Follow the Race in the Viscount passenger boat:

With its good visibility, low freeboard, licensed bar and friendly cooperative crew, the Viscount makes the ideal viewing platform for The Great River Race. The boat will be leaving Masthouse Terrace Pier promptly at 12:00 hours with boarding starting from 11:30 hours. Light lunches will be available on board.

Masthouse Pier is a short ten minute walk from the Start. Just walk along Westferry Road (away from Canary Wharf), turn right on Napier Ave and then right onto Maritime Quay. Mudchute Docklands Light Rail Station is also nearby and the D3 and D7 buses both stop on Westferry Road close to Napier Avenue. 

To maximise the viewing opportunities for passenger boat spectators the ‘Viscount’ will follow the course as far as Hammersmith Bridge before mooring up and waiting until most of the Race has passed. Then it will steam through the fleet to Richmond, where it will tie up at Richmond Landing Stage to watch the Race pass by as crews summon up the energy for the final push to the Finish. You then can disembark and enjoy a short stroll upriver to join the crowds around the Great River Race bar .

Note: The trip will last approximately 3.5 hours.