Notice

Royal Canoe Club 10@10 2023: river closure notice

Published 16 October 2023

This notice was withdrawn on

River closure no longer in force.

When

Sunday 26 November 2023, 9:30am to midday.

Where

Teddington reach, Trowlock Island to Kingston Bridge.

Details

The River Thames between Trowlock Island and Kingston Bridge will be closed to all traffic other than authorised boats from 9:30am to midday on Sunday 26 November 2023.

Be aware racing boats will assemble half an hour before racing starts.

Mooring and anchoring at all authorised public, commercial or domestic moorings is permitted provided that any additional directions given by our Waterway Officers are followed, and no obstruction is caused to the event.

Those in charge of all boats must observe any directions given by our Waterways Officers.

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.

All directions as to the left and right side of the river 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.