California Boating Law

TITLE 14

6552

DEPARTMENT OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS

(7) Boat does not have proper backfire flame control system, as pre- scribed by Section 6574 of this chapter; (8) Boat is overloaded to such an extent that there exists so little freeboard the danger of sinking or capsizing may be imminent. Any person operating an unsafe vessel, as specified in this subsection, shall remove it to the shore or to a safe moorage or anchorage as directed by the peace officer. NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 662 and 655, Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Sections 652, 655, 663, 663.5, and 663.6, Harbors and Navigation Code; and PL 96-591, Rule 1(b)(ii). 6551. Invalidity of Provision or of Application to Particular Person or Circumstance. If any provision of this article, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid the remainder of this article, and the application of its provisions to any other person or circumstance, is not affected. NOTE: Authority cited: Section 652, Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Sections 650 and 652, Harbors and Navigation Code. 6552. Definitions. As used in Articles 4 and 5: (a) ‘‘Approved’’ means approved by the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. (b) ‘‘Barge’’ means any nonself-propelled vessel. (c) ‘‘Carrying passengers for hire’’ means the carriage of a person by a vessel for a valuable consideration, whether directly or indirectly flowing to the owner, charterer, operator, agent, or any other person interested in the vessel. (d) ‘‘Ferry’’ includes a vessel having provisions only for deck passengers and/or vehicles, operating on a short run on a frequent schedule between two points over the most direct water route, and offering a public service of a type normally attributed to a bridge or tunnel. ‘‘Ferry’’ does not include a vessel navigating the water of the ocean. (e) ‘‘Fire extinguisher’’ means a marine-type fire extinguisher, as ap- proved by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. (f) ‘‘High Seas’’ means: (1) Crescent City Harbor. Those waters outside of a line drawn from Crescent City Entrance Light to the southeasternmost extremity of Whaler Island. (2) Arcata-Humboldt Bay. Those waters outside of a line drawn from Humboldt Bay Entrance Light 4 to Humboldt Bay Entrance Light 3. (3) Noyo River. Those waters outside of a line drawn from Noyo River Entrance Daybeacon 4 to Noyo River Entrance Light 5. (4) Albion River. Those waters outside of a line drawn on an axis of 030 true through Albion River Light 1 across Albion Cove.

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