Coastwatch News – March 2015 – Malcolm Craven
Everything Is Fine… Until It Goes Wrong The news that the large car carrier Hoegh Osaka which was beached in Southampton Water was coming to Falmouth for repair set me thinking of...
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Coastwatch News – February 2015 – Malcolm Craven
Time is of the Essence My Longcase clock is messing about, stopping erratically every day. I have been poking about in the works to see if there is anything obviously wrong, so...
Coastwatch News – January 2015 – Malcolm Craven
Keep It Simple So We All Understand At our last Meeting Gerry gave us a talk on tides and, if you let it, what a complicated subject it can be. Most of...
Coastwatch News – December 2014 – Malcolm Craven
I Don’t Trust This New Fangled Machinery Watching from the Lookout the other day I saw the Richard Cox Scott, our local lifeboat on her way back to Falmouth. A magnificent, powerful,...
Coastwatch News – November 2014 – Malcolm Craven
Nelson Never Had Problems Like This! It was a fantastic day, one of those which only come two or three times a year. The sun was out, a light wind from the...
Coastwatch News – October 2014 – Malcolm Craven
Shout ‘Help’ And Someone Will Come It seems our safety and care are very well served on this coast. We have people to watch over us and people to come and rescue...
Coastwatch News – September 2014 – Malcolm Craven
Fair Sets The Wind For France! The first part of this season has been very quiet but suddenly it has gone mad. Within about three weeks we have had a dog over...
CoastWatch News – August 2014 – Malcolm Craven
What a Spectacle It Will Be Between 28th and 31st August this year the world’s finest spectacle of sail will take place at Falmouth – the tall ships will gather for a Race.. We...
CoastWatch News – June 2014 – Malcolm Craven
Well, We’re Still in Business Well, we have just had our annual D.F.S. assessment. That stands for Declared Facility Status and what it means in layman’s terms is that we can be counted as part...
CoastWatch News – May 2014 – Malcolm Craven
A New Season Begins Well, we have opened up for another season. We are now able to man the Lookout for an extra day each week, Wednesdays, thanks to the magnificent response...