BEMBRIDGE RALLY - ISLE OF WIGHT – 14th/15th APRIL 2007

Access

If it is your first time to Bembridge then I would recommend you plan your arrival between HW-2 hours and HW. Follow the channel buoys and beware of the winding channel. If in doubt be sure to enter before HW.

Local High Water (Summer Time)

Friday 13th April 08.44hrs

Saturday 14th April 09.44hrs

Sunday 15th April 10.27hrs

Tides taken from Bembridge Harbour Tide tables 2007

Berthing

Berthing will be at the visitors Marina which is on the Starboard side of the channel adjacent to the Hovertravel shed (not the old marina at the far end of the Harbour)

Usefull Links/Information

Format

I have arranged for us to have dinner Bembridge Sailing Club on Saturday night. Drinks at the Bar at 6pm and dinner at 7pm. The Harbour Company say they will provide a water taxi service to and from the club subject to adequate demand (they do charge for this service). Alternatively you can use your dinghy’s.

Menu

Adults - £19.50 per head

Main Course

Loin of Lamb stuffed with rosemary and garlic, wrapped in Parma ham fresh veg and potatoes

Vegetarian option:

A panaché of courgettes, mushrooms and shallots

with a fresh herb sauce, set in a puff pastry box

Desserts

Summer pudding with clotted cream

or cheese & biscuits

Followed by Coffee

Children - £8.00 per head

Sausage chips and peas

Followed by Ice Cream

What do you need to do now?

Email Jim Randall Jim@Desurvey.com (01983 875999 or 07771 792991) and let me know if you plan to attend. I need to know your arrival and departure dates, your length and name of boat and how many adult and children meals you will require on Saturday night. Also please advise if you require the water taxi service. Please send a cheque made payable to the ‘Bembridge Sailing Club’ for the full cost of the meals. PLEASE NOTE CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please send cheques to Desurvey plc Old Harbour Office, Embankment Road, St. Helens. Ryde. Isle of Wight. PO33 1YS .

IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND YOU MUST PROVIDE THE ABOVE BY TUESDAY 10th APRIL 2007.

See you at Benbridge!!

PS:

If anyone would like to join us in Bembridge on the Sunday before Easter, we are planning to take 'Rebel' up the new Brading Canal and stop off for lunch at the new marina adjacent to The Yarbridge Inn in Brading. They have 10 visitor berths available there. After lunch we plan to take the canal to Sandown where we can lock out into Sandown bay and have a gentle sail back on the tide around Bembridge Ledge and into the Solent. Let me know if you fancy joining us as berths will have to be booked at Brading

Thank you

Kind Regards

Jim Randall