[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: 33CFR84.07]



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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. 84.07  Details of location of direction-indicating lights for 

fishing vessels, dredgers and vessels engaged in underwater operations.



    (a) The light indicating the direction of the outlying gear from a 

vessel engaged in fishing as prescribed in Rule 26(c)(ii) shall be 

placed at a horizontal distance of not less than 2 meters and not more 

than 6 meters away from the two all-round red and white lights. This 

light shall be placed not higher than the all-round white light 

prescribed in Rule 26(c)(i) and not lower than the sidelights.

    (b) The lights and shapes on a vessel engaged in dredging or 

underwater operations to indicate the obstructed side and/or the side on 

which it is safe to pass, as prescribed in Rule 27(d)(i) and (ii), shall 

be placed at the maximum



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practical horizontal distance, but in no case less than 2 meters, from 

the lights or shapes prescribed in Rule 27(b)(i) and (ii). In no case 

shall the upper of these lights or shapes be at a greater height than 

the lower of the three lights or shapes prescribed in Rule 27(b)(i) and 

(ii).