Special Harbor, Pilot and Customs Rule Flashcards
72 COLREGS,
Navigational Rules, apply and are enforced by the USCG.
Puget Sound Pilots
are compulsory for all foreign vessels and US vessels engaged in trade. Pilotage for US vessels is optional if they are engaged in coast-wise trade on the west coast of the US, Alaska and BC and are under control of a federally licensed pilot
Local magnetic disturbance
differences of 3° from normal variation in Henderson Inlet.
Balch Pass
– 100 yds wide between 10fa curve, chart skale is small, stay mid channel traffic permitting.
Squaxin Passage
– Narrow, proceed with caution. Favor S shore, at the W end favor the N point of Steamboat I. Reef bares at extreme low tide SE of Hope I, has a buoy at S end. To avoid reef keep N point of Steamboat I open on the S point of Hope I.