Ware Boat Festival 2014 – Boaters first letter
May 2014
Thank you for booking in for Ware Boat Festival. We are looking forward to a weekend of fun and frolics, and hopefully the weather will be as good as last year. This email contains some advance information which we hope you will find useful both before and during the weekend. Remember our theme for this year is CARTOONS & SUPERHEROES so please try to fit in with this theme for the various events. MOORINGS Bob Dunkley is doing his best to meet everyone’s requirements, but please remember that it’s always difficult packing boats into Ware so please be patient. Bob and his team plan to be in Ware from Wednesday 2nd to direct you to your allocated mooring; if you arrive before Wednesday please find somewhere to moor temporarily until Bob is ready to move you as required. Bob will be keeping a listening watch on VHF Ch 6 so if you have a VHF radio feel free to call him up as you approach Ware, or you can phone him on 07977 778947. WATERSPACE OFFICE We plan to have the Boaters Pack available from Thursday 3rd, which can be collected from the Waterspace Office, located on the towpath opposite the Town Wharf. This will contain full information for the weekend, your barbecue tickets, tickets to the Town Fair, your commemorative plaque, and any other goodies we can offer. If you’ve not already done so you can also enter the Boat Handling Competition and the Parade of Decorated Boats at the Waterspace Office. FRIDAY The weekend kicks off on Friday evening at 6:30 pm with our barbecue, on the towpath opposite Town Wharf, with background music. As this is on Friday 4th July we are planning an American Theme to the evening (although probably not American-sized portions). We will have paper plates and plastic cutlery available, but you may wish to bring your own. Bring your table and chairs, find a comfortable spot, and enjoy the evening. There will be a Vegetarian option available, but please make sure we know in advance that you require this so that you can be catered for. SATURDAY The Parade of Decorated Boats will start downstream of Ware Town Bridge at 12:45 heading upstream, with the lead boat close to the bridge facing upstream. Please check your place in the Parade with the Waterspace Office, and when the parade starts please try to keep formation, keep fairly tightly behind the boat in front, and do make it a real spectacle for your audience. Craig will be commentating from The Saracens Head so any information you can give Craig about your boat, yourself, your journey etc will be most useful. A Boat Jumble will be held at our Waterspace gazebo starting from 2:30 pm. Bring any unwanted items, sell them, then pocket the profits – although we request a donation of 10% of the sale price to our Branch funds.