Kingston Amateur Regatta 2021: river restriction notice
Published 7 May 2021
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When
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 July 2021, from 8am to 7pm.
Where
Teddington reach, from Kingston Bridge to Raven’s Ait.
Details
The navigation channel will be on the Surrey, left hand side of the river.
Racing boats will be using a buoyed channel on the Middlesex, right hand side of the river between Raven’s Ait and the Hogsmill River.
Regatta boards will mark the upstream and downstream extent of the course.
Masters of all boats should maintain a safe speed and lookout between Kingston Railway Bridge and Ravens Ait.
Racing boats will be turning between Kingston Road Bridge and Kingston Railway Bridge. All boats must maintain a good lookout and safe speed between the two bridges.
Racing boats will be navigating upstream through the Middlesex arch and downstream through the centre arch of Kingston Road Bridge. Therefore it is requested that other river traffic use the Surrey arches of Kingston Road Bridge. The centre arch may be used by river traffic with care if it is required by reason of draft and/or air draft.
No mooring is permitted in the regatta channel on the Hampton Court, right hand side of the river.
All boats must be navigated in accordance with any instructions given from Environment Agency control points or patrol launches.
Swimming is not allowed in the river on the course during the hours of racing.
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.
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 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