Sunbury Amateur Regatta 2023: river restriction notice
Published 17 July 2023
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When
Saturday 12 August and Sunday 13 August 2023, 9am to 6pm.
Where
Molesey reach, Sunbury Court Island to Rivermead Island.
Details
The navigation channel will be on the Surrey, left side of the river.
Racing boats will be using a buoyed channel between Sunbury Court Island and Rivermead Island on the Middlesex, right side of the river.
Regatta boards will mark the upstream and downstream extent of the course.
Masters of all boats must navigate slowly and maintain a proper lookout between the Sunbury Court Island and Rivermead Island.
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.
Bathing or swimming are not allowed in the regatta course during these times.
All directions as to left and 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