[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR100.105]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
          CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 100--SAFETY OF LIFE ON NAVIGABLE WATERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 100.105  Head of the Connecticut Regatta.

    (a) Regulated Area. The regulated area is that section of the 
Connecticut River between the southern tip of Gildersleeve Island and 
Light Number 87.
    (b) Special Local Regulations. (1) The regulated area is closed to 
all transiting vessel traffic between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except for 
escorted passages as described in (2) and (3) below. All transiting 
vessel movement will be done at the direction of the Coast Guard patrol 
commander.
    (2) Vessels less than 20 meters in length will be allowed to transit 
the regulated area only under escort and at the discretion of the Coast 
Guard patrol commander.
    (3) Vessels over 20 meters in length will be allowed to transit the 
regulated area, under escort, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. or as 
directed by the Coast Guard patrol commander.

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    (4) All transiting vessels shall operate at ``No Wake'' speed or 
five (5) knots whichever is slower.
    (5) Southbound vessels awaiting escort through the regulated area 
will be held in the vicinity of the southern tip of Gildersleeve Island. 
Northbound vessels awaiting escort will be held at Light Number 87.
    (6) All vessels shall immediately follow any specific instructions 
given by Coast Guard patrol craft and exercise extreme caution while 
operating in or near the regulated area.
    (7) No person shall enter or remain in the regulated area unless 
participating in the event or authorized by the event sponsor or Coast 
Guard patrol commander.
    (8) The sponsor shall ensure that the event is concluded by 6:00 
p.m. on the day of the event.
    (c) Effective Dates. These regulations are effective from 9:00 a.m. 
to 6:00 p.m. on October 9, 1988 and each year thereafter during the same 
time period on the second Saturday of October or as published in the 
local Coast Guard Notice to Mariners.

[CGD1 88-035, 53 FR 39273, Oct. 6, 1988, as amended at CGDUI-94-136, 59 
FR 49821, Sept. 30, 1994]