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Clouds for Dummies (Part 1) 2 Treasurer’s Report 3 Presentation 3 Google Earth 4 Crossword 6 Thanks and Goodbye 7 New Members 7 Training 8 Officers 9 Members Meet the Gorillas 10

The Newsletter of Exmouth CoastwatchCoastwatch

Issue 3, Autumn 2013

Beach Management Begins 11 Kite Surfing—The New Way ? 12 Lighthearted Logging 13 Sitting On The ‘Doc’ Of The Bay 13 Raising The Standard 14 Changed View Up The Estuary 14 Uniforms 14 Beach Management (latest) 15 Summer Watch Activity 17

In This Autumn Edition . . . . .

W ow ! What a scorcher ! How about that for a

great summer’s weather, especially fol-

lowing hard on the heels of a dire warning of yet another washout summer.

And what a lot of change for Exmouth Coastwatch; new website, online duty booking, raised profile in the Exmouth community, new marketing suite, a more stable source of funding donations, Newsletter, revised accounting proce-dures, business cards, radio appearances — a lot to get

used to in just a few months, but all ably initiated and man-aged by Station Manager Dee Scott. But it took its toll,

for sadly after all this achievement Dee decided to call it a day - and taking over temporarily is Mike Fowler, who brings to the role e n -

thusiasm and a wealth of experience. We all wish Mike well with this chal-lenge.

The future of our Tower is still uncertain, as the local councils

continue to consider the various planning and development options. Our Tower Team are kept abreast of the current situation through their contacts within the relevant organi-sations. They are also continuing their discussions with the EDDC and others, not only regarding a ‘new’ tower but also an interim unit for our use during the development and building phase of a ‘new’ tower. Membership is pretty stable and showing signs of growing. Funding is also stable thanks to our increasing number of sponsors.

And yet again we passed the annual ‘Declared Facility Status’ inspection ! A grand

day out, Grommit ! Not forgetting thanks to the local RNLI for giving up their valuable time.

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There are three species of cumulus

clouds:

• humilis are wider than they are tall

• mediocris are as wide as they are tall

• congestus are taller than they are wide

Often called “ fair-weather ” clouds, cu-

mulus clouds are common over land on

sunny days, when the sun heats the land

creating thermal convection currents Each

thermal is distinct, and, consequently,

each cumulus cloud is a distinct puff

CLOUDS for DUMMIES Part 1—LOW CLOUDS

“The cloud of choice for 6 yr olds”

Three critical conditions for cumulonimbus

formation:

• Ready supply of warm, moist air, which

rises at speeds of up to 25-70 mph

• Tropospheric winds need to increase

considerably with height to encourage it to

slant forward

• The atmosphere around the cloud

needs to be “ unstable ” – no temp.

inversions here

Stratus clouds are the lowest

forming and are often called

fog or mists when they are

earth-bound

Stratus clouds are formed

when a large air mass cools

at the same time ( e.g. – a

warm air parcel drifts into or

above a cooler region )

Similar to cumulus clouds in

form and composition,

stratocumulus clouds are

textured and puffy, but also

joined into a semi-

continuous layer

Stratocumulus clouds usu-

ally form from cumulus or

stratus clouds

cumulus cumulonimbus

cumulonimbus

stratus

stratus

stratocumulus

stratocumulus

Next Edition - CLOUDS for DUMMIES Part 2 - MIDDLE CLOUDS

LOW CLOUDS

Stratocumulus Stratus Cumulus Cumulonimbus (extend through all 3 levels)

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W e are very fortunate in Exmouth to have some pro-active NCI Members who are

either seeking or supporting different ways

to raise money to underwrite the running

costs of NCI Exmouth.

Fundraising for NCI Exmouth is very much an ongoing

project as without the generosity of those involved in giv-

ing their time, we would not have the funds to pay for the everyday running costs of such an enterprise. We need

everyone to row together to stay afloat!

We have eleven Exmouth businesses on our website and we thank them for their continued support

– they are Edge Watersports, The Exmouth Mussel Company, Liquid Motion, Wilsons Paints, Stuart Line Cruises, SailExmouth, Martineau Chiropractic Clinics, Devon Bunting, Graham Sykes Insur-

ance, Devoncourt Hotel and Tiger Charters. Gordon Betteridge has been very productive in seeking

out new businesses to support NCI Exmouth.

Many businesses in Exmouth have NCI collection tins on their premises

and Colin Wells circumnavigates

them monthly to collect the monies donated. We are fortunate in that we

still have collection days at Tesco which indeed helps towards our income.

This financial year we have been very fortunate in receiving generous donations from the The Nor-man Family Charitable Trust as well as Exmouth Town Council. Sir John & Lady Heathcoat Amory

Charitable Trust, as well as the Devonshire Rose Croix have also been very supportive in their do-

nations to us. We cannot always rely on such donations and therefore it is important that NCI Ex-

mouth continue to seek new streams of finance. Other events throughout the year raised additional funds – Christmas swim, Exmouth Fun Day held

in May, the Summer Cruise raffle, the Presentation team and Crabstock.

Thank you to all the NCI Members involved in the above and also a big “thank you” to the people of Exmouth in their support and to those visiting Exmouth who also provide us with donations.

Treasurer’s Report

Gift Aid – if anyone is donating any money and they are a tax payer – please ask the Treasurer for the “Gift Aid” form which al-lows us to claim back tax from HMRC.

Zan Nye

Graham Nye Continues to Spread the

word about Exmouth Coastwatch

C ontinuing to exercise his engaging ‘Presentation’ skills and put them to good use, Graham Nye has in this past quarter enlightened several organisations about the role and purpose of Exmouth Coastwatch.

They include Moreton Crescent Neighbourhood Watch (at the Imperial Hotel, Ex-mouth), the Exmouth Chamber of Commerce (at a breakfast meeting at the Devoncourt Hotel) and the Exmouth and District Stroke Club, at the Bidmead Centre in Littleham.

Future presentations are planned with local WI organisations, Methodist Women’s Fellow-ship and local Probus Clubs.

Graham is enthusiastic about such presentations being an ideal vehicle for spreading the word about the rewarding voluntary work of Exmouth Coastwatch, and adds that they also help contribute towards raising funds.

He and the rest of the ‘Presentation Team’ remind both Members and Non-Members that

Coastwatch presentations are available to all-comers by contacting Graham Nye on 01395

224691.

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Catch of the Day ? Where From ?

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Back to

University . . . . . . . . for Gina and

Dawn. Here they are at

the University of Exeter

Freshers Week enlighten-

ing 18 year olds about the

role and purpose of NCI.

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Did You Know Where This Is ?

Painting courtesy Richard F Sanders Answer—back page.

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Bill Nash, David Dadd, Ray Massey, Ella

German, Thomas Hine and Garry Wilson -

and our dear colleague David Garrett who

sadly passed away this summer.

We Say Thanks and

Goodbye to . . .

. . . . and We Say Hello to New Members. . .

Val Mewse

Barry Davis

Patrick McCahearty

Keith Cornish

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BRIXHAM coastguard station will close by the end of next year according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

The news has been criticised by campaigners who have branded the timetable for closure of coastguard stations as

'outrageous'.

The new National Operations Centre which will be co-ordinating the reduced network of 10 coastguard stations is not

yet up and running.

This centre is not due to be operating until autumn 2014.

C ontinuation Training has been going for just over six months now and we have achieved a 54% completion so far. I hope that by Christmas we can get this to 75/80%; it is an an-nual requirement as laid down in the NCI Manual. I believe some members aren’t happy with having to do it, but WE ALL have to maintain the REQUIRED STANDARD, (DFS)

Trainers included. In the New Year I intend to change the Groups around (old dogs new tricks, change of faces, call it what you want). If anyone would like to come up with reasonable suggestions regards further Training, I’m only too willing to listen/learn and take part. By now you will have met our Newly Qualified Watchkeepers - congratulations to them, and to those under training - enjoy. Next summer we’ll augment the Tower-based training with some practical experience of judging distance, reading bearings and using VHF in cooperation with the Doc and his Rib (and GPS).

Colin Bytheway

Training

Doc’s Dolphins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBarCb_LmKY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdQw8m5a--Q

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Buffet Style / SitBuffet Style / SitBuffet Style / Sit---down down down Friday 13th DecemberFriday 13th DecemberFriday 13th December

CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL at the at the at the

The following provisional nominations have been forwarded (by the time of the AGM there may be variations) : COMMITTEE: Station Manager – Mike Fowler (Prop – Paul Draper; Sec – Clive Thorne) Secretary – Yvonne Anderton (Prop – Bryan Scotting; Sec – Colin Wells) Treasurer – Zan Nye (Prop – Steve Chessum; Sec – Colin Wells) Training – Colin Bytheway unexpired Term of Office Marketing/Fundraising – Gordon Betteridge unexpired Term of Office 2 x Members’ Reps - Charles Darke (Prop – Colin Wells; Sec – Steve Chessum) - Tom Earls (Prop – Steve Chessum; Sec – Colin Wells) STATION OFFICERS – appointed to help in the running of the Station.

Media/Public Relations – Charles Darke Roster/Membership – Keith Stuart (Val Mewse) Quartermaster – Zan Nye Tower – Patrick McCahearty and Ruth Burnet Health and Safety – vacancy

Web site – Gina West Please note - anyone interested in the positions of ‘Health and Safety Officer’ and ‘Social and Events Organiser’ - contact Yvonne.

Although the precise structure of the Committee is still under discussion and will be confirmed by vote at the AGM in November, Acting Station Manager Mike Fowler explained that Committee posts (and Station roles) will comply with those recommended in the ‘NCI Guidelines on Manage-ment’. Members will vote on the Committee members once the Committee structure has been rati-fied, also at the AGM. [If you are unable to attend the AGM on Wednes-

day 20th November

2013 please forward

your votes to the Sec-

retary, Yvonne.]

Exmouth Coastwatch Officers

NOT SO MUCH

THIS:

Archives – Clive Thorne Welfare – Yvonne Anderton Collection Tins – Colin Wells Presentation Team – Graham Nye Newsletter – Doc Martin Social and Events - vacancy

AS THIS :

contact 01395 224691 for bookings contact 01395 224691 for bookings contact 01395 224691 for bookings

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Members meet the Gorillas ! (aka the visit to Brixham Coastguard)

Well, not quite . . . . . back in July seven Members visited

Brixham Coastguard one balmy evening to get a sense of

what it is that goes on in Brixham behind the courteous,

friendly and efficient voices we hear over VHF and the telephone.

It was very enlightening to witness all the communica-

tions technology over there being used so effectively,

and it included one incident whereby one of a diving

party had surfaced too quickly and the leader of the party

was patched through to an on-call medical specialist in

Edinburgh !

Another ‘incident’ relayed through to the control room was a yacht out off Berry Head

complaining that his route was blocked by a ‘flotilla of what seemed to be ferry-boats with

giant gorillas on board’. The word went round the hushed Brixham Control Room—”the

gorillas are coming !” - quite an alarming thing to hear if you haven’t before heard of the

Paignton Zoo ‘Gorilla Flotilla’ ! So what

was it all about ?

Paignton Zoo sent 30 gorillas to sea. The

Great Gorillas Flotilla saw boats with more

than two dozen life-size painted model goril-

las on board sailing across Tor Bay. I don’t

know what Type we would have logged

them as in the Tower ! This extraordinary

spectacle was part of Paignton Zoo’s Great

Gorillas Project, which is celebrating the

90th birthday of the region’s largest and best-known zoo.

The Gorilla Flotilla took place on Tuesday 23rd July, coinciding with our visit to Brixham.

Greenway Ferry craft plied their normal routes, complete with gorillas on board, during the

day before gathering for the mass sailing in the eve-

ning. The public joined the evening sailings of the

Gorilla Flotilla for free. The Great Gorillas Project

sees life-size model gorillas being sponsored by

businesses and community groups, painted in origi-

nal designs by specially-commissioned artists and

displayed in public, creating a unique art trail

around Torbay and Exeter.

Our thanks to Jeremy Linn - a grand day out, Grom-

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If you saw a boat bobbing to and fro, towing something

along Exmouth seafront and across the mouth of the Exe

Estuary in September or October, the chances are it may

have something to do with £8.6 million of funding re-

cently announced by the Government for the Dawlish

Warren and Exmouth Beach Management Scheme. The

boat, which was surveying the rocks below the seabed,

was the first sign of activity on the ground, although the overall project will take several

years to complete.

Beach management begins

This first investigation and appraisal stage involves col-lecting evidence and will help to shape possible designs

for the project.

The Environment Agency and Teignbridge District Council are also working with East Devon District Coun-

cil to agree a programme of works which could see a pro-

portion of sand taken from Pole Sands and sprayed back onto local beaches.

Members of the public will be consulted on possible de-signs before the necessary licences and permissions are

applied for.

As well as improving the quality of local beaches, the works will also include building a new embankment, and

removing stone filled baskets beneath the sand dunes at Dawlish Warren. As well as reducing flood

risk to properties and the main railway line the project will also help to improve the condition of

wildlife habitats and allow the sand spit to function more natu-

rally.

Dawlish Warren sand spit plays a crucial role in protecting commu-

nities along the Exe Estuary from

stormy seas, including Starcross, Powderham, Lympstone, Ex-

mouth and Dawlish Warren vil-

lage itself – as well as the main line rail network. Over the years

this natural coastal feature has

experienced major man-made

construction schemes intended to keep the forces of the sea at bay.

These have included the installation of rock filled baskets (gabions) below the dunes and a concrete sea wall in the 1970s, and the addition of boulders (rock armour) in the 1990s. Because the forces of

nature are always trying to change the shape of this dynamic coastline, there has also been an almost

constant need for repairs after every winter storm.

In recent years the ever shifting sands at Dawlish Warren have increasingly been washed along the

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W e’re all used to

seeing views

like this from the

Tower aren’t we ?

Spot the difference ?

Perhaps the picture’s

too small, but the guy

in the middle front

(and, incidentally, be-

low) is on a hydrofoil

kite ! A weird site when you’re coming back in through the

channel, a kitesurfer is coming towards you, then gradually

the board escapes the confines of the water and up she goes !

Kite Surfing

- the new way ?

shoreline towards Pole Sands as the beach steepens and huge parts of the sand dunes have disap-peared.

Without intervention in the near future, a combi-

nation of climate change, tides and storm events are creating the conditions for a potential breach

in the sand spit defences. The beach man-

agement scheme is part of a long term programme of works, set in place by the

Exe Estuary Strategy, to protect beaches

and wildlife habitats and to improve flood protection for communities all

around the Estuary.

Photo Right The survey vessel Ping, length 7 metres, is

specialised in high-resolution seabed mapping

in water depths of 2-80 metres. The vessel

can easily be transported on a trailer or by a

larger survey vessel. Indeed in early Septem-

ber she was brought in from Sweden on a low

-loader and hoisted by crane into the marina,

where she was berthed until her departure two weeks later. She can be ready for surveying one hour after

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Lighthearted Logging !

S ome of us had some fun at Gina’s expense this summer when, deliberately misin-

terpreting an email from her, word went round suggesting that we should in fu-

ture, as well as logging vessels, record details of misbehaving dogs, seagulls, lost

kites etc etc. Wyn Poole reluc-

tantly agreed to fall in line, and is seen

here logging dogs and stolen kites.

At the October General Meeting, Acting

Station Manager Mike Fowler, whilst

acknowledging the lighthearted nature

of this particular wheeze, took the op-

portunity to remind Members that “all

changes to our remit will be agreed by

the committee before circulation to the

members. This of course will need to be

ratified by the new committee and sub-

sequently agreed by Members ”.

Sitting on the ‘Doc’ of the Bay I t’s been a while since some of our Members went out

onto the water and saw potential sea and Estuary hazards

through the other end of the telescope. So that’s precisely

what several trips with the Doc set out to do this summer.

Sharing the driving

(conditions permitting !), they went out through the

channel, past the Rodney Steps ’tombstoning’ site, into

Sandy Bay, out past the cliff birds to the Range Safety

vessel anchored off Straight Point, from there across to

the wave channel buoy anchored a mile or so off

Langstone Rock, and then on to Teignmouth Harbour

and the Teign Estuary via the Galicia wreck (nothing to

see of course !).

The homeward leg hugged the nets– and pots-laden coast along Teignmouth Beach, past

Shag Rock, along Dawlish sea front and Langstone Rock to reaffirm just how easy it would

be to continue straight home, ploughing (quite liter-

ally, probably) across Pole Sand, but instead taking

the precautionary route right out to Exmouth Buoy

and back in through the channel.

Those who took a turn at driving seemed to enjoy it,

and Dee and Wyn didn’t seem to be able to get

enough of it.

The Doc says he’ll put on similar trips next summer,

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NCI Uniform In Stock

NEW ITEMS

SHIRTS

Mens’ Short Sleeve Pilot Sirt with Logo £15

Sizes 15, 16½, 17

Mens’ Long Sleeve Pilot Shirt with Logo £15.50

Sizes 15, 17

Ladies’ Short Sleeve Pilot Shirt with Logo £15

Sizes 12, 14, 18

Baseball Cap with logo £6.50

NCI Exmouth Sew-On Badge £6

USED ITEMS

NCI Nato Jumper with Logo XL £7

Mens’ Short Sleeve Pilot Shirt with Logo £4, Size 17½

Mens’ Short Sleeve Pilot Shirt, No Logo, £3, Size

18

Breton Cap with Badge, £7

Prices include P&P for New items.

Zan Nye

(As at 5th November 2013)

Raising the Standard Colin B reported to the last General Meeting that, thanks to a benefactor,

we now have our own Standard. Its first use—the Remembrance Day Pa-

rade.

and in consultation with

Training Manager Colin

Bytheway there will be a cou-

ple of exercises in ‘spotting’,

‘distance estimating’ ‘taking

bearings’, ‘plotting’ and

‘VHF practice’ for those on duty in the Tower if they should want to.

Dates for next year’s trips will be circulated in April. [Photos in the Supplement]

Changed View Up The Estuary The view from the Tower

up the Estuary will be

changing over the com-

ing year when the new

Premier Inn is com-

pleted .

Artist’s impression

Please contact the Quartermaster, Zan Nye,

either by phone or email.

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Beach management (cont’d)

In late October /

early November a

strangely shaped vessel was spotted heading to-

wards Exmouth from the South. A quick look at

AIS revealed that she was coming from Brixham

with a destination of Exmouth. For the next few

days she stayed around the area and even

upon closer inspection from a RIB it was

not immediately apparent what she was up

to. However, there was a lot of pipework

on board.

It being only a few weeks since the PING

Survey vessel had surveyed the Exmouth Inshore area, it seemed quite likely that this was

some kind of follow-up from that previous surveying initiative. Simon Humphry, Project

Engineer with the South West Coastal Monitoring Programme, confirmed to Doc that she

was carrying out “geotechnical work to gauge what depths of sand exist, as part of the

Dawlish Warren Scheme.” Their partner, the Environment Agency, will be issuing a press

release shortly—it will also be available on their website.

Dee Spreads the Word as Well

The then Exmouth NCI Station Manager,

Dee Scott, visited the Beavers to give a

talk on sea and beach safety, present

their badges, and illustrate the principles

of flotation devices with the

use of balloons.

. . . . and the Winner Is . . . . .

The first outing for the new Gazebo at the May

‘Fun Day’event in The Strand - Dee Scott and

Dawn Brown shown here with the winner of the

Treasure Chest.

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Cabin - A cramped, closet like compartment below decks where crew members may be stored – on their sides if large or on end if small – until needed. Calm - Sea condition characterised by the simultane-ous disappearance of the wind and the last cold beer Channel - Narrow stretch of deep or dredged water-way bordered by buoys or markers that separates two or more grounded boats Current - Tidal flow that carries a boat away from its

desired destination or toward a hazard. Fitting Out - Series of maintenance tasks performed on boats ashore during good weather weekends in spring and summer months to make them ready for winter storage. Flipper - Rubber swimming aid worn on the feet. Usually available in two sizes, 3 and 17 Flotsam - Anything floating in the water from which there is no response when an offer of a

cocktail is made. Fluke - The portion of an anchor that digs securely into the bottom: also, any occasion

when this happens on the first try. Gear - Generic term for any pieces of boating equipment that can be forgotten in the back-

seat or boot of a car, left behind on a pontoon, soaked in the bottom of a dinghy or lost over the side of the boat. Gimbals - Movable mountings often found on shipboards lamps, compasses etc which pro-

vide dieting passengers an opportunity to observe the true motions of the ship in relation to them, and thus prevent any recently ingested food from remaining in their digestive sys-tems long enough to be converted into unwanted calories. Grounding - Embarrassing situation in which a sailor returns to shore without leaving his boat. Hatch - An opening in a deck leading to the cabin below with a cover designed to let water in while keeping fresh air out.

Exe Sailing Club Juniors Visit

Also during the balmy summer months we

had a visit to the Coastwatch Tower by

several of the junior members of the Exe

Sailing Club during which they were told

all about the role and purpose of NCI. The

youngsters were very keen to learn about

Coastwatch and used the optical equipment

enthusiastically, leaving them with the de-

sire to form closer links between

their Club and NCI.

Some Nautical Terms Ahoy - The first in a series of four letter

words commonly exchanged by skippers as their boats approach one another Boom - A Laterally mounted spar to which a

sail is fastened, used during jibing to shift crew members to a fixed, horizontal position. Bulkhead - Discomfort suffered by sailors

who drink too much

Beavers Make A Return Visit -

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Summer Watch Activity

E xmouth Coastwatch has a unique vantage point from our base in the Tower above

the Harbour View Cafe, with 180 degree perspective from the Tower. This en-

ables us to keep watch over the lower Exe Estuary, a mile of the famous Exmouth

sandy beach, the south and east of Dawlish Warren, Pole Sand right in front of us

and further out into Lyme Bay to Dawlish, Teignmouth

and, on our horizon, Berry Head. The incidents we have

dealt with, therefore, are as diverse as our view.

The hot sunny weather this summer boosted local tourism,

with many more people than usual escaping their homes

and work to dip their toes in the cool sea whilst using the

beach as a base, or using their boats more often than

usual, or taking the opportunity to learn new watersports

such as kiteboarding.

This in turn created the potential for many more incidents

to occur under our observation. Most common among

these was members of the public underestimating tidal

depth and flow; for example, believing that they could

make it from Dawlish Warren to Pole Sand and back at

low tide. In these kind of incidents it is not uncommon

for a member of the public to call the emergency services and then in turn for HM Coast-

guard to call us to keep a visual watch and to report any adverse changes. The tide also

catches out some skippers of boats navigating the channel at low tide, especially at Spring

tides under a High Pressure system. There again we keep watch to ensure they don't become

a hazard to other boats using the channel or, indeed, to themselves as their vessel gradually

settles on the ever-exposing sand.

And right in front of the Tower it was not unusual to witness families with tiny children

paddling in the red flagged area of the shoreline. Also, kayaks, freshly bought and plunged

into the water for the first time, with not a thought to

whether the tide was coming in or going out, and no

experience of the strength of it.

Averting our gaze up from the shore to the myriad of

boats going out and coming in, yet again this summer

it was quite usual to witness families in their boats,

none of whom were wearing life vests, but with their

'trophy' dog proudly sitting up-front sporting a lumi-

nous doggy life vest. Further out away from the shore,

beyond Pole Sand, we again witnessed and logged

small fishing weekenders getting snagged on pot

ropes, culminating invariably in the

RNLI AWB being despatched to pull

them off.

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Our new ‘Marketing Suite’ ! OK, so it’s a gazebo, but it serves as a marketing suite

and focus for raising our profile . . . . .

YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT, I HAVEN’T

FINISHED READING YET - JUST KEEP

WAVING - THE COASTWATCH GUYS

ARE BOUND TO SEE YOU !

From previous page . . . Summer Watch Activity Engine malfunctions were a large propor-tion of powered vessel incidents, usually

leading to the Coastguard VHF "Any ves-

sels in the vicinity of . . . ?" and a tow

home.

All in all, another above-average summer

at the office, considering the sweltering hot weather. What we would give for that

weather as we move into winter watch-

keeping eh ?!

Any comments about this publication should be directed to the Editor, Doc Martin, Exmouth NCI

Web : http://www.nciexmouth.org.uk/ Email : exmouth@nci.org.uk The National Coastwatch Institution

is a Registered Charity, Registered

charity number 1045645

Acknowledgements for this Autumn 2013 Edition Jane Lavick, LiCCo Principal Engagement Officer

Exe Press Journal Exe Estuary Management Partnership

ANSWERS “Where From ?” - Zanzibar

“Catch of the Day” - Somali Fisherman “Did You Know Where This Is ?” - Topsham

PARO LINI

“The Summer In Photos” - a Supplement

Containing Members’ photos, inspired by the glori-

ous summer weather of 2013, available as a flip-

book and also pdf - on the website SOON.