Garrison Point INFO KEY The point at which , the Medway and Thames Club phone 01795 663052 Hazard Estuary tides meet giving rise to a tidal back eddy. The Cheyney Rock High water 15.23 BST @ 5.94 m Recovery point cardinal buoy marks a disused IOS Sailing Club IOS Sailing Community outfall & posts (keep outside). 'L' shaped area of sand stones Low water 09.24 BST @ 0.72 m Important note: the Sailing Club cannot be and rocks that dries several held responsible for recovering boats retiring feet high at low water. Guide to the Round the Island Race at these points. Any boat retiring must inform Start times & class flags the clubhouse on 01795 663052. West Cant www.iossc.org.uk Grain Hard 10.00 Monohulls PY >= 1120 / Sailboards Event car parking Isle of Outfall Start line 10.30 Monohulls PY 1119 to 1030 inclusive Tripod Post Grain Mid Cant 11.00 Monohulls PY < 1030 Spectator point Multihulls PY >= 900 Port of 11.30 Multihulls PY < 900 Mean low water Finish line Sheerness Minster boom Starboard nav. buoy Marine Parade A wartime submarine trap CYC Coastal Club consisting of a line of Spile Satellite compound submerged barges and Port navigation buoy wooden posts. Greyed area = mean low water Cardinal mark North QB Dolphins Advised route by road to South Kent Posts 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 A2500 (was 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. The course is a clockwise circumnavigation of the island, Pollard Spit Ridham starting and finishing at IOS Sailing Club. Dock S9 race• • • 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 Old causeway North/South Ferry Old causeway still exists on both sides at low water. Two Horse Sand M20 North and South Ferry buoys wooden posts mark the ends where tide and buoyage Fowley Island of the causeway. changes direction. 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: v1.9

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