Category: Safety

On Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of August Caernarfon Harbour is hosting the OCRDA Powerboat racing.

Mariners are advised that there will be Powerboat and Jest ski racing in the area outside the River Seiont and Victoria Dock There will be potential delays in being able to navigate inbound and outbound of both the River Seiont and the Victoria Dock. Please be patient and follow the official’s requests.

Navigation inside the BLUE area is strictly prohibited during the racing times.

Please contact the Dock Master on VHF ch80 for further info on the race days.

Timetable (approximate)

Activity	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Race Admin (When not Racing)	15:00 – 17:00	09:00 – 17:00	09:00 – 15:30
Scrutineering (Majority to be done on Friday)	15:00 – 17:00	08:00 – 08:30	08:00 – 08:30
OCR / Jet Ski / Safety Briefing		09:00 – 09:30	TBA – If Req
Launching OCR / Jet Ski		09:30 – 11:00	10:00 – 12:00
Jet Ski Races 1 & 3 – 25 min + Lap		11:00 – 11:30	12:00 – 12:30
OCR Races 1 & 3 – 25 min + Lap		11:45 – 12:15	12:45 – 13:15
OCR Races 2 & 4 – 25 min + Lap		12:30 – 13:00	12:45 – 13:15
Jet Ski Races 2 & 4 – 25 min + Lap		15:00 – 15:30	14:20 – 14:50
Prizegiving			16:00 – TBC
Marina Gate Closes	High	(09:50) 12:32	(11:00) 13:04
	Low	19:15	19:46

David John O’Neill
Harbwr Feistr Caernarfon Harbour Master

Mariners are advised that Local Notice to Mariners 10/2023 is hereby cancelled. Please see attached new notice.

Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master

Mariners are advised that two spat collectors, a type of aquaculture equipment, will be deployed at the following locations on Thursday 17th August 2023. Both collectors will be buoyed and the equipment will be recovered in November / December. Please see attached a map attached illustrating these locations on the nautical chart.

Spat collector	Latitude	Longitude
A	53° 18.601973	-3° 53.085061
B	18.616743	-3° 52.849268

Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master

Mariners are advised that the Tidal Gate in Dock Victoria will not be operated on Thursday morning 07:00-08:42 10/08/2023 to allow necessary work to be carried out. The gate will only be closed for the morning tide. The gate will be operational as normal on the evening tide 15:22-21:13 10/08/2023

For all vessels movement relating to the Dock please contact the Dock master on [email protected]

This Notice to mariners will expire 15:22 on the 10/08/2023

Iwan Rees-Jones
Doc Feistr Caernarfon Dock Master

All mariners are advised that three potential elevated areas of seabed have been identified within the Wild Oyster Restoration Project gravel deployment area (see LNtM 06/23). Surveying is to be carried out and a further notice will be issued.  The coordinates supplied are as follows:

53° 18′ 45.6588” N	3° 52′ 34.2588” W
53° 18′ 47.0412” N	3° 52′ 33.78” W
53° 18′ 46.8612” N	3° 52′ 33.6612” W

Please also find the attached annotated chart. The data has not been verified and so this message is precautionary only.

Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master

Sill Gate Maintenance

Works will commence on the 10^th July 2023 for a period of approximately 5 days. All works will be carried out at basin impound when the gate is in the raised position and sill gate operations will continue as normal throughout the works.

Hoist Maintenance

The hoist will be out of action for 2 weeks from the 10th of July 2023. This temporary closure is necessary to carry out essential maintenance and ensure the safety and functionality of the hoist.

Victoria Dock

Mariners are advised that until further notice the Tidal Gate in Dock Victoria will not be operated due to a gate failure.

No vessels are authorised to enter or exit the Dock without first making contact with the Dock Master.

For all vessels movement relating to the Dock please contact the Dock master on [email protected]

This Notice to mariners will expire on the 11/06/2023 if required a further Notice to Mariners will be issued on the 11/06/2023

All mariners are hereby advised that four number orange marker buoys will be deployed in Conwy Bay to aid gravel deployment for the Wild Oyster Restoration Project. It should be noted that these are not for any navigational warning purposes.

All other information and co-ordinates are in the attached PDF.

Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master

Aid to navigation Llanddwyn Island “North East Rock” South Cardinal, Y.B is off station.

53°08.04′ N 004°24.47′ W

Mariners are advised to exercise extreme caution in this area.