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GENERAL NAUTICAL INTEREST
Photo - Portland Bill Lighthouse
Guards the famous and dangerous Bill with it's rip tides and overfalls. Use the inshore passage with caution.
Q. What was a sailor's square meal?
A. A meal served on a square plate used by the Royal Navy!
"Cold enough to freeze the brass balls off a monkey"! .....................
Brass triangles that supported stacks of iron cannon-balls on sailing ships were called monkeys and that in cold weather the metal contracted, causing the balls to fall off.
Photo - Admiral Nelson's Victory. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
HMS Victory was launched in 1765 at Chatham Dockyard and was commissioned in 1778. She continued in active service for the next 34 years which included her most famous moment-the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Unexpected finsh to yacht race!
There is a Moving Restriction Zone for small craft in the area of Collision - Chart
Collision Regs 9. Narrow channels
Small vessels or sailing vessels must not impede (larger) vessels which can navigate only within a narrow channel.
Link Southampton Port VTS and information- info
The skipper of this yacht maybe knew these rules but was too keen to finish his race
Link to printable Collision Regulations.
Yacht Atlanta of Chester and Tanker Hanne Knutsen in collision during Cowes Week, 7th August 2011
I have lots of interesting and useful information about astro-celestial navigation and other sailing interest.
Click on links below.
Interactive Cloud and Weather Photos - Have play and learn
Links Page - weather and lots of interesting sites
Ian's Weather Page - All about weather
Ian's Book Choice - Some good, some great
Astro Nav - Some history of celestial navigation and sight reductions methods
Astro Nav Notes - Detail how to do it to support an RYA Ocean Course