27th September: Sailing Sea Lightning
Yesterday (Monday 27th September) I had a really good sail in my “Sea Lightning” (using the small Lightning rig on the Seafly hull). On the...
Yesterday (Monday 27th September) I had a really good sail in my “Sea Lightning” (using the small Lightning rig on the Seafly hull). On the...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Photo Album (2021) / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 10/10/2021 · Last modified 30/04/2022
I was on watch at NCI Stone Point in Lepe Country Park during the afternoon on Saturday 9th October so I arrived there an hour...
2021 / About Seatern (2021) / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 11/10/2021 · Last modified 16/11/2021
Somewhat belatedly I found a Facebook “Messenger” request for details of the lower shrouds on Seatern and took some photos. The lower shrouds exist to...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 24/10/2021 · Last modified 16/11/2021
A windy October day but still mild… around 18°C. I had my “Sea Lightning” dinghy almost flying across the river in some of the gusts....
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/10/2021 · Last modified 23/11/2021
Some photos taken during short walks… 6th October 2021- Flowering plants: While I was having the car serviced and MOT’d at Everton Garage I walked...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again" / NCI(2021)
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/11/2021 · Last modified 29/12/2021
With roads in the area scheduled to be closed, the morning watch arrived early at Calshot Tower on the morning of 31st October to see,...
On Monday 25th October the watchkeeper at NCI Stone Point looked behind the station and saw this rainbow with a weaker secondary rainbow above it....
2021 / About Seatern (2021) / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 04/11/2021 · Last modified 05/03/2022
This year I took the sails off Seatern for the winter on 23rd October. It seemed early but there were various factors. The chief reason...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again"
by Peter Taylor · Published 13/11/2021 · Last modified 29/12/2021
At around 0700 on the 31st October 2021 they demolished the 650 foot Fawley Power Station chimney. It had long been a landmark visible from...
Diary Entry (2021) / 2021 / Oct-Dec: "Autumn again" / NCI(2021)
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/11/2021
On Friday 12th November the morning watch at NCI Stone Point spotted a small twin bilge keel yacht on the beach at the Beaulieu River...