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...
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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...
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.
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...