7th January: Incident at Calshot
We had an incident during the 11am to 2pm watch. The winds were force 6, gusting 7, from ENE resulting in a rough looking sea...
Tagged: 2018
31st Jan-2nd Feb: Outboard, Met Station & LED bulbs!
The outboard needs it’s annual service so on the last day of January I removed it from Seatern. Easier said than done, as I suspected...
7th Feb 2018: Walk along the River Hamble
I’d had a message that my outboard, “Dai”, had been serviced and was ready to be collected from the Rib Shop at Eastlands Boatyard. On the...
19th February: Mounted Outboard on Seatern
It’s spring tides so, once the rain stopped, I decided to put my outboard “Dai” back on Seatern following its annual service. I decided to...
Calshot NCI: Photos January – June 2018
Most of these photos were taken with good quality DSLR or “bridge” cameras with wide range zoom lenses. 7th January: For photos of an incident...
22nd-24th Feb: Cleaned Spray Canopy
After the weather we have been having various bits of Seatern are starting to look green. At the moment, sub-zero temperatures overnight are limiting what...
27th February: Canopy update!
Today we had a light flurry of snow and I went out to look at Seatern. Where the small amount of settled snow on the...
1st-2nd March: Beast from the East
Over the last day or two we’ve had an intense high over Scandinavia (1055mb!) resulting in a strong easterly flow over the UK and snow...
Photo Album: 2nd March 2018
Photos showing the day after the snow fall on the first day of Spring, 2018!