Notice

Henley Town and Visitors Regatta 2021: river restriction notice

Published 7 June 2021

This notice was withdrawn on 23 November 2021

This notice is out of date and has been archived.

When

Saturday 31 July 2021, from 8am to 7pm.

Where

Henley reach, Temple Island to Phyllis Court.

Details

Between 8am and 7pm on Saturday 31 July 2021, the Henley Town and Visitors Regatta will take place on the Henley Royal Regatta course between Temple Island and Phyllis Court Club.

During the above times, no unauthorised boats can navigate within the regatta course booms on the Berkshire side of the river.

The navigation channel for river traffic will be on the Buckinghamshire Bank, Fawley Court side of the river. Normal rules of navigation will apply in the navigation channel and boats should navigate with particular care and caution.

All vessels on the Henley Reach during these times should keep a good look out for participants and safety boats.

Between 8am and 7pm on Saturday 31 July 2021 only open powered boats, i.e. those without awnings or cabins and unpowered boats can moor alongside the course downstream of line A at Barn Elms Boathouse on the map below.

At no time may any boats be moored within the regatta course, to the bank in the area known as the Narrows, or to adjacent regatta course booms (The Narrows is indicated with an X on the map below.)

No boat can be left unattended to the regatta course booms, piles or boxes at any time.

Additional directions for mooring may be given by Navigation Officers as required.

Those in charge of boats should also 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.

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.

The HRR Construction Harbour Masters Notice is suspended between 30 July 2021 and 1 August 2021.

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.

HRR 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