Wayne.B wrote:

the key thing is the distance scale on your charts.

??????????

If the distance scale is in
statute miles, i.e., 5280 feet - then you are an inland boater. I
suspect your charts are otherwise and so also should your boat reports
except for the dinkiest lake craft.

Even dead horses can kick ...

Charts for Puget Sound depict inland waters - and - are printed with a
scale in nautical miles.

Just as Chuck stated, "Inland COLREGS apply everywhere south of a
point at the head of Admiralty Inlet, east of Deception Pass, and all
the way up the lee side of Vancouver Island."

The chart for Lake Washington Ship Canal and Lake Washington (18447)
provides a scale for nautical, statute, and yards ... the "key thing"
that determines "inland" is the COLREGS, not the chart scale.

Rick