[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: 33CFR100.505]

[Page 268]
 
                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. 100.505  New Jersey Offshore Grand Prix.

    (a) Regulated area. The Manasquan River from the New York and Long 
Branch Railroad to Manasquan Inlet, together with all of the navigable 
waters of the United States from Asbury Park, New Jersey, latitude 40 
degrees, 14 minutes north; southward to Seaside Park, New Jersey 
latitude 39 degrees, 55 minutes north, from the New Jersey shoreline 
seaward to the limits of the Territorial Sea. The race course area 
extends from Asbury Park to Seaside Park from the shoreline, seaward to 
a distance of 8.4 nautical miles.
    (b) Effective Period: This section is effective annually on the 
third Wednesday in July. If the event is canceled due to weather, this 
section is effective the following day. The Coast Guard Patrol Commander 
will announce by Broadcast Notice to Mariners the specific time periods 
during which the regulations will be enforced.
    (c) Special local regulations. (1) The regulated area shall be 
closed intermittently to general navigation during the effective period. 
No person or vessel may enter or remain in the regulated area while it 
is closed unless participating in the event or authorized by the sponsor 
or regatta patrol personnel.
    (2) All persons or vessels not registered with sponsor as 
participants or not part of the regatta patrol are considered 
spectators.
    (3) The spectator fleet shall be held in spectator anchorage areas 
marked by patrol vessels. The sponsor provided boats shall fly colored 
pennants to aid in their identification. Spectator anchorages areas are 
established as follows:
    (i) Asbury Park, NJ south to Manasquan Inlet, NJ. The spectator 
fleet will be held behind (west of) a line running north to south from 
the Asbury Park Convention Center to the north jetty at Manasquan Inlet. 
At the Asbury Park Convention Center the spectator fleet shall be held 
behind a line north of the Convention Center Pier. These lines will be 
set up by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander on the day of the race.
    (ii) Seaside Heights. The spectator fleet shall be held behind a 
line south of the Seaside Funtown Pier. This line shall be set by the 
Coast Guard Patrol Commander on the day of the race.
    (4) No spectator, press or commercial fishing boats shall cross the 
race course without the permission of the Patrol Commander. Those 
vessels wishing to cross the race course shall obtain permission to do 
so by contacting the nearest Coast Guard patrol vessel.
    (5) No vessel shall proceed at a speed greater than six (6) knots 
while in Manasquan Inlet during the effective period.
    (6) All persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
U.S. Coast Guard patrol pesonnel. Upon hearing five or more blasts from 
a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, the operator of a vessel shall stop 
immediately and proceed as directed. U.S. Coast Guard patrol personnel 
include commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard. 
Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary may be present to inform vessel 
operators of this regulation and other applicable laws.

[CGD3 85-19, 50 FR 28574, July 15, 1985. Redesignated and amended by CGD 
87-008b, 52 FR 25219, July 6, 1987; CGDO1-96-016, 61 FR 26105, May 24, 
1996; CGD 96-052, 62 FR 16702, Apr. 8, 1997; CGD 05-98-006, 63 FR 39236, 
July 22, 1998]