17th June: OMRA at Calshot
When I arrived at Calshot on Sunday morning in preparation for the 12 – 16 watch I saw that the Offshore Model Racing Association were...
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4th – 18th June: Living Room Roof
The weather during the week starting with the 28th May Spring Bank holiday was very warm, to the extent that there was a constant threat...
21st June: Needles Fairway buoy or thereabouts!
An early morning start and a northerly wind got Seatern through Hurst Narrows while the ebb was still flowing strongly. Then the wind got up and for the rest of the day it was variable in speed and direction.
Photo Album: 21st June 2018
Photographs from a sail out towards the Needles Fairway buoy. Plans changed when the wind became strong and later very variable.
23rd June: Thundercats and a small Classic
I booked in for the 12-16 watch at Calshot Tower Coastwatch station on Saturday, 23rd June, after reading the Notice to Mariners (No.21(T) 2018) about...
27th & 28th June: SeaLightning …and a pump!
We’ve got a period of hot weather and east to northeast winds which would be great for trips down the western Solent except the tides...
1st July: Calshot RNLI Open Day
I was on the noon to 4pm watch at Calshot Tower on the 1st July. Before the watch I took some photos from the Castle,...
4th July: Yarmouth and Colwell Bay
A full days sail to and past Yarmouth to the entrance to Colwell Bay before returning to Southampton.
Photo Album: 4th July 2018
Photos from a full days sail to and past Yarmouth to the entrance to Colwell Bay before returning to Southampton.
Raid: Monday am – to Restronguet
Photos from the morning of the first day of the 2018 Swallow Yachts Raid during which the fleet sailed to the Pandora Inn at Restronguet