South West Ribsters do RIBEX 2006 - Page 3

Dino · 31 January 2006, 17:10

Lads
If you plan your tides right,you can take the ribs all the way down to newport and moor up o'night on the visitors pontoon,then walk to the premier travel inn,150yards

+/-2hrs either side of low tide.£10 o'night charge for the rib,just let newport harbourmaster know you are coming.

roycruse · 31 January 2006, 19:51

Thanks for that Dino - usefull info

Dino · 01 February 2006, 17:31

If you want further detailed info on routes, tides ,moorings etc.,pm me,We used to go up there for weekends in our Westerly when I woz a Yottie

brucehawsker · 07 February 2006, 20:56

Would like to be involved too. Am based in Lymington. Try Berthon (ask for the dockmaster, don't talk to officialdom) and tell him you want to lay up car and trailer for a few days. Very helpful, IMHO. Please can whoever is organising please PM me? Thanks

Bruce

Rogue Wave · 07 February 2006, 22:23

I've had a few requests to store peoples cars and trailers indoors at our unit in Drivers and have agreed to do so. If anybody else is interested I'll ask Gill if we can store more cars and trailers fo the weekend.

I envisage it would be trailers indoors and cars outside and optional launch/recovery between Friday and Monday as required. Also if anybody needs any maintenance on trailes while they are in the water that could be arranged and also 2 stroke and red diesel is available

roycruse · 08 February 2006, 01:37

hi bruce - would love to have you involved - local knowledge is always a usefull thing...

I - for my sins have volunteered to organise this trip.

so far we have one boat going by sea and 2 boats coming by road.

I am working away at the moment but will investigate the berthon option next week - but last time I spoke to them they were not interested (spoke to the wrong person I guess)

Quote:

Originally Posted by brucehawsker

Would like to be involved too. Am based in Lymington. Try Berthon (ask for the dockmaster, don't talk to officialdom) and tell him you want to lay up car and trailer for a few days. Very helpful, IMHO. Please can whoever is organising please PM me? Thanks

Bruce

roycruse · 08 February 2006, 01:44

excuse my ignorance - but where is "drivers" I asume southampton!

if you have the room and a sensible price I would be happy to consider your place as our base.

please let me have some more info...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

I've had a few requests to store peoples cars and trailers indoors at our unit in Drivers and have agreed to do so. If anybody else is interested I'll ask Gill if we can store more cars and trailers fo the weekend.

I envisage it would be trailers indoors and cars outside and optional launch/recovery between Friday and Monday as required. Also if anybody needs any maintenance on trailes while they are in the water that could be arranged and also 2 stroke and red diesel is available

Rogue Wave · 08 February 2006, 18:54

sorry Yes Drivers Wharf is in Southampton on the Itchen
and yes the costs will be reasonable, we sublet a unit and some outside space from the owners of Drivers Dry Berting. I just need to have a chat with them re car parking and a Ribex special crane rate, will do so tomorrow. Re the indoor trailer storage I'd be happy to do this for a donation to GAFIRS or Hamble Rescue

this is where we are

http://www.driverswharf.com/contactus.html

pop · 21 February 2006, 19:32

i live in lymington and have a flat in soton with mooring however it does dry out 3 hr either side of high water if anyone wants this short term or long term pm me

roycruse · 08 March 2006, 10:47

Just thought id check in to see where we were up to on this trip.

Randski - I assume you are still coming up with me by road on the Friday (what time was you planning to leave Cornwall).

Mollers / Shaggy - are you still doing this trip by sea - have you booked accommodation on IOW yet

Any other South West Ribsters want to join in.

Anybody else fancy coming along - you don't have to be from the south west as when we get to Lymington for launch it will not matter where you've driven from.

Shaggy · 08 March 2006, 10:59

Hi Roy
Mollers is off the boil I think for this one, so ill have to see you chaps up there...

Shaggy

roycruse · 08 March 2006, 11:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Hi Roy
Mollers is off the boil I think for this one, so ill have to see you chaps up there...

Shaggy

I will have spaces on my boat - so you are welcome to join the "Voyager" crew for this trip. So far I have Myself, Luke and Amy and 2 maybes that havnt confirmed yet.

If Makayla and Yourself want my other 2 spaces that will make a nice round 7 people which is just right for my boat.

Let me know if you want the spaces for definite and ill stop looking for more crew.

roycruse · 13 March 2006, 14:42

Just checked the tides and charts for Cowes and Newport for the weekend of RIBEX and it looks like we might just be able to squeeze in to Newport to moor up near the hotel but it will mean either an early or late finish every day.

Randski - as the only other confirmed participant so far what do you think?

There will be no access to Newport visitor pontoons between these times.

12/05/06 15:00-20:30
13/05/06 03:30-09:00
13/05/06 15:30-21:00
14/05/06 04:00-09:30
14/05/06 16:30-21:30
15/05/06 04:30-10:30

Sunset is around 20:40 that time of year.

Alternative is we just use East Cowes and grab a taxi - its less than 4 miles with no tidal restrictions.

Shaggy · 13 March 2006, 15:11

Hi Roy
Thank you for your kind offer but my sister is getting married in Bedford on the 12th, so I have a cunning plan to drop into RIBEX on the 13th/14th so see you there

Shaggy

Dino · 13 March 2006, 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by roycruse

Just checked the tides and charts for Cowes and Newport for the weekend of RIBEX and it looks like we might just be able to squeeze in to Newport to moor up near the hotel but it will mean either an early or late finish every day.

Randski - as the only other confirmed participant so far what do you think?

There will be no access to Newport visitor pontoons between these times.

12/05/06 15:00-20:30
13/05/06 03:30-09:00
13/05/06 15:30-21:00
14/05/06 04:00-09:30
14/05/06 16:30-21:30
15/05/06 04:30-10:30

Sunset is around 20:40 that time of year.

Alternative is we just use East Cowes and grab a taxi - its less than 4 miles with no tidal restrictions.

Roycruise
I have done the trip from Cowes to Newport many times in the dark,so long as one person in the bows has a searchlight and even this is not strictly necessary,it is easy and well lit,just line up the leading lights shown on the chart and once into Newport wharf it's so well lit from the Pub and all the surrounding buildings you really should have no problem by water.

roycruse · 31 March 2006, 11:05

6 weeks to go

I am going to start thinking about booking the car and trailer storage for this trip.

So far only myself and randski are confirmed.

Does anybody else need trailer and car parking for this trip Lymington is probaly still first choice at the moment.

Dino · 31 March 2006, 16:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by roycruse

6 weeks to go

I am going to start thinking about booking the car and trailer storage for this trip.

So far only myself and randski are confirmed.

Does anybody else need trailer and car parking for this trip Lymington is probaly still first choice at the moment.

Roy
Rogue Wave would be a great bet for launch and storage,it's secure and they are thoroughly nice people.

roycruse · 31 March 2006, 17:54

OK - sounds good.

Rogue Wave - can you fill us in on what we need to do to book a launch and our trailers/cars in for the long weekend.

Currently there is only myself and Randski coming so that's 2 X boats, 2 X cars and 2 X trailers.

Info like launch times and methods - do you have a slip or is it crane only etc...

We will be there sometime Friday afternoon on the 12th and will want to retrieve our boats sometime Monday afternoon on the 15th.

Its low tide at 5pm (1.1m) does that present a problem if so we will need to ensure we get their earlier etc..

Also a rough guide to prices would be useful.

Many thanks

Dino · 01 April 2006, 16:37

Roy
pm him ,if he doesn't reply i'll ring him for you

Dino

roycruse · 05 April 2006, 09:19

Rogue Wave seems to have disappeared.
I have PM'd him.