Waterways Ireland from a personal view of a hire boater
MARINE NOTICE, No. 38 of 2017
Erne System
Lower Lough, Belleek
Sun 4th , Mon 5th Jun
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners of vessels that the Erne Rally will be visiting Belleek this week-end and berthage will be at a premium.
Owners not participating in the rally may wish to consider alternative mooring on the Lower Lough.
Waterways Ireland thanks its customers for their cooperation in this matter.
C.J.Lawn, Inspector of Navigation, 2 Jun 2017
Shannon Navigation
Carrick-on-Shannon
Water Based Events, 5 and 6 Jun 2017
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners of vessels that following events will take place in the vicinity of Carrick-on-Shannon Town Bridge as part of the Carrick Carnival Sun 4th and Mon 5th Jun.
On Sun 4thJune a fireworks display will be held between 2300hrs and 2359hrs. The pyrotechnics will be fired from Murrays Bay and masters are requested to observe the exclusion zone which will be patrolled by safety craft and to obey any instructions given by event marshals.
On Mon 5th June a raft race will take place, commencing from the floating moorings south of the bridge, through the navigation arch and finish in the Boat Club Bay, between 1730 and 1800hrs.
Masters are requested to proceed at slow speed and with minimum wash when approaching this section of the river and heed any instructions issued by the event marshals.
Waterways Ireland thanks its customers for their cooperation in this matter.
C.J.Lawn, Inspector of Navigation, 2 Jun 2017
MARINE NOTICE, No 36 of 2017
Shannon Navigation
Clondara Lock
Temporary Closure
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners of vessels that Clondara Lock is closed today Fri 2 Jun for urgent repairs.
Waterways Ireland regrets any inconvenience that this may cause its customers.
C.J.Lawn, Inspector of Navigation, 2 Jun 2017
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MARINE NOTICE, No. 35 of 2017
Grand Canal
19th Lock Main Line, Grand Canal,
Lowtown, County Kildare
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners of vessels that the Grand Canal will be closed to navigation at the 19th lock on the main line from Tuesday 6th June 2017 to Friday 7th July 2017 to facilitate lock gate replacement works. Vessels wishing to pass through the Lowtown area can use the Old Barrow Line and the New Barrow Line to bypass the closure.
Waterways Ireland thanks its customers for their co-operation in this matter.
C.J.Lawn Lt Cdr (rtd), Inspector of Navigation, 29 May 2017
MARINE NOTICE, No 34 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 below.
| Friday 26th May | 09:00 – 11:00 |
| Friday 2nd June | 10:00 – 14:00 |
| Friday 9th June | 09:00 – 11:00 |
| Friday 16th June | 11:00 – 15:00 |
| Friday 23rd June | 09:00 – 11:00 |
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, 25 May 2017
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