Rowing regatta and other closures for Lake Ruataniwha

For October 2011 - April 2012
Please note:

• Environment Canterbury gives notice under its Navigation Safety Bylaws 2010 that powered craft will not be allowed on Lake Ruataniwha on all or part of the Rowing Regatta Days set out below.
• South Island Rowing Incorporated (SIRI) is authorised to allow powered craft on the lake for periods before the day’s rowing events commence and after they conclude.
• SIRI may substitute an additional day as a Rowing Regatta Day if weather
  conditions cause the cancellation of rowing events on a Rowing Regatta Day.
• Practice Days for Rowing Regattas will also occur on the days before Regatta Days. Powered craft are not excluded on such days, but skippers are requested to take care that vessel wakes do not create unnecessary danger or risk to rowers.
• The temporary regulations put in place from December 2009 to trial improved lake safety have now, with minor changes, been made permanent in the new Bylaws which came into force on 1 June 2011. The Bay area to the north of the rowing course is a permanent non-powered craft area. There is therefore no need for any powercraft to cross the rowing course, other than vessels acting in a support, safety, or coaching role to rowing craft. Paddle craft can still cross the course provided all care is taken when skiffs are on the course.