Garrison Point INFO KEY The point at which , the Medway and Thames Club phone 01795 663052 Hazard Estuary tides meet giving rise IOS Round the Island Race to a tidal back eddy. The Cheyney Rock The course is a clockwise circumnavigation of the island, High water 14.35 BST @ 5.87m Recovery point cardinal buoy marks a disused IOS Sailing Club race• • • outfall & posts (keep outside). 'L' shaped area of sand stones starting and finishing at IOS Sailing Club. Low water 08.28 BST @ 0.85m Please note: the Club cannot be held and rocks that dries several responsible for recovering boats retiring at feet high at low water. these points. Any boat that does retire must Start times & class flags phone the clubhouse on 01795 663052. West Cant 10.30 Monohulls PY1120 and over / Sailboards Grain Hard Event car parking Isle of Outfall Start line 11.00 Monohulls PY1031 to 1119 inc. Tripod Post Grain Mid Cant 11.30 Monohulls PY1030 & under Spectator point 12.00 Multihulls Port of Mean low water Finish line Minster boom Starboard nav. buoy Marine Parade A wartime submarine trap Greyed area = mean low water Catamaran YC consisting of a line of Spile CYC Compound submerged barges and Port navigation buoy Sheerness wooden posts. Cardinal mark North QB Dolphins Advised route by road to South Kent Marks of old pier remain at . the 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 - risk of grounding. S4 S3 B2231 Queenborough Warden

S5 QB Hard Submerged concrete hard at B2231 Queenborough.

S6 S7 Road crossing: come ashore on the mainland side and Leysdown walk craft sideways under the Ferry Road 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 S9 Spectator point S10 Get close to the action - Shellness the mainland side of the S11 Kingsferry Bridge is a good A249 place to observe the race from. Harty Ferry Pub The Harty Ferry Pub is a great spot from which to watch the race and enjoy a pint. Bay Lillies North Ferry 10 8 6 South Ferry A249 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 Spit prohibited. Pass on the north Sand bank before Harty near side. the entrance to the Swale. course map by v1.7