Sib trip to the Isle of Wight in March 9th or 23rd

[Andy]

Sounds good !
@harrison

(No.1 son may crew)

Make sure he brings his hosepipe !

[Andy]

I thought this might be handy, if Chris can confirm I have the right place ?

Postcode for Sat Navs ! SO31 9FT

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Wa ... 1.2982052

Access from Shore Road

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8522 ... 84!8i8192

[chris moody]

Yes that’s Warsash slipway.

After unloading everything by the slip, you want the passage lane car park which is about 150 metres back up the one way street on the bend (you have to drive round the block to get back to it). That car park is free and has trailer parking for those with trailers. The shore road car park is pay and display and doesn’t have facilities for trailers.

I believe there is a height barrier on the passage lane car park so it might be best to check with the River Hamble harbourmaster if you have a tall vehicle (4x4’s and vans might struggle to get under it).

[Roy54]

I've just done the passage plan for Hamble to Ryde.

It's a fairly simple drawing but it contains loads of useful information.

• The heading to the next buoy

• The name of the buoy

• The colours of the buoy

• The shape of the buoy

• Which side I am passing the buoy on

• The headings for the return trip

• The working VHF channel

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With just this passage plan in a waterproof wallet (or laminated), a compass, and a pair of eyeballs, I can find my way from The Hamble to Ryde and back.

Please can a few of you check the headings, buoy colours, and shapes on a chart to make sure I haven't made any mistakes.

Thanks for that Chris , just wondered if you always have a plan like this ,? or whether you ever just pop your boat in and go! Maybe it depends on where you're going . Whenever I've been in boats before it's always been a " can we see it? Let's go then" !type of journey. I suppose with plan and information in place before you go ,you are constantly able to know exactly where you are if things go wrong!. Roy

[chris moody]

Roy

It's always a good idea to have some sort of passage plan of where you are going. If the fog rolls in, or the plotter breaks, it's very easy to get disorientated and not know how to get to your destination, or back to the launch point. I have a whole stack of these passage plans created for previous trips that I have done, and I will either take an existing plan in my grab bag, or if it's a new trip create a new plan. If I have done the particular trip many times I may not even refer to the printed passage plan, as I know it off by heart. But it's in my grab bag with my compass in case it's needed.

A passage plan is actually a requirement under SOLAS V for pleasure vessels if going to sea outside of categorised waters (canals, rivers, estuaries, deep lakes, and lochs). This is interesting reading https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge-advice ... tions.aspx along with https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... boat-users

I have not actually done Warsash to Ryde before which is why I created this passage plan. I have a previous passage plan for Portsmouth to Cowes, which goes via Mother Bank (the red port hand lateral buoy on my Warsash to Ryde plan). That will prove useful if we do decide to return via Cowes (river Medina).

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Thanks for that Chris , just wondered if you always have a plan like this ,? or whether you ever just pop your boat in and go! Maybe it depends on where you're going . Whenever I've been in boats before it's always been a " can we see it? Let's go then" !type of journey. I suppose with plan and information in place before you go ,you are constantly able to know exactly where you are if things go wrong!. Roy

[Andy]

The car park is north of the launch point and the height restriction is 1.9M

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.85351 ... 384!8i8192

My 4x4 is 1.675 so most should go through !

[chris moody]

The car park right next to the slip is not pay and display, at least not last time I was there, it is free all day between October and April and free for 4 hours during the summer. If you don’t have a trailer you can park there - I have done so a few times last year.

[chris moody]

You are quite right @ChrisParish it’s free but limited to 4 hours stay in the summer. During March we should be ok to use the Shore Road car park for those without trailers.

Harbour dues are payable at the harbourmasters office next to the Shore road car park.

Details of charges below
https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/riv ... arbourdues

[harrison]

Make sure he brings his hosepipe !

Well if he does, we’ll all need to take cover!

[chris moody]

Harbour dues are payable at the harbourmasters office next to the Shore road car park.

Free for thee and me then Chris. Less than 10hp = free.