MARINE NOTICE, No 019 of 2017

Sarsfield's Lock and Arthur's Quay; © esri; click to" esri-map Limerick-Town and Arthur's Quay"
Sarsfield’s Lock and Arthur’s Quay; © esri

 

MARINE NOTICE, No 19 of 2017

Shannon Navigation

Limerick – Sarsfield’s Lock

Opening Schedule

Waterways Ireland wishes advise masters and owners of vessels of the current schedule. The lock keeper can be contacted at the following number 087-7972998 only during the hours of operation as shown above when he/she will be in attendance.

        Passage
Date HW HW-2 HW+2 From To From To
21/04/2017 15:09 13:09 17:09 13:10 14:10    
28/04/2017 08:31 06:31 10:31     09:30 10:30
05/05/2017 15:53 13:53 17:53 13:50 14:50    
12/05/2017 08:22 06:22 10:22     09:20 10:20
19/05/2017 13:25 11:25 15:25 11:30 12:30    

Masters are advised to contact the ESB Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station (00353 (0)87 9970131) 48 hours in advance of commencing their journey to book passage through the locks at Ardnacrusha.

It is advised NOT to undertake a voyage if more than one turbine is operating (20MW), due to the increased velocity of flow in the navigation channel, which can be dangerous. To ascertain automatically in real time how many turbines are running, users can phone 00353 (0)87 6477229.

C.J.Lawn, Inspector of Navigation, 20 Apr 2017

Sarsfields Lock upstream; © Captain’s Handbook
Sarsfields Lock upstream; © CHB

Sarsfields Lock downstream; © Captain’s Handbook
Sarsfields Lock downstream; © CHB