17th August: Start of the ASTO 401 race
Photographs of the start of the Association of Sail Training Organisations race to commemorate the 401st anniversary of the Mayflower.
Category: August-Sept: “Still cool”
27th August: to the Needles
Tides Portsmouth: HT 0251 4.43m, LT 0820 1.13m, HT 1524 4.47m; Out: 0056 – 0542; back: 1318 – 1806. SB – LR (1800/26th): N or NE...
Photo Album: 27th August 2021
Photographs during a day’s sail to the Needles and back on 27th August 2021.
29th August: Offshore Power Boats
The Cowes-Torquay-Cowes and Cowes-Poole-Cowes annual power boat races were held on the 29th August 2021. I was booked on the afternoon shift at Calshot Tower...
8th September: Garden pride!
While having my morning cup of tea it struck me that me “garden” – mainly the planters on the jetty staging – was looking good,...
8th September: Visit to VTS
The NCI Calshot Tower Social group had organised a visit to the Southampton Vessel Traffic Services “VTS”. Originally it was meant to be a “virtual”...
11th September: Boat Show
On Saturday September 11th I helped man the NCI stand at the Southampton Boat Show. Although I felt that there were fewer people there than...
16th September: Jolie Brise!
During the 2021 Southampton Boat Show I got to fulfil an ambition to sail on the Jolie Brise. Only for 3 hours but an enjoyable experience.
Photo Album: Jolie Brise
Photos from a sail on the Jolie Brise during the Southampton Boat Show. One participant had her guide dog with her, apparently it was not...
21st Sept: Careening boats!
I careened Seatern on the 6th and 7th June and tried rubbing down the Coppercoat as suggested by the man on the Coppercoat stand at...