National Sea Scout Regatta 2023: river restriction notice
Published 16 June 2023
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When
Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July 2023, 8am to 6pm.
Where
Teddington reach, 250 metres upstream of the mouth of the River Mole to the upstream end of Thames Ditton Island.
Details
The navigation channel will be on the Middlesex, right hand side of the river.
Racing boats will be using a buoyed channel from 250 metres upstream of the mouth of the River Mole, to the upstream end of Thames Ditton Island on the left, Surrey side of the river.
Regatta boards will mark the upstream and downstream extent of the course.
Racing will start at 8am and will be over by 6pm.
Masters of all boats to maintain a safe speed and lookout from 250 metres upstream of the mouth of the River Mole to the upstream end of Thames Ditton Island.
All boats should 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 left bank and right banks 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