On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:26:34 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:17:29 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

For those of you that like to keep up with the official navigation
rules, and all boat operators should, there is a new governmental
document which describes the changes and the rationale behind them. It
also offers some interesting insights into the complexities of federal
rule making. The new rules are effective on August 1, 2014. Do not
assume that the rule changes do not apply to you because they are
fairly broad in scope.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-07-02/pdf/2014-14413.pdf

It is a little easier to read here

https://www.federalregister.gov/arti...vigation-rules

I still have not figured out what the Reader's Digest version is.
I did find the proposal to require a ($23) regulation book on every
boat over 16 feet a joke. I am glad the CG was against it.

I suppose I will read this and figure out what it really means some
day but certainly not on Independence Day. Until then,

"come and get me copper"!


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Among other things it appears that we are no longer required to carry
a bell. Frankly it has seemed like an anachronism for a long time
but has finally been made official. We've been boarded and inspected
three times and I don't believe USCG has ever asked about a bell
although it is hiding in plain sight up on the flybridge.