Coastwatch News – June 2013 – Malcolm Craven
Well, early in the season and we have had our first incident. On 3rd May a radio message from MRCC (Falmouth Coastguard) was overheard at the Lookout to the effect that they...
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Coastwatch – May 2013 – Malcolm Craven
Well, we have opened and are there to protect all of you water users happily gambolling in the sun! At least that was the idea. It was somewhat spoiled by the sight...
CoastWatch News – April 2013 – Malcolm Craven
They Come In All Shapes And Sizes It doesn’t seem like it but Spring is with us and Summer just around the corner. It may stay there, completely out of sight. For...
CoastWatch News March 2013 – Malcolm Craven
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night As the month of March approaches perhaps it is a time to remember the tragic accident at Cadgwith in 1994 when two Cadgwith fishermen were...
Coastwatch News – February 2013 – Common Sense Must Prevail
Common Sense Must Prevail There was a long discussion at a Meeting earlier in the year when someone raised the point that we did not keep any life ring or throwing line...
Coastwatch News – December 2012 – Remember The Solomon Browne 19th Dec. 1981
As I sit and write this we are coming up to Remberance Sunday. Next month, when this will appear, is December and we should think again of another group of men who...
Coastwatch News – November 2012 – Another Season Ends
The ‘open’ season at the Lookout has ended and we are now closed for the winter. The equipment has been taken away for safe storage and refurbishment where necessary, the place has...
Coastwatch News – January 2013
Winter is with us and training is now the main occupation. We do this at our monthly Meeting at Portscatho, following on the ordinary business. It’s pretty informal, no one gets worked...
October 2012 – The Grave of the ‘Hera’
Looking out of the look-out window on one of our rarer beautiful days I could see the end of Nare Head and Gull Rock, with the Whelps stretching out beyond, tranquil in...
September 2012 – Do I, or Don’t I?
It was an unpleasant windy day with occasional rain squalls whipping across the water. The wind indicator in the Lookout was indicating South Westerly 5 gusting 7. The small sailing boat was...