Henley Royal Regatta 2022 course construction: river restriction notice
Published 23 February 2022
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When
Monday 28 March to 6am on Monday 13 June 2022.
Where
Henley reach.
Details
The Henley Royal Regatta course is being constructed during the above dates. The following restrictions will apply to all boats, including power driven, manually propelled or sailing, which are navigating anywhere between Henley Bridge and the downstream end of Temple Island:
All boats travelling downstream should navigate on the left, Berkshire/Remenham side of the river within the regatta course.
All boats travelling upstream must navigate on the right, Buckinghamshire/Fawley Court side of the river.
Note: All directions as to left bank and right banks are given looking upstream.
Boats may cross from one side of the river to the other provided they do not impede any boats travelling up or downstream.
No mooring is allowed within the regatta course booms at any time.
No mooring is allowed to the bank known as The Narrows or to the adjacent regatta course booms (The Narrows is indicated with an X on the map below).
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 2022 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