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STEAM-VESSELS SHALL SLACKEN SPEED OR STOP.

ART. 23. Every steam-vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, on approaching her, if necessary, slacken her speed or stop

or reverse.

OVERTAKING VESSELS.

ART. 24. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules every vessel, overtaking any other, shall keep out of the way of the overtaken vessel.

Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, in such a position, with reference to the vessel which she is overtaking that at night she would be unable to see either of that vessel's side-lights, shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel; and no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.

As by day the overtaking vessel can not always know with certainty whether she is forward of or abaft this direction from the other vessel she should, if in doubt, assume that she is an overtaking vessel and keep out of the way.

NARROW CHANNELS.

ART. 25. In narrow channels every steam-vessel shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fair-way or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.

RIGHTS OF WAY OF FISHING VESSELS.

ART. 26. Sailing-vessels under way shall keep out of the way of sailing-vessels or boats fishing with nets, or lines or trawls. This rule shall not give to any vessel or boat engaged in fishing the right of obstructing a fairway used by vessels other than fishing-vessels or boats.

GENERAL PRUDENTIAL RULE.

ART. 27. In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.

SOUND SIGNALS FOR PASSING STEAMERS.

(See Art. 18.)

ART. 28. When vessels are in sight of one another a steam-vessel under way whose engines are going at full speed astern shall indicate that fact by three short blasts on the whistle.

Inland rules.

Inland rules.

Feb. 19, 1895.
Sec. 2.

Sec. 10.

PRECAUTION.

ART. 29. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the

case.

LIGHTS ON UNITED STATES NAVAL VESSELS AND REVENUE
CUTTERS.

ART. 30. The exhibition of any light on board of a vessel of war of the United States or a revenue cutter may be suspended whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, the commander in chief of a squadron, or the commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character of the service may require it.

DISTRESS SIGNALS.

ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely:

IN THE DAYTIME.

A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus, or firing a gun.

AT NIGHT.

First. Flames on the vessel as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, and so forth.

Second. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus, or firing a gun.

372. Limits of application of international and inland or local rules.

The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized, emFeb. 14, 1903. powered and directed from time to time to designate and define by suitable bearings or ranges with light houses, light vessels, buoys or coast objects, the lines dividing the high seas from rivers, harbors and inland waters. The words" inland waters" used in this Act shall not be held to include the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal:

LINES ESTABLISHING HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS OF THE
UNITED STATES, WITHIN WHICH THE INLAND RULES ARE ΤΟ
APPLY.

(All bearings are in degrees true and points magnetic, and are given approximately; distances in nautical miles.)

Cutler (Little River) Harbor, Me.: A line drawn from Long Point 226° (SW. by W. W.) to Little River Head.

Little Machias Bay, Machias Bay, Englishman Bay, Chandler Bay, Moosabec Reach, Pleasant Bay, Narraguagus Bay, and

Pigeon Hill Bay, Me.: A line drawn from Little River Head 232°
(WSW. W.) to the outer side of Old Man; thence 234° (WSW.
W.) to the outer side of Double Shot Islands; thence 245° (W.
S.) to Libby Islands Lighthouse; thence 2311° (WSW. W.)
to Moose Peak Lighthouse; thence 233° (WSW. W.) to Little
Pond Head; from Pond Point, Great Wass Island, 239° (WSW.
W.) to outer side of Crumple Island; thence 248° (W. S.) to
Petit Manan Lighthouse.

All harbors on the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts between Petit Manan Lighthouse, Me., and Cape Ann Lighthouses, Mass.: A line drawn from Petit Manan Lighthouse 2051° (SW. S.), 26 miles, to Mount Desert Lighthouse; thence 250° (W. S.), about 33 miles, to Matinicus Rock Lighthouses; thence 267° (WNW. } W.), 234 miles, to Monhegan Island Lighthouse; thence 260° (W. N.), 19 miles to Seguin Lighthouse; thence 233° (WSW.), 18 miles, to Cape Elizabeth Lightvessel, No. 74; thence 2143° (SW. W.), 29 miles, to Boon Island Lighthouse; thence 210° (SW.), 11 miles, to Anderson Ledge Spindle, off Isles of Shoals Lighthouse; thence 1761° (S. } W.), 19 miles, to Cape Ann Lighthouses, Mass.

Boston Harbor: From Eastern Point Lighthouse 215° (SW.
W.), 15 miles, to The Graves Lighthouse; thence 139° (SSE.
E.), 7 miles, to Minots Ledge Lighthouse.

All harbors in Cape Cod Bay, Mass.: A line drawn from Ply. mouth (Gurnet) Lighthouses 77° (E. S.), 161 miles, to Race Point Lighthouse.

Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, and easterly entrance to Long Island Sound: A line drawn from Chatham Lighthouses, Mass., 146° (S. by E. E.), 43 miles, to Pollock Rip Shoals Lightvessel, No. 73; thence 142° (SSE. § E.), 12 miles, to Great Round Shoal Entrance Gas, Whistling, and Submarine Bell Buoy (PS); thence 229° (SW. by W. W.), 14 miles, to Sankaty Head Lighthouse; from Smith Point, Nantucket Island, 265° (W. § N.), 25 miles, to southeasterly point No Mans Land; from westerly point No Mans Land 359° (N. by E.), 51 miles to Gay Head Lighthouse; thence 2501 (W. S.), 34 miles, to Block Island Southeast Lighthouse; thence 250° (W. S.), 143 miles, to Montauk Point Lighthouse, on the easterly end of Long Island, N. Y.

New York Harbor: A line drawn from Rockaway Point LifeSaving Station 167° (S. E.), 6 miles, to Ambrose Channel Light vessel, No. 87; thence 2381° (WSW.), 8 miles, to Navesink (southerly) Lighthouse.

Philadelphia Harbor and Delaware Bay: A line drawn from Cape May Lighthouse 200° (SSW. W.), 8 miles, to Overfalls Lightvessel, No. 69; thence 2461° (WSW. W.), 3§ mile, to Cape Henlopen Lighthouse.

Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay: A line drawn from Cape Charles Lighthouse 1881° (S. by W. W.), 10 miles, to Outer Entrance Whistling Buoy, 2; thence 241° (SW. by W. W.), 4 miles, to Cape Henry Lighthouse.

Charleston Harbor: A line drawn from Ferris Wheel, on Isle of Palms, 154° (SSE. E.), 7 miles, to Charleston Lightvessel, No. 34; thence 259° (W. S.) through Charleston Whistling Buoy, 6C, 7 miles, until Charleston Lighthouse bears 350° (N. } W.); thence 270° (W.), 23 miles, to the beach of Folly Island.

Savannah Harbor and Calibogue Sound: A line drawn from Braddock Point, Hilton Head Island, 149° (SSE. E.), 9 miles, to Tybee Gas and Whistling Buoy, T (PS); thence 270° (W.) to the beach of Tybee Island.

St. Simon Sound (Brunswick Harbor) and St. Andrew Sound: From hotel on beach of St. Simon Island 18 mile 60° (NE. by E. E.) from St. Simon Lighthouse, 130° (SE. † E.), 63 miles, to

Inland rules.

Inland rules. St. Simon Whistling Buoy; thence 192° (S. by W.), 8 miles, to St. Andrew Sound Bar Buoy (PS); thence 270° (W. 1 S.), 41 miles, to the shore of Little Cumberland Island.

St. Johns River, Fla.: A straight line from the outer end of the northerly jetty to the outer end of the southerly jetty.

Florida Reefs and Keys: A line drawn from the easterly end of the northerly jetty, at the entrance to the dredged channel mile northerly of Norris Cut, 1141° (ESE.), 13 miles, to Florida Reefs North End Beacon, W.; thence 1781° (S. 1 E.), 7 miles, to Biscayne Bay Sea Bell Buoy, 1; thence 181° (S.), 23 miles, to Fowey Rocks Lighthouse; thence 188° (S. W.), 6 miles, to Triumph Reef Beacon, O; thence 193° (S. by W.), 4 miles, to Ajax Reef Beacon, M; thence 1944° (S. by W. W.), 2 miles, to Pacific Reef Beacon, L; thence 1964° (S. by W. W.), 5 miles, to Turtle Harbor Sea Buoy, 2; thence 210° (SSW. W.), 4 miles, to Carysfort Reef Lighthouse; thence 2094° (SSW. W.), 51 miles, to Elbow Reef Beacon, J; thence 218° (SW. 1 S.), 71 miles, to French Reef Beacon, G; thence 220° (SW. 1 S.), 2 miles, to Molasses Reef Beacon, T; thence 2341° (SW. § W.), 6 miles, to Conch Reef Beacon, E; thence 235° (SW. W.) through Crocker Reef Beacon, D, 10 miles, to Alligator Reef Lighthouse; thence 238° (SW. by W.), 9 miles, to Tennessee Reef Beacon, 7; thence 2224° (SW. 1 S.), 2 miles, to Tennessee Reef Buoy, 4; thence 251° (WSW. W.), 10 miles, to Coffins Patchless Beacon, C; thence 247° (SW. by W. 1 W.), 8 miles, to Sombrero Key Lighthouse; thence 250° (WSW.), 24 miles, to Sombrero Key Turn Buoy (PS); thence 253° (WŚW. W.), 64 miles, to Bahia Honda Sea Buoy (PS); thence 255° (WSW. § W.), 7 miles, to Looe Key Beacon, 6; thence 257° (WSW. W.), 63 miles, to American Shoal Lighthouse; thence 2531° (WSW. W.), 2} miles, to Maryland Shoal Beacon, S; thence 259° (WSW. W.), 5 miles, to Eastern Sambo Beacon, A; thence 2564° (WSW. W.), 2 miles, to Western Sambo Beacon, R; thence 2521° (WSW. W.), 19 miles, to Western Sambo Buoy, 2; thence 2613° (W. by S.), through Ship Channel Shoal Beacon, 5, 3 miles, to Main Ship Channel Entrance Bar Buoy (PS); thence 2594° (WSW. W.), 21 miles, to Eastern Dry Rocks Beacon, 4; thence 256 (WSW. W.), 13 miles, to Sand Key Lighthouse; thence 261° (W. by S.), 2 miles, to Western Dry Rocks Beacon, 2; thence 268° (W. S.), 34 miles, through Satan Shoal Buoy (HS) to Vestal Shoal Buoy, 1; thence 2731° (W. N.), 51 miles, to Coal Bin Rock Buoy (HS); thence 3241° (NW. § N.), 7 miles, to Conch Key; from northwesterly point Marquesas Keys 611° (NE. by E. † E.), 4 miles, to North Entrance Buoy (PS), Boca Grande Channel; thence 84° (E. N.), 9 miles, to Northwest Channel Entrance Bell Buoy (PS), Northwest Channel into Key West; thence 681° (NE. by E. E.), 23 miles, to northerly side of Content Keys; thence 48° (NE. † E.), 29 miles, to East Cape, Cape Sable.

Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda, Fla.: Eastward of Entrance Bell Buoy (PS), off Boca Grande, and in Charlotte Harbor, in Pine Island Sound and Matlacha Pass. Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in Peace and Myacca Rivers north of a 250° and 70° (WSW. and ENE.) line through Mangrove Point Light; and in Caloosahatchee River northward of the steamboat wharf at Puntarasa.

Tampa Bay and tributaries, Fla.: From the southerly end of Long Key 2451° (SW. by W. § W.), 3 miles, to Entrance Gas and Whistling Buoy (PS); thence 1281° (S.E. E.), 6 miles, to Bar Bell Buoy (PS) at the entrance to Southwest Channel; thence 1021 (E. S.), 2 miles, to the house on the north end of Anna Maria Key. Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in Manatee River inside Entrance Buoy (PS); in Hillsboro River inside Barrel Stake Beacon.

St. George Sound, Apalachicola Bay, Carrabelle and Apalachicola Rivers, and St. Vincent Sound, Fla.: North of a line from

Lighthouse Point 246° (SW. by W. § W.), 13 miles, to southeasterly end of Dog Island; to northward of East Pass Bell Buoy (PS) at the entrance to East Pass, and inside West Pass Bell Buoy (PS) at the seaward entrance to West Pass. Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in Carrabelle River and when on the range and crossing the bar at the entrance; in Apalachicola River and northward of Five-Foot Lump Buoy, 5, when crossing the bar.

Pensacola Harbor: From Caucus Cut Entrance Whistling Buoy (PS) 8° (N. E.) tangent to easterly side of Fort Pickens, to the shore of Santa Rosa Island, and from the Whistling Buoy northward in the buoyed channel through Caucus Shoal.

Mobile Harbor and Bay: From Outer Whistling Buoy (PS) 40° (NE. by N.) to shore of Mobile Point, and from the Whistling Buoy 320° (NW.) to the shore of Dauphin Island. Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in Mobile River above Battery Gladden Light.

Sounds, Lakes, and Harbors on the Coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, between Mobile Bay Entrance and the Delta of the Mississippi River: From Sand Island Lighthouse 259° (WSW. W.), 434 miles, to Chandeleur Lighthouse; westward of Chandeleur and Errol Islands, and west of a line drawn from the southwesterly point of Errol Island 182° (S. 1 E.), 23 miles, to Pass a Loutre Lighthouse. Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in Pascagoula River, and in the dredged cut at the entrance to the river, above Pascagoula River Entrance Light, A, marking the entrance to the dredged cut.

New Orleans Harbor and the Delta of the Mississippi River. Inshore of a line drawn from the outermost mud lump showing above low water at the entrance to Pass a Loutre to a similar lump off the entrance to Northeast Pass; thence to a similar lump off the entrance to Southeast Pass; thence to the outermost aid to navigation off the entrance to South Pass; thence to the outermost aid to navigation off the entrance to Southwest Pass; thence northerly, about 18 miles, to the westerly point of the entrance to Jaque Bay.

Sabine Pass, Tex.: Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply to Sabine Pass northward of Sabine Pass Whistling Buoy (PS), and in Sabine Lake and its tributaries. Outside of this buoy the International Rules apply.

Galveston Harbor: A line drawn from Galveston North Jetty Light 164° (SSE. E.), 23 miles, to Galveston Bar Gas Buoy (PS); thence 312° (NW. W.), 13 miles, to Galveston (S.) Jetty Light.

Brazos River, Tex.: Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in the Brazos River above the outer ends of the jetties. International Rules apply outside the ends of the jetties.

San Diego Harbor: A line drawn from southerly tower Coronado Hotel 2211° (SSW. W.), 4 miles, to Outside Bar Whistling Buoy, SD. (PS); thence 3561° (N. by W. § W.), 2§ miles, to Point Loma Lighthouse.

San Francisco Harbor: A line drawn through Mile Rocks Lighthouse 326° (NW. § W.) to Bonita Point Lighthouse.

Columbia River Entrance: A line drawn from knuckle of Columbia River south jetty 351° (NNW. W.) to Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.

Juan de Fuca Strait, Washington and Puget Sounds: A line drawn from New Dungeness Lighthouse 19° (N. W.), 171 miles, to Cattle Point Light, on southeasterly point of San Juan Island (Mount Constitution, on Orcas Island, is in range with Cattle Point Light on this line); from Bellevue Point, San Juan Island, 335° (NW. W.), to Kellett Bluff, Henry Island; thence 346° (NW. N.) to Turn Point Light; thence 70° (NE. E.), 8 miles, to westerly point of Skipjack Island; thence 37° (N. by E. E.), 4 miles, to Patos Islands Light; thence 3371° (NW. W.), 12 miles, to Point Roberts Light.

Inland rules.

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