[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: 33CFR84.01]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 84_ANNEX I: POSITIONING AND TECHNICAL DETAILS OF LIGHTS AND SHAPES

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 84.01  Definitions.









Sec.

84.01 Definitions.

84.03 Vertical positioning and spacing of lights.

84.05 Horizontal positioning and spacing of lights.

84.07 Details of location of direction-indicating lights for fishing 

          vessels, dredgers and vessels engaged in underwater 

          operations.

84.09 Screens.

84.11 Shapes.

84.13 Color specification of lights.

84.15 Intensity of lights.

84.17 Horizontal sectors.

84.19 Vertical sectors.

84.21 Intensity of non-electric lights.

84.23 Maneuvering light.

84.24 High-speed craft.

84.25 Approval. [Reserved]



    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2071; Department of Homeland Security 

Delegation No. 0170.1.



    Source: CGD 81-008, 46 FR 62447, Dec. 24, 1981, unless otherwise 

noted.





    (a) The term height above the hull means height above the uppermost 

continuous deck. This height shall be measured from the position 

vertically beneath the location of the light.

    (b) High-speed craft means a craft capable of maximum speed in 

meters per second (m/s) equal to or exceeding: 3.7[dtri]\0.1667\; where 

[dtri]=displacement corresponding to the design waterline (meters 

3).



    Note to paragraph (b): The same formula expressed in pounds and 

knots is maximum speed in knots (kts) equal to exceeding 1.98 (lbs) 

[dtri]\0.1667\; where [dtri]=displacement corresponding to design 

waterline in pounds.



    (c) The term practical cut-off means, for vessels 20 meters or more 

in length, 12.5 percent of the minimum luminous intensity (Table 

84.15(b)) corresponding to the greatest range of visibility for which 

the requirements of Annex I are met.

    (d) The term Rule or Rules means the Inland Navigation Rules 

contained in sec. 2 of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (Pub. 

L. 96-591, 94 Stat. 3415, 33 U.S.C. 2001, December 24, 1980) as amended.



[CGD 81-008, 46 FR 62447, Dec. 24, 1981, as amended by CGD 94-011, 63 FR 

5731, Feb. 4, 1998]