Must be nice to be in an area that has them.
Coast Pilot 4 (Cape Henry to Key West) lists only 6: Simons Island, GA Ashley River, SC (Charleston area) St. Johns River, FL 2 in the Indian River, FL Okeechobee Waterway, Stuart, FL The closest thing we have in NC is at Lockwoods Folly Inlet, but that is reserved for military and other vessels carrying up to 8000 tons of explosives. And there is an anchorage area off Beaufort NC for cargo vessels awaiting space in the state port in Morehead City, NC. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of BillBinaList via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 5:47 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: BillBinaList <billbinal...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical Question I anchor in special anchorages frequently. They are clearly marked as such on charts. They are plentiful in my home sailing area, and many of them would not be suitable for anything large or commercial, as they are often no more than about 6-12 feet deep. I refer you to US Chart 13205 as an example. Maybe you just sail in an area that is not as accommodating to recreation. Regardless, if a Coastie told you you needed an anchor light in one of those many special anchorages, as the poster said he was told, they were wrong. There is no regulation saying you can't display your anchor light there, and I recommend that you do. But, it is not required.:-) § 109.10 Special anchorage areas. An Act of Congress of April 22, 1940, provides for the designation of special anchorage areas wherein vessels not more than sixty-five feet in length, when at anchor, will not be required to carry or exhibit anchorage lights. Such designation is to be made after investigation, by rule, regulation, or order, the procedure for which will be similar to that followed for anchorage grounds under section 7 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 4, 1915, as referred to in § 109.05. The areas so designated should be well removed from the fairways and located where general navigation will not endanger or be endangered by unlighted vessels. The authority to designate special anchorage areas was transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security by section 902(j) of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-241, 120 Stat 516), and delegated to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. The Commandant redelegated the authority to establish anchorage grounds to each Coast Guard District Commander as provided in 33 CFR 1.05 <https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/33/1.05> -1(e)(1)(i). Bill Bina
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