more different pages, the omission has been indicated by a series of asterisks. Where sentences and paragraphs would lose something of their meaning by separation from context, slight changes in wording have sometimes been made. In cases where references are made to material located on other pages, the essence of the facts referred to have been inserted, in the words of the compiler. Certain portions of the text of the publication "Motorboats" covering motorboats, motor vessels, and motorboats and motor vessels carrying passengers and freight for hire, have been included herein, to make the handbook of greater usefulness to those handling small boats. In the text which follows, numbers and other references will be found at the ends of the various paragraphs.1 These are the article, rule, and paragraph numbers of the following publications: RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS OF VESSELS. Navigation, Department of Commerce. edition, May 14, 1940. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Department Circular No. 230, Eighth RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS OF VESSELS AND PILOT RULES FOR CERTAIN INLAND WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC COASTS AND OF THE COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. United States Coast Guard, April 1943. PILOT RULES FOR THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING AND TRIBUTARY WATERS. United States Coast Guard, August 1942. PILOT RULES FOR THE RIVERS WHOSE WATERS FLOW INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. United States Coast Guard, August 1942. 1 Much of the material in the 1943 edition of the Pilot Rules will be found to be identical with that in earlier editions, but with new paragraph numbers. AREAS IN WHICH THE VARIOUS RULES APPLY INTERNATIONAL RULES The international rules apply upon the high seas. For many entrances to harbors, bays, and estuaries, specific lines of demarcation between the high seas and inland waters have been laid down; these lines are described and illustrated in the Pilot Rules. The general rule covering such lines is as follows: At all buoyed entrances from seaward to bays, sounds, rivers, or other estuaries for which specific lines of demarcation have not been prescribed, the International Rules apply outside of a line approximately parallel with the general trend of the shore, drawn through the outermost buoy or other aid to navigation of any system of aids. INLAND RULES The Inland Rules apply upon all waters of the United States inside the lines delimiting the high seas with the following exceptions: The Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal. The Red River of the North. The rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries. RULES FOR THE GREAT LAKES The Rules for the Great Lakes apply upon the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal. RULES FOR WESTERN RIVERS The Rules for Western Rivers apply upon the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries. This may be considered as embracing the Mississippi River system. There are, however, many rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico which are not a part of the Mississippi River system. On some of these, the rules for western rivers apply, and others the inland rules apply. On the rivers tabulated below, the rules for western rivers apply, on other rivers flowing into the gulf the inland rules apply. Further |