California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 4 - Division of Boating and Waterways › Chapter 1 - Division of Boating and Waterways › Article 4 - Equipment Requirements › Section 6552 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
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 approved 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.
(5) Bodega Bay. Those waters outside of a
				  line drawn from the seaward extremity of Bodega Harbor North Breakwater to
				  Bodega Harbor Entrance Light 1.
(6)
				  Tomales Bay. Those waters outside of an east-west line drawn from Sand Point to
				  Avalis Beach.
(7) San Francisco
				  Harbor. Those waters outside of a straight line drawn from Point Bonita Light
				  through Mile Rocks Light to the shore.
(8) Pillar Point Harbor. Those waters outside
				  of a line drawn from Pillar Point Harbor Light 6 to Pillar Point Harbor
				  Entrance Light.
(9) Santa Cruz
				  Harbor. Those waters outside of a line drawn from the seaward extremity of the
				  Santa Cruz Harbor East Breakwater to Santa Cruz Harbor West Breakwater Light;
				  thence to Santa Cruz Light.
(10)
				  Moss Landing Harbor. Those waters outside of a line drawn from the seaward
				  extremity of the pier located 0.3 mile south of Moss Landing Harbor entrance to
				  the seaward extremity of the Moss Landing Harbor North Breakwater.
(11) Monterey Harbor. Those waters outside of
				  a line drawn from Monterey Harbor Light 6 to the northern extremity of Monterey
				  Municipal Wharf 2.
(12)
				  Estero-Morro Bay. Those waters outside of a line drawn from the seaward
				  extremity of the Morro Bay East Breakwater to the Morro Bay West Breakwater
				  Light.
(13) San Luis Obispo Bay.
				  Those waters outside of a line drawn from the southernmost extremity of Fossil
				  Point to the seaward extremity of Whaler Island Breakwater.
(14) Santa Barbara Harbor. Those waters
				  outside of a line drawn from Santa Barbara Harbor Light 4 to Santa Barbara
				  Harbor Breakwater Light.
(15)
				  Ventura Marina. Those waters outside of a line drawn from Ventura Marina South
				  Jetty Light 6 to Ventura Marina Breakwater South Light 3; thence to Ventura
				  Marina North Jetty Light 7.
(16)
				  Channel Islands Harbor.
(A) Those waters
				  outside of a line drawn from Channel Islands Harbor South Jetty Light 2 to
				  Channel Islands Harbor Breakwater South Light 1.
(B) Those waters outside of a line drawn from
				  Channel Islands Harbor Breakwater North Light to Channel Islands Harbor North
				  Jetty Light 5.
(17) Port
				  Hueneme. Those waters outside of a line drawn from Port Hueneme East Jetty
				  Light 4 to Port Hueneme West Jetty Light 3.
(18) Marina del Rey.
(A) Those waters outside of a line drawn from
				  Marina del Rey Breakwater South Light 1 to Marina del Rey Light 4.
(B) Those waters outside of a line drawn from
				  Marina del Rey Breakwater North Light 2 to Marina del Rey Light 3.
(C) Those waters outside of a line drawn from
				  Marina del Rey Light 4 to the seaward extremity of the Ballona Creek South
				  Jetty.
(19) Redondo
				  Harbor. Those waters outside of a line drawn from Redondo Beach East Jetty
				  Light 2 to Redondo Beach West Jetty Light 3.
(20) San Pedro Bay-Anaheim Bay.
(A) Those waters outside of a line drawn
				  across the seaward extremities of Anaheim Bay Entrance Jetties; thence to Long
				  Beach Breakwater East End Light 1.
(B) Those waters outside of a line drawn from
				  Long Beach Channel Entrance Light 2 to Long Beach Light.
(C) Those waters outside of a line drawn from
				  Los Angeles Main Entrance Channel Light 2 to Los Angeles
				  Light.
(21) Newport Bay.
				  Those waters outside of a line drawn from Newport Bay East Jetty Light 4 to
				  Newport Bay West Jetty Light 3.
(22) Santa Catalina Island. Those waters
				  within the harbors of Santa Catalina Island.
(23) Dana Point Harbor. Those waters outside
				  of a line drawn from Dana Point Jetty Light 6 to Dana Point Breakwater Light
				  5.
(24) Oceanside Harbor. Those
				  waters outside of a line drawn from Oceanside South Jetty Light 4 to Oceanside
				  Breakwater Light 3.
(25) Mission
				  Bay. Those waters outside of a line drawn from Mission Bay South Jetty Light 2
				  to Mission Bay North Jetty Light 1.
(26) San Diego Harbor. Those waters outside
				  of a line drawn from Zuniga Jetty Light "V" to Zuniga Jetty Light "Z"; thence
				  to Point Loma Light.
(27) Other
				  Entrances. At all buoyed entrances from seaward to bays, sounds, rivers, or
				  other estuaries for which specific lines are not described in this section, the
				  waters outside of a line approximately parallel with the general trend of the
				  shore, drawn through the outermost buoy or buoys or other aid to navigation of
				  any system of aids.