Who Goes There? In my last article I briefly talked about uniforms and the fact that ordinary sailors in the Royal Navy were not provided with uniforms until 1857. Prior to that...

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Little Sir Echo There has been much discussion lately by N.C.I. Headquarters about how to raise money, how to spend it and on what. Buildings are an obvious thing but equipment has...

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Why Don’t Ships Blow Sideways? I wrote last month about a motor cruiser in the bay being blown seawards because of a dragging anchor and that set my mind thinking. Wind is...

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All Adrift at Porthcurnick The other day, following his usual practice, as Colin walked down to the Lookout he scanned the bay to see what was going on. Doing this gives you an idea on...

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Our Own Private Shipwreck Watching out from our Lookout on a fine summers day it seems impossible that the area in front of us has been the scene of ship wreck, tragedy...

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Communications Are Essential I have been making a serious attempt to find out when our Lookout was built. So far, by looking at old Ordnance Survey maps, I have found that it...

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We Have Come a Long Way From a Blown Up Pig’s Bladder Having had to give up sailing at sea about four years ago I turned to a narrow boat – 42ft...

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Notes From A New Recruit! Like you, I have been reading Malcom’s fascinating articles about his talents as an experienced watch keeper at the Lookout manned by members of Portscatho NCI. I...

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Original Notes Made at the Time Last month I spent some time writing about flags and their uses. That reminded me that occasionally people visiting the Lookout question the fact that we...

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