Deconstruction of the Henley Royal Regatta course 2024: river restriction notice
Updated 13 June 2024
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When
Monday 15 July to Friday 23 August 2024.
Where
Hambleden reach.
Details
Those in charge of all boats in this vicinity must conform with these directions and with any special directions which, at the discretion of a Harbour Master, may be required in particular circumstances during these dates.
While the Henley Royal Regatta course is being dismantled, the following restrictions apply to all boats navigating between Henley Bridge and the downstream end of Temple Island:
- all boats travelling downstream must navigate within the regatta course from the regatta finish to the barrier.
- all boats travelling upstream must navigate on the Bucks bank/Fawley side of the regatta course.
- any boat can cross the course from one side of the river to the other provided they do not obstruct other boats in so doing.
- no boats can moor to the regatta course piles, booms or boxes or to the bank in the area known as The Narrows (The Narrows is indicated with an X on the map below).
- during the dismantling of the regatta course please take particular care when passing through the reach, as tugs and piling driving/lifting barges will be operating.
It is an offence to fail to conform with the directions in this notice or to obstruct an officer of the Environment Agency in the execution of their duty or to fail to obey directions given regarding the navigation, mooring or unmooring of any boat.
Furthermore, we hereby advise that the regatta course including all of the piles, booms and boxes are the property of Henley Royal Regatta. The Regatta may choose to take civil action against any person who causes damage to their structures.
Henley Royal Regatta course map
Byelaws
Nothing contained in these directions shall supersede those parts of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 and the UK Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996 as may be relevant. Particular attention should be paid to byelaws 24-42 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993, Steering Sailing and Speed.
And Notice is hereby given, that it is provided by Byelaw 52 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 that:
The master of any vessel shall except in an emergency not pass any boat-race regatta public procession or gathering for the launch of a vessel or any other event or function which may cause a crowd to assemble on or by the river nor station his vessel thereon in such a manner as would risk obstructing impeding or interfering with such boat-race regatta procession launching event or function or endangering the safety of persons assembling on the river or preventing or interfering with the maintenance of order thereon.
The maximum penalty for breach of the Byelaws is £1,000.
Read our Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993.