We are down to the fine details of the planning for our bi-annual cruise with our Corinthian cousins. Let's hope for stable winds and no rain - if only we could put down a deposit for the weather like we can with venues.

Delivery trips are starting to get East Coast boats down to the Solent. Eager speed merchants are hopefully filling in their applications for new Club handicaps so they can partake in the timed passages. And dressing-up boxes are being raided for ideas for our dinner  on 4 July on onboard HMS Warrior in Portsmouth harbour - a wonderful setting on the gundeck - make sure you take time to wander around this impressive vessel.

Debbie Wheeler has produced a great cruise handbook and we are making this available online here. It has already been emailed to skippers but crews, the curious and the just plain nosey are welcome to look at it and download for printing. We will not be providing hard copies this year so please make sure that if you want to refer to it before, during and after the trip you get your copy from the website.

Any late changes will be distributed at registration.