Welcome to the Solent with Pete “Stokey” Woodall 9 Solent Yacht Clubs 10-11 Solent Racing 12-17 Boating Around Wildlife with RYA 18-20 Weather: with Simon Rowell, Rowell Yacht Services 22-24 Event Feature: Round the Island Race 26-27 A Guide to Yacht and Sailing Boat Hoses and Fittings 28-29 Advertising Feature: Isle of Wight Distillery, Home of Mermaid Gin 30-31 Looking After Your Running Rigging This Season 32-33 Advertising Feature: Marchwood Yacht Club 34 Solent Events Diary 36-45 Solent Events Calendar 46-55 Useful Contacts 56 Solent Ports & Harbours 57 Beaulieu River 60-61 Bembridge Harbour 62-63 Chichester Harbour 64-69 Cowes & River Medina 70-78 Fareham 80 Keyhaven 81 Langstone Harbour 82-83 Lymington Harbour 84-87 Newtown Harbour 88 Poole Harbour 89-93 Port Solent 94 Portsmouth & Gosport 95-102 River Hamble & Warsash 103-109 Ryde Harbour 110-111 Seaview 112 Southampton Water 114-122 Ventnor Haven 123 Wootton Creek 124-125 Yarmouth Harbour 126-127 Solent Directory Index 129 Solent Directory 130-137 Cowes Tide Tables 138-144 Portsmouth Tide Tables 146-152 Advertisers’ Index 154-155 Acknowledgements 156 Solent Location Map Pull out inside back cover Racing Marks Map Pull out inside back cover CONTENTS CONTENTS www.SolentHandbook.com 6 CONTENTS