[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR82.3]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 82_72 COLREGS: INTERPRETATIVE RULES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 82.3  Pushing vessel and vessel being pushed: Composite unit.



    Rule 24(b) of the 72 COLREGS states that when a pushing vessel and a 

vessel being pushed ahead are rigidly connected in a composite unit, 

they are regarded as a power-driven vessel and must exhibit the lights 

under Rule 23. A ``composite unit'' is interpreted to be a pushing 

vessel that is rigidly connected by mechanical means to a vessel being 

pushed so they react to sea and swell as one vessel. ``Mechanical 

means'' does not include the following:

    (a) Lines.

    (b) Hawsers.

    (c) Wires.

    (d) Chains.



[CGD 76-133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 

FR 28154, May 26, 1981]