Kingston small boats head race 2016: river restriction notice
Published 14 October 2016
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When
Saturday 5 November 2016, from 10am to noon and 1:30pm to 3:30pm.
Where
Teddington Reach
Details
The River Thames between Hampton Court Bridge and 250 metres below Steven’s Eyot will be closed to all traffic other than authorised boats from 10am to midday and 1:30pm to 3:30pm on this date.
Be aware that racing boats will assemble downstream of Hampton Court Bridge half an hour before racing starts. Competitors will be despatched at intervals to row to the downstream end of Steven’s Eyot, Kingston. They will pass on the Middlesex, right side of Thames Ditton Island, the Surrey, left side of Raven’s Ait, through the centre arches of Kingston road and railway bridges and on the Middlesex, right side of Steven’s Eyot.
Casual mooring to the towpath or anchoring anywhere between Hampton Court Bridge and Kingston Bridge and on the Middlesex, right side of Steven’s Eyot is not allowed.
Mooring at all authorised public, commercial or domestic moorings is allowed provided that all directions given by Environment Agency waterway officers are followed.
Those in charge of all boats must observe any directions given by Environment Agency waterway officers.
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.
N.B. 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 as may be relevant.
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.