Local Notices to Mariners for Lymington Harbour

Notices to Mariners contain important navigational information such as chart updates, changes in buoyage, prior warning of activities such as dredging, exclusion zones, harbour closures and changes to General Directions.

BOAT WASH

29/03/2022

Number 5 of 2022

Each season we receive reports of powered craft passing unnecessarily close to small craft and sailing dinghies without due consideration for the effects of their wash and the risks this can pose.

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RELOCATION OF ‘No 11’ NAVIGATION BEACON

03/03/2022

Number 4 of 2022

Notice is hereby given that as part of the works to renew the northern wave screen at the entrance to Horn Reach, the ‘No 11’ starboard navigation beacon (pile) has been relocated to be 1m off the southern end of the new wavescreen.

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BATH ROAD SLIPWAY – DINGHY SHORT TERM MOORING

10/01/2022

Number 3 of 2022

Notice is hereby given that following consultation with the Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Lymington Town Sailing Club and Lymington Sailability, a mooring facility has been installed to make it easier for single handed dinghy sailors to secure their dinghy while they are collecting or removing their trailer.

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Pleasure Craft - UK / EU Entry & Exit Formalities

04/01/2022

Number 1 of 2022

Mariners are hereby advised that from the 1^st January 2022 the UK Government (HMRC) have updated their guidance for owners of recreational pleasure craft (non-commercial) who sail their craft to and from the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands) must notify the UK border authorities upon their first arrival into a UK port.

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USE OF CCTV and VIDEO IMAGES FOR SAFETY & SECURITY

30/07/2021

Number 12 of 2021

Notice is hereby given that this Notice to Marines constitutes a public notice in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.

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Vessel Movements in Restricted Visibility in Lymington River

17/12/2018

Number 5 of 2018

Notice is hereby given that all vessels, including leisure vessels, are strongly advised not to depart their berths if visibility is less than one cable (0.1nm / 185.2m).

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Unstable River Wall - Exclusion Zone

10/02/2017

Number 3 of 2017

Lymington Harbour Commissioners have received advice from New Forest District Council that part of the river wall which lies adjacent to and south of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club is unstable.

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Wightlink ferry movements in Horn Reach

12/12/2014

Number 10 of 2014

Notice is hereby given of the Wightlink ferry arrival and departure procedures and the recommended actions for other craft.

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Recovering vessels onto trailer using slipway

05/06/2013

Number 5 of 2013

It has been noted that some mariners using the slipway to recover vessels onto road trailers are using a method to do so which is neither safe nor recognised as best practice.

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Use of Kill Cords in Powered Craft

29/05/2013

Number 4 of 2013

Following a fatal incident involving the ejection of a family of six from an 8m RHIB the MAIB have issued a safety bulletin drawing attention to the proper use of kill cords on powered craft, reproduced as follows:

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Local Notices to Mariners for Lymington Harbour

BOAT WASH

RELOCATION OF ‘No 11’ NAVIGATION BEACON

BATH ROAD SLIPWAY – DINGHY SHORT TERM MOORING

Pleasure Craft - UK / EU Entry & Exit Formalities

USE OF CCTV and VIDEO IMAGES FOR SAFETY & SECURITY

Vessel Movements in Restricted Visibility in Lymington River

Unstable River Wall - Exclusion Zone

Wightlink ferry movements in Horn Reach

Recovering vessels onto trailer using slipway

Use of Kill Cords in Powered Craft

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