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Marine Notice

  • 09-12-2015 3:12pm
    #1
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    All Navigations
    General Caution
    Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters, owners, users and the general
    public that it does not recommend any boating activity be undertaken during
    periods of stormy weather and especially when national weather alerts are in
    place.
    When weather alerts have been withdrawn and the navigations return to
    relative calm users should be aware that the navigations will have changed
    significantly in nature and character.
    Some rivers are prone to flash flooding causing the water level to rise very
    rapidly over a period of hours while other will rise more slowly over days.
    It is important to bear in mind that when the rains have stopped rivers will
    continue to rise over the coming days as rainfall drains into the river from
    the catchment area.
    Currents will remain very strong and water levels will have risen to the
    extent that navigation marks will be difficult to see and the marked channel
    indistinguishable from adjacent flooded fields.
    Trees weakened by wind will continue to fall into the navigations for some
    time later and present hazards to all vessels on the water both as
    underwater obstructions or entanglement hazards on the banks.
    Charles J. Lawn
    Inspector of Navigation
    8 Dec 2015


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