Incident Summary 2022 Watchkeepers at NCI Gosport logged more than 30 incidents in 2022. An incident is any event that NCI participated in and for which the Coastguard or other authorities issued an incident number. The following notes are from our logs…. Pan Pan from sail training ship with steering loss, 16 POB. Casualty proceeded to anchorage under power, emergency steering working. When wind abated, casualty proceeded to home port, Pan Pan cancelled. Pan Pan from broken down yacht at harbour entrance. 4 POB. Motor vessel standing by. NCI informed HMCG they had visual. 2 Police RIBs and harbour patrol attending. Assets stood down as anchor holding, and Sea Start on its way. Casualty towed to safety, CG informed, Pan Pan cancelled. Yacht issued Mayday /steering failure. NCI informed HMCG had visual. HM dispatched assistance and police launch provided assistance. Mayday cancelled. HMCG requested visual search from NCI of upturned vessel, with one person on hull. Unable to establish vi...
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Man Overboard ! NCI Watchkeepers looking out at the ‘View From The Harbour Entrance’ often see things that are, to put it carefully, less than ideal. Vessels which are not using the Small Boat Channel, are going too fast, appear to be overloaded, etc. Some of these things have been written up in this blog in the hope that eventually we will see them less often. However, there is one thing that we see very seldom, and would actually like to see - or hear - much more often. And that’s vessels practicing man overboard drills. You might well ask why we mention this now, during the winter, when boating activity is very much reduced as a result of the poorer weather, poorer visibility, and shorter daylight hours. Actually, it’s worth considering because of the poorer weather, visibility, and shorter daylight hours. Poor weather, choppier seas, and more spray make for difficult movement on slippery spray-wet decks. Poor vis and less daylight makes the person in the water harder to find. And f...
Life of the Senior Management Committee It takes a lot of people to keep an NCI station running; officers of the Senior Management Committee (SMC) meet monthly to deal with issues such as maintenance, training, roster, welfare, etc. These meetings always include a representative from the Watchkeeper community. These are some comments from the Watchkeeper representative who attended our most recent meeting… I have now represented the members twice as the monthly rep at the management committee meeting. Both times I have found really interesting. We all attend in uniform and sit around the big table at the sailing club. The agenda is full for each of the officers to give an update from previous meetings as well as any new agenda items. As each item is reported on, everyone is given a chance to respond or make a comment/ suggestion. I feel that everyone is listened to and all comments are heard. It gives you an insight into what goes on behind the scene in running the group and how fair...