Dittons Skiff and Punting Club Regatta 2018: river restriction notice
Published 3 September 2018
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When
Saturday 15 September, from 10am to 5pm.
Where
Teddington Reach.
Details
The navigation channel will be established on the Hampton Court, right hand side of the River then switch to the Surrey, left hand side of the River.
Racing boats will be using a buoyed channel 100 metres downstream of Hampton Court Bridge and the Ditton Skiff and Punting Club, left hand side of the river. Another course is set up from Kingston Grammar School to the upstream point of the Swan Island, right hand side of the River.
Regatta boards will mark the upstream and downstream extent of the course.
Masters of all boats to maintain a safe speed and lookout between the Hampton Court Bridge and Swan Island.
All boats must be navigated in accordance with any instructions given from Environment Agency control points or patrol launches.
Those in charge of boats should be aware that they are responsible for avoiding collision and should use all available means appropriate to the circumstances and conditions to decide if there is a risk of immediate danger and avoid it.
Bathing is not allowed in the river on the course during the hours of racing.
All directions as to river left and river right are given looking upstream.
Byelaws
Nothing contained in these directions shall supersede those parts of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 as may be relevant.
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.