1625-0019 Stat/Authority

Coast Guard, DOT
§ 84.24

Pt. 86

High-speed craft.

(a) The masthead light of high-speed
craft with a length to breadth ratio of
less than 3.0 may be placed at a height
related to the breadth lower than that
prescribed in § 84.03(a)(1), provided that
the base angle of the isosceles triangle
formed by the side lights and masthead
light when seen in end elevation is not
less than 27 degrees as determined by
the formula in paragraph (b) of this
section.
(b) The minimum height of masthead
light above sidelights is to be determined by the following formula: Tan
27°=X/Y; where Y is the horizontal distance between the sidelights and X is
the height of the forward masthead
light.
[CGD 94–011, 63 FR 5731, Feb. 4, 1998. Redesignated by USCG–1999–5832, 64 FR 34712, June
29, 1999]

§ 84.25

Approval. [Reserved]

PART 85—ANNEX II: ADDITIONAL
SIGNALS FOR FISHING VESSELS
FISHING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY

AUTHORITY: Sec. 3, Pub. L. 96–591; 49 CFR
1.46(n)(14).
SOURCE: CGD 81–006, 46 FR 61845, Dec. 21,
1981, unless otherwise noted.

General.

The lights mentioned herein shall, if
exhibited in pursuance of Rule 26(d), be
placed where they can best be seen.
They shall be at least 0.9 meter apart
but at a lower level than lights prescribed in Rule 26(b)(i) and (c)(i) contained in the Inland Navigational
Rules Act of 1980, as amended (33 U.S.C.
2001 et seq.). The lights shall be visible
all around the horizon at a distance of
at least 1 mile but at a lesser distance
from the lights prescribed by these
Rules for fishing vessels.
§ 85.3

§ 85.5

Signals for purse seiners.

Vessels engaged in fishing with purse
seine gear may exhibit two yellow
lights in a vertical line. These lights
shall flash alternately every second
and with equal light and occultation
duration. These lights may be exhibited only when the vessel is hampered
by its fishing gear.

PART 86—ANNEX III: TECHNICAL
DETAILS OF SOUND SIGNAL APPLIANCES

Sec.
85.1 General.
85.3 Signals for trawlers.
85.5 Signals for purse seiners.

§ 85.1

(1) When shooting their nets: two
white lights in a vertical line;
(2) When hauling their nets: one
white light over one red light in a
vertical line;
(3) When the net has come fast upon
an obstruction: two red lights in a
vertical line.
(b) Each vessel engaged in pair trawling may exhibit:
(1) By night, a searchlight directed
forward and in the direction of the
other vessel of the pair;
(2) When shooting or hauling their
nets or when their nets have come fast
upon an obstruction, the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section.

Subpart A—Whistles
Sec.
86.01 Frequencies and range of audibility.
86.03 Limits of fundamental frequencies.
86.05 Sound signal intensity and range of
audibility.
86.07 Directional properties.
86.09 Positioning of whistles.
86.11 Fitting of more than one whistle.
86.13 Combined whistle systems.
86.15 Towing vessel whistles.

Subpart B—Bell or Gong
86.21
86.23

Intensity of signal.
Construction.

Subpart C—Approval
86.31

Approval. [Reserved]

AUTHORITY: Sec. 3, Pub. L. 96–591; 49 CFR
1.46(n)(14).

Signals for trawlers.

(a) Vessels when engaged in trawling,
whether using demersal or pelagic
gear, may exhibit:

SOURCE: CGD 81–009, 46 FR 61848, Dec. 21,
1981, unless otherwise noted.

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