PLNTM 059 DRAKES ISLAND SWIM DIRECTION

PLYMOUTH LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS 059/24

  PLYMOUTH SOUND - DIRECTION

THE CHESTNUT APPEAL DRAKE’S ISLAND SWIM SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2024

 

1. This is a direction by the King’s Harbour Master Plymouth pursuant to the Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 2020.

2. The Chestnut Appeal Drake’s Island Swim event will be held in Plymouth Sound on Sun 22 Sep 24 starting at Firestone Bay at 0900. Up to 220 swimmers with escorting safety craft will be on the water. Participants are expected to be clear of the water by 1200.

3. This PLNTM gives information of timings and the course and directs mariners accordingly.

4. Course Swimmers will enter the water from the shore at Firestone Bay at 0900. They will swim to laid marker buoys north of Drake’s Island and return to Firestone Bay, see Annex A. Swimmers will be escorted by safety craft throughout.

5. Only authorised craft are permitted within the group of swimmers.

6. The event is being co-ordinated by the Chestnut Appeal. Safety management is being coordinated by “Water Event Safety” whose personnel will be in attendance in safety craft throughout the event.

7. Mariners are to keep clear of the swimmers and are at all times to navigate with caution and at slow speed when in the vicinity of persons in the water. Small vessels transiting from the Hamoaze to Plymouth Sound, or vice versa, between the hours of 0900-1200, are advised to route through The Bridge Channel and to the south of Drake’s Island keeping well clear of participants.

8. Cancel this PLNTM 23 Sep 24.

Annex A: