This will be carried out at the Cardiff Harbour Authority facilities just across the bay from the Yacht Club with a 6.0 tonne single point lift crane. A number of test launches have already been made and the most satisfactory method is with the mast down. Therefore all launches and recovery during the Championships will be with the mast down. The H.A. and Cardiff Bay Yacht Club both have sheltered facilities to permit mast stepping by gin pole with a boat afloat. 5 poles will be made available together with a team of our experienced members to assist competitors. Certified lifting straps and shackles will be provided by the Yacht Club, so please make sure your lifting bar and keel bolt nuts are safe and fully functional before you arrive.

Depending on demand and weather conditions a slipway type travel hoist can also be deployed at another location within the bay.

Launching times will published on the event web-site a little closer to the event and consideration will be given to those who have travelled the greatest distance.

If you wish to deliver your boat to Cardiff the weekend before the event starts, storage can be provided at no extra cost and your boat will be launched during the week preceding the event by Cardiff Bay Yacht Club’s marina staff on the clubs slipway hoist.

The race officer team will be as follows-:

Chief Race Officer: Mike Pearson

Assistant Race Officer: David Sheppard

CBYC Race Officer: David Cairncross

Chief Mark Layer: Ian Williams

Committee Boat: "CYCLONE" a blue and white Mitchell 33.

Skipper: Simon Leek

Lt Col Syd Thomas ( R.O.R.C. representative for Wales )

Please make sure your boat has all the mandatory class equipment, class membership sticker and sail tags before you arrive.

On receipt of your entry fee two free parking labels will be forwarded to you. Please fill in the relevant details and attach the laminated one to your trailer and the other should be left clearly visible on the dashboard of your car.

Trailers will be stored at the Harbour Authority compound adjacent to the launching facility.

The competitor’s car park will be to the left of the main entrance for Cardiff Bay Yacht Club.

Entries can be made on line on the event web-site and entry fee’s can be paid by credit card or cheque to Cardiff Bay Yacht Club and the contact is Ruth Cole on 02920 666627or admin@cbyc.co.uk Closing date for entries is the 25^th of May.

All enquiries concerning these facilities at C.B.Y.C. should be made to our Marina Manager Barrie Metcalfe on 02920 666627 or admin@cbyc.co.uk

There will a limited amount of parking space for motor homes which will provided at the discretion of the marina manager.

Barrie is also the on shore event manager during the championships.

The entry fee includes tickets for the following-:

Thursday 7^TH June. Cardiff Harbour Authority reception at the "Norwegian Church" Mermaid Quay.

Friday 8^th June. Cardiff Bay Yacht Club Barbecue at the club house.

Saturday 9^th June. "NEXUS MARINE" Championship Dinner and Prize Giving.

Please make sure that you collect your tickets during registration on Wednesday the 6^th of June.

The club house has full catering facilities which includes, breakfast, bar snacks and an A La Carte menu which will be available throughout the event. Our restaurant has stunning views of Cardiff Bay and the Bristol Channel and with excellent food at very modest prices.

For further catering details please contact our caterer, Sue Jones on 07779250517.

Club Stewards Roy & June Ackerman 02920 265575.

These can be made available each morning from the clubhouse for £3.20 per person per day and they should be pre-ordered and paid for no later than 25^th of May.

For full details please contact Sue Jones on O7779250517.

Cambrian Marine Services (comprehensive repair facilities and rigging service)

Ely Tidal Harbour

Ferry Road

Cardiff

CF1 7JL

West Point Marine

Ely Harbour

Ferry Road

Cardiff

CF1 7JL

A & N Sail Repairs

Contact Nick or Angie

Severn Sails

Contact Josh Brown

Marine Scene

Crown House

Windsor Road

Penarth

Cardiff

CF64 1JG

www.marinescene.co.uk

Experience Cardiff Tourist Information Centre

E-mail vistor@cardiff.gov.uk

Web www.visitcardiff.com

Steve Cooper s.cooper364@btinternet.com 07966 367538.

Sailing Secretary, Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, Ely Harbour, Ferry Road, Cardiff CF11 0JL.