33 C.F.R. § 100.103 National Sweepstakes Regatta, Redbank, NJ.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
(a) Regulated area. That portion of the Navesink River in Redbank, N.J. between the N.J. Route 35 Bridge and a line running across the Navesink River connecting Guyon and Lewis Points. (b) Effective period. This section is in effect from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 20 and 21, 1996, and each year thereafter on dates and times specified in a (c) Special local regulations. (1) The regulated area shall be intermittently closed to all vessel traffic during the effective period, except as may be allowed by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander. (2) No person or vessel shall enter or remain in the regulated area while it is closed unless participating in or authorized by the event sponsor or Coast Guard patrol personnel. (3) Vessels awaiting passage through the regulated area shall be held in unmarked anchorages in the area to the east of the N.J. Route 35 Bridge and in the vicinity of Lewis Point. (4) No transiting vessels shall be allowed out onto or across the regulated area without Coast Guard escort. (5) All persons or vessels not registered with the sponsor as participants or not part of the regatta patrol are considered spectators. Spectator vessels must be at anchor within a designated spectator area or moored to a waterfront facility in a way that will not interfere with the progress of the event. The following are established as spectator areas: (i) Spectator vessels shall be held behind (north of ) a line of buoys provided by the sponsor running approximately west to east starting .25 mile east of the N.J. Route 35 Bridge. (ii) A second spectator area shall be marked by a curved line of sponsor provided buoys centered on a line drawn approximately due south from Jones Point, running through Can Buoy #21. All spectator craft shall stay to the east of this string of buoys. (6) All persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of U.S. Coast Guard patrol personnel. Upon hearing five or more blasts from a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, the operator of a vessel shall stop immediately and proceed as directed. U.S. Coast Guard patrol personnel include commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary may be present to inform vessel operators of this regulation and other applicable laws. [CGD3 85–31, 50 FR 30702, July 29, 1985. Redesignated and amended by CGD 87–008b, 52 FR 25219, July 6, 1987; CGDO1–96–016, 61 FR 26105, May 24, 1996; CGD 96–052, 62 FR 16702, Apr. 8, 1997]
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 100—SAFETY OF LIFE ON NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 100.103 National Sweepstakes Regatta, Redbank, NJ.
