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Navigational Skills on a Boat – Rules of the Road

Navigational Skills on a Boat: Rules of the “Sea”

The Rules are all Inland Rules although some vary. Specifically, there are:

If you operate in any of the following areas, there are additional rules you must know:

  • Great Lakes – Great Lakes Navigation Rules apply to the Great Lakes and connecting tributary waters. These connecting waters include the Calumet River as far as the Thomas J. O’Brien Lock and Controlling Works (between miles 326 and 327), the Chicago River as far as the east side of the Ashland Avenue Bridge (between miles 321 and 322), and the Saint Lawrence River as far east as the lower exit of Saint Lambert Lock.
  • Western Rivers – Western Rivers include the Mississippi River, its tributaries, South Pass, and Southwest Pass, to the navigational demarcation lines that divide the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States. They also include the Port Allen-Morgan City Alternate Route, and that part of the Atchafalaya River above its junction with the Port Allen-Morgan City Alternate Route (including the Old River and Red River).

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