Restricted Areas

Question 1

McNeil Island

Answer 1

Vessel traffic is restricted within 100 yards of McNeil Island, which is prison property.

Question 2

Carr Inlet.

Answer 2

A naval restricted area is in the S part of Carr Inlet.

Question 3

Naval Restricted Areas

Answer 3

§334.1250 Carr Inlet, Naval Restricted Areas. –

Question 4

1. The Area.

Answer 4

The Area. The Waters of Carr Inlet bounded on the southeast by a line running from Gibson Point on Fox Island to Hyde Point on McNeil Island, on the northwest by a line running from Green Point to Penrose Point; plus that portion of Pitt Passage extending from Carr Inlet to Pitt Island, and that portion of Hale Passage extending from Carr Inlet southeasterly to a line drawn perpendicular to the channel 500 yards northwesterly of the Fox Island Bridge.

Question 5

2. The Regulations. (i) The Area

Answer 5

(i) The area shall be used as an acoustic range for research studies and special noise trials. No explosives shall be used.

Question 6

2. The Regulations. (ii) No Marine Craft

Answer 6

(ii) No marine craft of any type shall at any time approach or remain within one hundred yards of the hydrophone buoys. The hydrophone buoys will be anchored in Carr Inlet on a line perpendicular to the course line opposite Ketner’s Point, and about one mile from the Fox Island shore.

Question 7

2. The Regulations. (iii) Buoy Testing Area

Answer 7

(iii) Buoy Testing Area. No vessel shall, at anytime, anchor or tow a drag of any kind within 1,000 yards of the buoy testing area.

Question 8

2. The Regulations. (iv) The remainder of the area

Answer 8

(iv) The remainder of the area shall be open to navigation at all times except when the range is in use or when hydrophones are being calibrated. When the range is in use or hydrophones are being calibrated, quick flashing beacon lights will be displayed on signal towers located at Gibson Point, Green Point, Penrose Point, Pitt Island and Hyde Point. These beacon lights will be either red or green. The beacon lights will show quick flashing every two seconds.

Question 9

2. The Regulations. (v) red beacon

Answer 9

(v) When the red beacon lights are displayed, indicating that the range is in use or hydrophones are being calibrated, navigation within the area will be restricted as follows:

Question 10

2. The Regulations. (v) - PART 1. Power Boats

Answer 10

1. No power boats except to traverse within 200 yards of the low water mark at Green Point. Permission indicated by green flashing lights.

Question 11

2. The Regulations. (v) - PART 2. Powered Craft

Answer 11

2. Non powered craft are also restricted to points near the shore.

Question 12

2. The Regulations. (v) - PART 3. Commercial Traffic and Towboats

Answer 12

3. Commercial traffic and Towboats will signal by VHF channel 14,13,12, or 6 or telephone in advance such signals shall be directed to “Carr Inlet range control”

Question 13

2. The Regulations. (v) PART 4. Signal Flags

Answer 13

4. Red and green signal flags will also be mounted on the towers in case of failure of the lights.

Question 14

3. Enforcement

Answer 14

The regulations in this Paragraph shall be enforced by the Commander, Naval Base, Seattle, and such agencies as he may designate.