[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: 33CFR100.109]

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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. 100.109  Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Race, Winter Harbor, ME.

    (a) Regulated area. The regulated area includes all waters of Winter 
Harbor, ME, within the following points (NAD 83):

Latitude                             Longtitude
44 23'07" N                          068 04'52" W
44 22'12" N                          068 04'52" W
44 22'12" N                          068 05'08" W
44 23'07" N                          068 05'08" W


    (b) Special local regulations. (1) The Coast Guard patrol commander 
may delay, modify, or cancel the race as conditions or circumstances 
require.
    (2) No person or vessel may enter, transit, or remain in the 
regulated area unless participating in the event or unless authorized by 
the Coast Guard patrol commander.
    (3) Vessels encountering emergencies which require transit through 
the regulated area should contact the Coast Guard patrol commander on 
VHF Channel 16. In the event of an emergency, the Coast Guard patrol 
commander may authorize a vessel to transit through the regulated area 
with a Coast Guard designated escort.
    (4) All persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
the Coast Guard on-scene patrol commander. On-scene patrol personnel may 
include commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard. 
Upon hearing five or more short blasts from a Coast Guard vessel, the 
operator of a vessel shall proceed as directed. Members of the Coast 
Guard Auxiliary may also be present to inform vessel operators of this 
regulation and other applicable laws.

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    (c) Effective Period. This section is effective from 8 a.m. to 2 
p.m., annually on the second Saturday in August, unless specified in a 
Coast Guard Notice to Mariners. In case of inclement weather, this 
section will be in effect the second Sunday in August at the same time, 
unless otherwise specified in a Coast Guard Notice to Mariners.

[CGD01-96-008, 63 FR 37492, July 13 1998]