Do you live on the North Island? Then you'll need to use one of the ferry routes. Wightlink operate car ferries from Lymington to Yarmouth and Portsmouth to Fishbourne. Red Funnel operate a route from Southampton to East Cowes. Foot passengers can use the Lymington ferry or Wightlink's Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head. Red Funnel have a high speed service from Southampton to Cowes and Hovertravel operate from Southsea to Ryde. Click on the links to the operators for more details