Coastwatch News – August 2018 – Malcolm Craven
Ships That Don’t Pass In The Night Frequently when I go to bed at night I look out of my window and can see a line of lights down to the south...
Category: Coastwatch News
Waitrose Boost For National Coastwatch Portscatho
Waitrose Truro have handed over a cheque for £516 to National Coastwatch (NCI) Portscatho. During June 2018, National Coastwatch Portscatho was one of the three charities chosen by Waitrose in Truro. Shoppers...
Coastwatch News – July 2018 – Malcolm Craven
The Most Dangerous Profession? We have had our new windows installed since we opened this season and by the time you read this the official ‘opening ceremony’ will have taken place. Sarah...
Coastwatch News – June 2018 – Malcolm Craven
A Quiet Coastline Does Not Mean Nothing Ever Happened Last Saturday I sat in the Lookout on a clear sunlit day, with no wind and a flat sea. That alone was worth...
Coastwatch News – May 2018 – Malcolm Craven
Natural or Man-Made? Falmouth is one of the world’s largest natural harbours and is steeped in history. A ‘natural harbour’ is one which is large and deep enough to give shelter to...
Coastwatch News – April 2018 – Malcolm Craven
Five and Twenty Ponies Trotting Through the Dark A couple of months back I said that I did not believe that the practice of deliberately luring ships to deaths, or wrecking, ever...
Coastwatch News – March 2018 – Malcolm Craven
Was This the Biggest Rescue? Last month I had a look at many of the Cornish Lifeboat Stations and some of the big rescues in which they have been involved. This month...
Coastwatch News – February 2018 – Malcolm Craven
Those in Peril on the Sea Last month I wrote about wrecks, particularly those around our Cornish Coast. This set me wondering about rescue from these wrecks and, in particular, the part...
Coastwatch News – January 2018 – Malcolm Craven
The Birkenhead Drill Having spent some time researching our local bit of shoreline that we can see from the Lookout I have come to the conclusion that we have been very fortunate...
Coatswatch News – December 2017 – Malcolm Craven
PLEASE: WE’RE NOT RUDE, JUST EXTREMELY BUSY! At our last meeting we had a talk from Paul Bagnall, the new NCI Liaison Officer of HM Coastguard. I know that is the wrong...