Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race 2024: notice of event
Published 28 March 2024
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When
Saturday 30 March to Monday 1 April 2024.
Where
Reading to Teddington.
Details
From Saturday 30 March to Monday 1 April 2024 the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race will take place covering a 125 mile course from Devizes in Wiltshire to Westminster in London, including the non-tidal Thames from Reading to Teddington.
River users should be aware that owing to the marathon nature of the race participants may be fatigued and should be treated with due consideration.
Masters of all vessels in the vicinity of participants must ensure that they maintain a proper lookout and navigate with extreme caution, keeping wash to a minimum.
Thank you for your co-operation.
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.