back on Seatern
Sorting out the living room seems to have taken so much of my time recently. Even getting the sails back on Seatern was as much...
April 20th – 29th: Guide to Sea State at Calshot
I’ve been concerned that Watchkeepers are often under-estimating the Sea State in the hourly met reports. This concern was brought to a head on Sunday...
Old buckets and modern climate change
A BBC News item featuring Liz Kent and Sea Surface Temperature research at the National Oceanography Centre.