NCI Watches: January – June 2024
This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during January to June 2024 kept for my own records.
Category: NCI (2024)
20th January: Sailing Rig Diagrams
At our last DFS assessment (May 2023) one criticism of NCI Stone Point was that we did not have a sailing vessel recognition diagram. I...
21st Jan: Incident with Foil Pumpers
On watch at NCI Stone Point on a windy day just before Christmas we were observing someone who appeared to be efoiling. However when he landed...
30th April: Saving Lives at Sea
The BBC’S “Saving Lives at Sea ” programme annoys me because normally you would hardly know that the Coastguard are involved in a rescue, let...
6th June: D-Day 80
It has been the 80th anniversary of D-Day and, given the major contribution made to D-Day preparations by the Beaulieu, Exbury, and Lepe area, it...
NCI Watches: July – December 2024
This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during July to December 2024 kept for my own records....
20th October: Foil pumpers
Sunday 20th October was a misty day with force 6 to 7 SW to WSW winds. On watch at NCI Stone Point we watched as...