August 2021: Cowes Week at “SP”
In 2019 we manned NCI Stone Point (“SP”) everyday during Cowes Week. I did a shift most days and obtained some good photos of the...
Category: August-Sept: “Still cool”
August has started cool in the UK but at least we have not had the 40C plus temperatures experienced in North America and around the Mediterranean. I’ve been doing a lot of Coastwatch work which has limited my sailing opportunities.
Cowes Week from Lepe Country Park
Lepe Country Park might not be thought of as a place to view Cowes Week. However it is the closest place to Cowes on the...
31st July – 1st Aug. : Cowes Week Starts
On the first day of Cowes Week, Saturday 31st August, it was the “black sail” yachts that passed Lepe Country Park heading westwards. When they...
5th August: Cowes Week (Thursday)
One of the few days of the week with a good sailing wind. The Committee Boat was anchored near the yellow buoy at the start...
Cowes 2021: When it goes Wrong!
Given the number of yachts and the close racing I’m surprised that there are not more accidents. Whilst on duty at NCI Stone Point we...
8th August: Fastnet Race
On Sunday, 8th August, I arrived at Lepe Country Park early for my afternoon Watch at NCI Stone Point to watch and take photographs of...
8th August: Fastnet Race Photo Album
Photos of the start of the 2021 Fastnet Race taken from Lepe Country Park before starting my watch at NCI Stone Point.
12th August: No Man’s Land Fort
A day sail where I changed my mind off Cowes and turned sharp left to end up at No Man’s Land Fort and Seagrove Bay.
Photo Album: 12th August 2021
Photographs taken during a day sail on the 12th August 2021 to No Man’s Land Fort and Seaview.
13th August: Car Damage
I left the house to drive out to Lepe Country park for Coastwatch duty only to find that someone had run into my car! There...