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Garrison Point INFO KEY The point at which the Swale, the Medway and Thames IOS Round the Island Race Club phone no. 01795 663052 Hazard Estuary tides meet giving rise The course is a clockwise circumnavigation of the island, to a tidal back eddy. The Cheyne Rock • • • Recovery point race starting and finishing from IOS Sailing Club. Start times & class flags cardinal buoy marks a disused 'L' shaped area of sand stones outfall & posts (keep outside). IOS Sailing Club The club cannot be held responsible for and rocks. Dries several feet 10.00 Monohulls PY1120 and over / Sailboards recovering boats that retire at these points. high at low water. Any boat retiring at one of these points must 10.30 Monohulls PY1031 to 1119 inc. phone the clubhouse on 01795 663052. 11.00 Monohulls PY1030 & under West Cant Start Grain Hard 11.30 Multihulls Event car parking Isle of Outfall Tripod Post Grain Mid Cant Spectator point

Port of Mean low water Finish Sheerness Minster boom Starboard nav. buoy Marine Parade A wartime submarine trap Greyed area = mean low water Catamaran YC Satellite Compound consisting of a line of Spile submerged barges and Port navigation buoy Sheerness wooden posts. Cardinal mark North Kent QB Dolphins Advised route by road South Kent Marks of old pier remain River Medway at Queenborough. to sailing club on race day The Broadway Minster Queenborough Spit Bosun’s Store A small chandlery

B2008 A250 Shallow water S1 B2007 Barton Hill Dr Large sand bank from S2 Leysdown to Shellness - risk of grounding. S4 S3 Eastchurch B2231 Queenborough Warden

S5 QB Hard Long submerged concrete B2231 hard at Queenborough.

S6 S7 Kingsferry Bridge Isle Of Sheppey Road crossing: come ashore on the mainland side and Leysdown walk craft sideways under the Harty Ferry Rd Sheppey Crossing inner span of bridge. High level bridge crossing the Swale, can be sailed under but Ham Gat there are several supports to S8 negotiate. Pollard Spit Ridham Dock S9 Spectator point S10 Get close to the action - Shellness the mainland side of the S11 Kingsferry Bridge is a good A249 place to watch the race from. Harty Ferry Pub The Harty Ferry Pub is a great spot from which to watch the race and enjoy a pint. Whitstable Bay Lillies North Ferry Elmley 10 8 6 A249 South Ferry 1 Harty 4 The Swale Sand End 2 LONDON M2 North/South Ferry North and South Ferry buoys M20 where tide and buoyage Horse Sand changes direction. Fowley Island

Marshland bank. Landing is Horse Sand Faversham Spit prohibited - pass on the north Sand bank before Harty near side. the entrance to the Swale. design v1.7