§ 165.T09-0163 - Safety Zone; Tall Ships Challenge Great Lakes 2022; Erie, PA, Cleveland, OH, and Two Harbors, MN.

§ 165.T09-0163 Safety Zone; Tall Ships Challenge Great Lakes 2022; Erie, PA, Cleveland, OH, and Two Harbors, MN.

(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section:

(1) Navigation rules means the Navigation Rules, International and Inland (see, 1972 COLREGS (33 CFR chapter I, subchapters D and E) and 33 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.).

(2) Official patrol means those persons designated by Captain of the Port Buffalo and Sault Ste. Marie to monitor a tall ship safety zone, permit entry into the zone, give legally enforceable orders to persons or vessels within the zone, and take other actions authorized by the cognizant Captain of the Port.

(3) Public vessel means vessels owned, chartered, or operated by the United States or by a State or political subdivision thereof.

(4) Tall ship means any sailing vessel participating in the Tall Ships Challenge 2022 in the Great Lakes.

(b) Location. The following areas are safety zones: All navigable waters of the United States located in the Ninth Coast Guard District within a 100 yard radius of any tall ship.

(c) Regulations.

(1) No person or vessel is allowed within the safety zone unless authorized by the cognizant Captain of the Port, their designated representative, or the on-scene official patrol.

(2) Persons or vessels operating within a confined harbor or channel, where there is not sufficient navigable water outside of the safety zone to safely maneuver are allowed to operate within the safety zone and shall travel at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course. Vessels operating within the safety zone shall not come within 25 yards of a tall ship unless authorized by the cognizant Captain of the Port, their designated representative, or the on-scene official patrol.

(3) When a tall ship approaches any vessel that is moored or anchored, the stationary vessel must stay moored or anchored while it remains within the tall ship's safety zone unless ordered by or given permission from the cognizant Captain of the Port, their designated representative, or the on-scene official patrol to do otherwise.

(4) For tall ships securely moored inport, where local demands warrant, the Captain of the Port may temporarily reduce the 100 yard Safety Zone down to 25 yards.

(d) Effective period. This section is effective from 12:01 a.m. on June 24, 2022, through 12:01 a.m. on August 29, 2022.

(e) Navigation rules. The navigation rules shall apply at all times within a tall ships safety zone.

[USCG-2022-0163, 87 FR 35658, June 13, 2022]

Effective Date Note

Effective Date Note:

By USCG-2022-0163, at 87 FR 35658, June 24, 2022, § 165.T09-0163 was added, effective June 24, 2022, until Aug. 29, 2022.