Departure Base

Discover all the useful information and advice related to your departure base.

Starting out formalities & boarding

Locaboat Holidays
Carrickcraft
The Marina, Curraghavarna,
Banagher, Co. Offaly,
R42 DH51
Ireland 

✉: banagher@carrickcraft.com
T: +353 (0) 1278 1666
G: N 53°11’39.369 ” ; W 7°59’24.429″

Starting out formalities:

Departure days between 2 and 6 pm.

 Boarding:

As soon as the boat is ready.

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Shops:

  • Supermarket SuperValu –  open daily between 8 AM and 9 PM from Monday to Saturday , between 9 AM and 6 PM on Sunday (0,5KM)
 Restaurants:

  • Flynn’s Bar and Restaurant,  Tel +353 57 9151312
  • Shannon Lodge Hotel, Tel +353 57 91 52710
Hotels:

  • Shannon Lodge Hotel, Tel +353 57 91 52710

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialities:

  • Beef , fish and lamb.
 Local drinks:

  • Guinness
Tourist office:

  • Crank House, Banagher – tel: +353 57 91 52155
 Fishing:

  • No Licence required on River Shannon

Information on the waterways

Waterways:
In Ireland, locks work with a magnetic card that can be purchased at the base for the price of 6,50€ for 10 units. Locks are open every day from 9 am to 8 pm during the summer months. Opening hours for other months are published in the navigation chart. The card allows access to the toilets in public ports, showers, washing machines and also to empty the used water holding tanks.

Spending the night in public ports is free. In private marinas, mooring fees are about 15€. Leaving from Leitrim and going south, the locks are automated with lock keeper and cost about 1,50€. On the Royal Canal, you will find manual locks with lock keeper, they cost e 0.60. Navigation on the Royal Canal is only possible with the following boat types: P.935W, P.1107W and P.1020FB.

Navigation on the lakes is forbidden in rough weather (Force 3 Beaufort and more). It is forbidden to spend the night anchored on the lakes. Children under 17 years must wear a life jacket. On the lakes, make sure you stay in the middle of the channel. Otherwise you risk running aground. Refloating a boat entails significant costs and these are covered neither by the insurance nor by the accidental damage waiver and will be for you to pay should this happen. It is not allowed to anchor on a lake during the night.