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BAE Footscray Canoe Club Saltwater Classic 2025

Event name:

Footscray Canoe Club Saltwater Classic 2025

Date/time of event:

2 February 2025

Location:

Maribyrnong River

Details:

PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION

Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager for the Maribyrnong River upstream of Shepherds Bridge on Footscray Road, makes the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic).

For the purposes of boating activity conducted by the Footscray Canoe Club, persons and vessels involved in the Footscray Canoe Club Saltwater Classic 2025 are exempt from the following requirements:

State Rules made under the Marine Act 1988
1. Clause 2(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a person in the water
2. Clause 2(c) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of another vessel
3. Clause 3(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of the water’s edge
4. Clause 3(b) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a fixed or floating structure

Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988
5. Clause 4.1 of Schedule 4 – 5 knot speed restriction on waters of the Maribyrnong River

Marine Safety Regulations 2023
6. Regulation 61(5) – master requirement to carry listed safety equipment on vessel on inland waters (bucket with lanyard)


Subject to the conditions detailed below:

Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1 to 5 when undertaking a rescue operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs and deliver them to a place of safety on shore, and must adhere to speed and distance rules at all other times.
Competitors are only exempt from items 2 to 6 when competing in the event.
All occupants of vessels involved with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during the event and vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment.
The exemptions apply from 7:00am to 3:30pm on Sunday 2 February 2025 to the persons and vessels involved in the Footscray Canoe Club Saltwater Classic 2025 on the waters of the Maribyrnong River – between Ballarat Road Bridge and Afton Street Footbridge.
The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are adhered to.

By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 06/01/25

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