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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-08.1 - Waiver of watercraft registration certificate fee: eligibility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Only owners of
			 vessels used solely for recreational purposes are eligible for fee waiver for
			 registration certificate, contingent on proof of eligibility as
			 
								set
			 forth by paragraph (B) of this rule.
(B) Persons applying for fee waiver for a
			 registration certificate must show proof of ownership of the watercraft
			 pursuant to Chapters 1547. and 1548. of the Revised Code and rules adopted
			 thereunder and, in addition, shall submit as appropriate one of the following
			 as proof of eligibility:
(1) Written
			 verification from the veterans' administration of current one hundred per cent
			 service-related disability.
(2)
			 Written verification from the veterans' administration that the veteran has
			 been or is awarded funds for the purchase of a motor vehicle under the Disabled
			 Veterans' and Servicemens' Automobile Assistance Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 1998,
			 38 U.S.C.
			 1901, and amendments thereto.
(3) Written verification from the veterans'
			 administration of prisoner of war status from the U.S. armed
			 services.
(4) A certified copy of
			 the U.S. armed services separation paper showing prisoner of war
			 status.
(5) Written verification
			 from the armed service of a country allied with the United States during world
			 war II that the veteran, as a U.S. citizen at the time of the appointment,
			 enrollment, or enlistment, was made a prisoner of war during world war
			 II.
(6) Written verification from
			 any agency or branch of the U.S. government of receipt of the congressional
			 medal of honor.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-10 - Interference with or mooring to navigation buoys

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall without lawful authority climb on, swim and
				hang on, dive off, tie a watercraft to or attempt to tie a watercraft to,
				injure, sink, disconnect from its anchor, damage, deface or interfere with any
				buoy or other aid to navigation which is placed, anchored or erected by the
				United States coast guard, state of Ohio or political subdivision of this
				state.
Effective: 1/26/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 11/9/2017 and
				01/26/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.02,
				1547.08
Prior
				Effective Dates: 04/25/1974,
				08/16/1984
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-11 - Anchoring requirements, exception

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with section
				1547.26
				of the Revised Code, the following vessels are exempt from requirements to
				carry on anchor and line:
Any vessel less than fourteen feet in length.
Any 
								paddlecraft as defined in section
				1546.01 of the
				Revised Code.
Sailboats and sailboards as defined in section
				1546.01 of the
				Revised Code and less than twenty-one feet in length.
Any vessel in conformity with the
				description of a racing shell.
For the purposes of this rule, "racing
				shell" means a narrow rowboat designed specifically for racing that is
				propelled across the water by its occupants utilizing two or more oars,
				including rowing shells and sculling shells.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				4/10/2023 and
				04/10/2028
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.02,
				1547.26
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/30/1977, 08/16/1984, 10/10/1990, 01/26/2018,
				07/09/2022
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-12 - Buoys

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with section
				1547.08 of the Revised Code the
				following buoys or signs 
								will be used to mark recreational water areas of
				the state of Ohio.
(A) Buoys marking
			 control zones, hazards and no boat areas shall show all around the horizon. The
			 body of such buoys 
								are to be white in color and
			 
								with a solid orange cap at the top. On the white
			 background, as an integral part of the buoy or on a suitable decal,
			  the outline of a circular or
			 diamond shaped insignia of the same orange color is to
			 be clearly visible. 
								Black
			 block letters with an indication of the restriction are
			 to be located above, below, or enclosed withing the insignia. The size of
			 the insignia and the letters 
								will be determined by the chief of the division
			 of parks and watercraft commensurate with the size of the buoy.
(B) Control zones 
								will be marked
			 by buoys displaying a circular-shaped insignia of the above mentioned orange
			 color.
(C) Danger areas
			 
								will be
			 marked by buoys displaying a diamond-shaped insignia of the above mentioned
			 orange color.
(D) Dams, rapids,
			 swimming areas and all other areas in which recreational vessels are prohibited
			 
								will be
			 marked by buoys displaying a diamond-shaped insignia containing intersecting
			 horizontal and vertical lines of the above mentioned orange color.
(E) In addition to the above mentioned buoys,
			 the chief of the division of parks and watercraft may prescribe signs to mark
			 similar and dissimilar hazards and areas.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-13 - Obstructing a waterway, securing of docked and anchored vessels

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall
			 anchor, moor, tie-up, or raft off to any other vessel, dock, launch ramp, or
			 structure on the waters in this state in such a manner that the vessel blocks,
			 impedes, or restricts other vessels in their normal and reasonable use or
			 navigation.
(B) No person shall
			 leave any vessel anchored, or in any dock space, or tie-up space, on the waters
			 in this state without first properly fastening and securing the vessel in such
			 a manner as to avoid fouling or collision with any other vessel, or from
			 drifting free.
Effective: 1/26/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 11/9/2017 and
				01/26/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.02,
				1547.61
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/10/1990
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-14 - Mandatory education/boat rental company with multiple locations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
An abbreviated written exam, a signed rental agreement, or a
				statement attached to the rental agreement as stated in section
				1547.052 of the Revised Code are
				only valid for that specific rental business location and for the specific time
				period described in the rental agreement.
Effective: 1/26/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 11/9/2017 and
				01/26/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1547.05,
				1547.052
Prior
				Effective Dates: 01/01/2000
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-15 - Mandatory education/abbreviated examination for boat rental companies

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with section
				1547.052 of the Revised Code,
				the division of parks and watercraft approved
				abbreviated examination shall be completed with the following
				requirements:
(A) The examination
			 shall be administered by and in the presence of the rental business employee
			 issuing the rental agreement;
(B) A
			 person taking the examination shall only have two attempts at achieving a
			 passing score within one calendar day;
(C) No reference material shall be utilized
			 by a person while completing the examination;
(D) Neither the rental business employee, nor
			 any other person shall provide information to another person while attempting
			 to complete the examination in order to attain a passing score.
Effective: 1/26/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 11/9/2017 and
				01/26/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1547.052,
				1547.05
Prior
				Effective Dates: 01/01/2000
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-16 - Mandatory education/proficiency examination and certificate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The division of parks and watercraft 
								will provide
				and issue certificates pursuant to section
				1547.05 of the Revised Code for
				proctored and nonproctored proficiency examinations. Each certificate and
				examination 
								will comply with the following requirements:
(A) All proficiency examinations
			 
								will be
			 supplied by the division of parks and watercraft;
(B) All completed proficiency examinations
			 shall be submitted to the division of parks and watercraft. A minimum of
			 seventy per cent must be achieved on the examination to obtain a
			 certificate;
(C) In addition to
			 paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule, persons applying for a proctored
			 proficiency examination certificate must complete the examination under the
			 following requirements:
(1) The examination
			 shall be administered by and in the presence of a division of parks and
			 watercraft employee, a certified Ohio boating education course instructor, or a
			 division of parks and watercraft designee;
(2) No reference material shall be used by a
			 person while completing the examination;
(3) No person, division of parks and
			 watercraft employee, or certified Ohio boating education course instructor
			 shall provide information to another person while attempting to complete the
			 examination in order to attain a passing score.
(4) A person taking the examination shall
			 only have two attempts at achieving a passing score within one calendar
			 day.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-17 - Certificates for boating education requirement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with section
				1547.05 of the Revised Code, the
				certificate as evidence of successful completion of the course or examination
				
								is
				valid only if the following information is on the certificate:
(A) Name;
(B) Date of birth;
(C) Completion date of course or
			 examination;
(D) Issuing agency
			 logo; and
(E) National association
			 of state boating law administrators (NASBLA) approved course certificates shall
			 also display the NASBLA logo and the words "course approved by the national
			 association of state boating law administrators."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-18 - Boating education course fees

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Persons participating in the division of
			 parks and watercraft Ohio boating education course may be assessed a fee of
			 five dollars plus facility costs.
(B) Persons participating in division of
			 parks and watercraft sponsored courses and programs approved by the chief of
			 the division of parks and watercraft other than as prescribed in paragraph (A)
			 of this rule, may be assessed a fee no greater than the costs of the
			 educational materials, room rentals, and equipment rental fees incurred by the
			 division of parks and watercraft. Course fees 
								will be
			 determined in accordance with policies established by the chief.
(C) The division of parks and watercraft
			 
								will
			 deposit all course fees collected into the waterways safety fund established in
			 section 1547.75 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-19 - Watercraft registration/boating education course fee refunds

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A refund of a
			 watercraft registration fee set forth in section
			 1547.54 of the Revised Code
			 
								will be
			 issued in the event the watercraft owner is able to provide proof that the
			 registration fee had been paid multiple times for the current triennial
			 registration time period. A refund may also be issued in those situations where
			 the chief deems a refund is appropriate provided the request for refund was
			 received by the chief within the first thirty days after the purchase of the
			 watercraft registration.
(B) A
			 refund of a boating skill development course or other educational course as set
			 forth in rule
			 1501:47-1-18 of the
			 Administrative Code 
								will be issued in the event of an emergency, or
			 in those situations where the chief deems a refund is appropriate.
For the purposes of paragraph (B) of this rule, "emergency" is
				defined as any situation in which the instructor finds it necessary to cancel
				the course or the student misses the course due to circumstances beyond their
				control. "Emergencies" include, but are not limited to:
(1) Death or illness of the student or family
			 member;
(2) Natural disaster or
			 impending natural disaster at the course site or the students' home, and the
			 course cannot be made up or rescheduled;
(3) Termination of necessary services at the
			 course site, and the course cannot be made up or rescheduled; and
(4) Forced evacuation of the course site due
			 to epidemic, contamination, or any other threat to the students' health or well
			 being, and the course cannot be made up or rescheduled.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-20 - Muffler noise regulations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with division (I)(2) of section
				1547.31 of the Revised Code, the
				following shall be required when conducting a powercraft noise level
				test:
(A) A sound meter which meets
			 type 1 or type 2 specifications and SAE J 1970 and SAEJ 2005 standards shall be
			 used;
(B) A sound level calibrator
			 shall be used to calibrate the sound level meter. The sound level calibrator
			 shall meet all SAE J 1970 and SAE J 2005 standards; and
(C) A sound level test shall be conducted in
			 accordance with all manufacturer specifications pertaining to the specific
			 sound level meter used.
(D) The
			 operator of a powercraft that requests a letter of exemption for the purpose of
			 testing, development, or both shall identify the powercraft concerning which
			 the letter is issued by providing the following information in a letter
			 addressed to the "Chief of the Division of Parks
			 and Watercraft; 2045 Morse Road; Columbus, Ohio 43229."
(1) Hull identification number;
(2) Make;
(3) Model;
(4) Other specific identifying
			 characteristics;
(5) Purpose for
			 operation;
(6) Effective time or
			 date of exemption; and
(7) Date(s)
			 for exemption request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-21 - Display of tag pursuant to division (h) of section 1547.53 and division (C) of section 1547.57 of the Revised Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The owner of a hand powered canoe,
			 rowboat (including racing shells and rowing sculls), or inflatable watercraft
			 for which a registration certificate is issued under section
			 1547.54 of the Revised Code and
			 which is exempted from numbering under division (H) of section
			 1547.53 of the Revised Code
			 shall securely affix the assigned tag to the vessel in a location that is
			 visible under normal operating conditions in one of the following manners:
(1) On the transom, the tag should be affixed
			 in the upper right corner of the transom and placed so that the tag does not
			 interfere with the legibility of the hull identification number;
(2) On a deck on the rear half of the
			 vessel;
(3) On the outside below
			 the port side gunnel; or
(4) On the
			 inside of the vessel on the upper portion of the starboard side gunnel so that
			 it is visible from the port side of the vessel.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-22 - Operation without personal flotation devices prohibited; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with division (A) of section
				1547.25 of the Revised Code, the
				following are exempted from section
				1547.25 of the Revised Code:
(A) Racing shells and rowing
				sculls;
(B) Sailboards;
				and
(C) Those individual vessels
				that have been issued a written exemption by the chief of the division of
				parks and watercraft and would otherwise be
				exempt by the federal personal flotation device carriage
				requirements.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/24/2018 and
				10/24/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.04,
				1547.25
Prior
				Effective Dates: 08/18/2002,
				01/26/2018
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-23 - Hull identification numbers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any vessel that has been issued a hull identification number
				under the authority of section
				1547.65 of the Revised Code must
				permanently affix and display the hull identification number in accordance with
				federal law as described in
				33 CFR section
				181.29.
Effective: 1/10/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 10/24/2018 and
				01/10/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.03,
				1546.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 05/08/2003
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-27 - Pollution placard

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any vessel, except a vessel of less than
			 twenty-six feet in length, operating upon the waters of this state shall
			 display pollution placards as described within
			 33 CFR
			 155.450. Such placards shall be at least five
			 inches by eight inches, made of durable material fixed in a conspicuous place
			 in each machinery space or at the bilge and ballast pump control station, and
			 state the following:
Discharge of oil prohibited.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act prohibits the discharge
				of oil or oily waste into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, or
				the waters of the contiguous zone, or which may affect the natural resources
				belonging to, appertaining to, or under the exclusive management authority of
				the United States, if such discharge causes a film or discoloration of the
				surface of the water or causes a sludge or emulsion beneath the surface of the
				water. Violators are subject to substantial civil penalties and/or criminal
				sanctions including fines and imprisonment.
(B) No person shall operate a vessel or
			 permit a vessel to be operated in violation of this rule.
Effective: 1/10/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 10/24/2018 and
				01/10/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.03,
				1546.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 06/29/2002, 09/05/2007,
				08/08/2014
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-28 - Garbage placard

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any vessel, except a vessel of less than
			 twenty-six feet in length operating upon the waters of this state, must have a
			 garbage placard of at least nine inches wide by four inches high, made of
			 durable material, lettered with letters at least one-eighth inch high as
			 described within
			 33 CFR
			 151.59.
(B) The placard must be displayed in a
			 conspicuous place on the vessel at all times and notify the reader of the
			 following:
(1) The discharge of plastic, or
			 garbage, or any other waste mixed with plastic into the water is
			 prohibited.
(2) The discharge of
			 dunnage, lining and packing materials that float into the water is
			 prohibited.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:47-1-29 - Copy of rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Upon the waters of this state, the
			 operator of each self-propelled vessel twelve meters or more in length shall
			 carry on board and maintain for ready reference a copy of the inland navigation
			 rules as required by
			 33 CFR
			 88.05.
(B) No person shall operate a vessel or
			 permit a vessel to be operated in violation of this rule.
Effective: 1/10/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 10/24/2018 and
				01/10/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.03,
				1546.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 06/29/2002,
				09/05/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-01 - Application of rules 1501:47-2-01 to 1501:47-2-36 of the Administrative Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Rules 1501:47-2-01 to
			 1501:47-2-36
			 of the Administrative Code apply to all vessels upon the waters in the state of
			 Ohio.
(B) All vessels complying
			 with the construction and equipment requirements of the "Code of Federal
			 Regulations" and the "International Navigational Rules Act of 1977" and any
			 amendments thereto are considered in compliance with rules 1501:47-2-01 to
			 1501:47-2-36
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C)
			 Nothing in rules 1501:47-2-01 to
			 1501:47-2-36
			 of the Administrative Code shall interfere with the operation of any special
			 rules made by the secretary of the navy with respect to additional station or
			 signal lights and shapes or whistle signals for ships of war and vessels
			 proceeding under convoy, or by the secretary with respect to additional station
			 or signal lights and shapes for fishing vessels engaged in fishing as a fleet.
			 These additional station lights and shapes or whistle signals shall, so far as
			 possible, be such that they cannot be mistaken for any light, shape, or signal
			 authorized elsewhere under these rules.
(D) Vessel traffic service rules may be in
			 effect in certain areas.
(E)
			 Whenever the secretary determines that a vessel or class of vessels of special
			 construction or purpose cannot comply fully with the provisions of any of these
			 rules with respect to the number, position, range, or arc of visibility of
			 lights or shapes, as well as to the disposition and characteristics of
			 sound-signalling appliances, without interfering with the special function of
			 the vessel, the vessel shall comply with such other provisions in regard to the
			 number, position, range, or arc of visibility of lights or shapes, as well as
			 to the disposition and characteristics of sound-signalling appliances, as the
			 secretary shall have determined to be the closest possible compliance with
			 these rules. The secretary may issue a certificate of alternative compliance
			 for a vessel or class of vessels specifying the closest possible compliance
			 with these rules. The secretary of the navy shall make these determinations and
			 issue certificates of alternative compliance for vessels of the navy.
(F) The secretary may accept a
			 certificate of alternative compliance issued by a contracting party to the
			 "International Navigational Rules Act of 1977" if he determines that the
			 alternative compliance standards of the contracting party are substantially the
			 same as those of the United States.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-02 - Responsibility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Nothing in
			 rules
			 1501:47-2-01
			 to
			 1501:47-2-36
			 of the Administrative Code shall exonerate any vessel, or the operator, owner,
			 master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to comply with
			 rules
			 1501:47-2-01
			 to
			 1501:47-2-36
			 of the Administrative Code or of the neglect of any precaution which may be
			 required by the ordinary practice of operator, owner, master or crew thereof,
			 or by the special circumstances of the case.
(B) In construing and complying with this
			 chapter due regard shallbe had to all dangers of navigation and collision and
			 to any special circumstances, including the limitations of the vessels
			 involved, which may make a departure from these rules necessary to avoid
			 immediate danger.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-03 - Definitions for rules 1501:47-2-01 to 1501:47-2-36 of the Administrative Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For the purpose of rules
				1501:47-2-01
				to
				1501:47-2-36
				of the Administrative Code, except where the context otherwise requires, the
				definitions are as follows:
(A)
			 "Vessel" includes every description of watercraft, including nondisplacement
			 craft and seaplanes, including wing-in-ground craft, used or capable of being
			 used as a means of transportation on the water.
(B) "Power-driven vessel" means any vessel
			 propelled by machinery, fuel, rockets, or similar device.
(C) "Sailing vessel" means any vessel under
			 sail provided that all propelling machinery, if fitted, is not being
			 used.
(D) "Vessel engaged in
			 fishing" means any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls, or other fishing
			 apparatus which restricts maneuverability, but does not include a vessel
			 fishing with trolling lines or other fishing apparatus which do not restrict
			 maneuverability or fishing vessels engaged in recreational fishing.
(E) "Seaplanes" includes any aircraft
			 designed to maneuver on the water.
(F) "Wing-in-Ground craft" (WIG) means a
			 multimodal craft which, in its main operational mode, flies in close proximity
			 to the surface by utilizing surface-effect action.
(G) "Vessel not under command" means a vessel
			 which through some exceptional circumstance is unable to maneuver as required
			 by these rules and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another
			 vessel.
(H) "Vessel restricted in
			 its ability to maneuver" means a vessel which from the nature of its work is
			 restricted in its ability to maneuver as required by these rules and is
			 therefore unable to keep out of the way of another vessel; vessels restricted
			 in their ability to maneuver include, but are not limited to;
(1) A vessel engaged in laying, servicing, or
			 picking up a navigation mark, submarine cable, or pipeline.
(2) A vessel engaged in dredging, surveying,
			 or underwater operations.
(3) A
			 vessel engaged in replenishment or transferring of persons, provisions, or
			 cargo while underway.
(4) A vessel
			 engaged in the launching or recovery of aircraft.
(5) A vessel engaged in minesweeping
			 operations.
(6) A vessel engaged in
			 a towing operation such as severely restricts the towing vessel and its tow in
			 their ability to deviate from their course.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-04 - Application of rules 1501:47-2-04 to 1501:47-2-10 of the Administrative Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rules 1501:47-2-04 to
				1501:47-2-10
				of the Administrative Code apply in any condition of visibility.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-05 - Proper look-out required

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by
				sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the
				prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the
				situation and of the risk of collision.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-06 - Safe speed

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that
				it can take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be stopped
				within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions.
In determining a safe speed the following factors shall be
				among those taken into account:
(A)
			 By all vessels:
(1) The state of visibility.
(2) The traffic density including
			 concentration of fishing vessels or any other vessels.
(3) The maneuverability of the vessel with
			 special reference to stopping distance and turning ability in the prevailing
			 conditions.
(4) At night the
			 presence of background light such as from shore lights or from back scatter of
			 its own lights.
(5) The state of
			 wind, sea, and current, and the proximity of navigational hazards.
(6) The draft in relation to the available
			 depth of water.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-07 - Risk of collision

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Every vessel shall use all available
			 means appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions to determine
			 if risk of collision exists. If there is any doubt such risk shall be deemed to
			 exist.
(B) Proper use shall be
			 made of radar equipment if fitted and operational, including long-range
			 scanning to obtain early warning of risk of collision and radar plotting or
			 equivalent systematic observation of detected objects.
(C) Assumptions shall not be made on the
			 basis of scanty information, especially scanty radar information.
(D) In determining if risk of collision
			 exists the following considerations shall be among those taken into account:
(1) Such risk shall be deemed to exist if the
			 compass bearing of an approaching vessel does not appreciably change.
(2) Such risk may sometimes exist
			 even when an appreciable bearing change is evident, particularly when
			 approaching a very large vessel or a tow or when approaching a vessel at close
			 range.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-08 - Action to avoid collision

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any action taken to avoid collision
			 shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, be positive, made in ample time
			 and with due regard to the observance of good seamanship.
(B) Any alteration of course or speed to
			 avoid collision shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, be large enough
			 to be readily apparent to another vessel observing visually or by radar; a
			 succession of small alterations of course or speed should be avoided.
(C) If there is sufficient sea
			 room, alteration of course alone may be the most effective action to avoid a
			 close-quarters situation provided that it is made in good time, is substantial
			 and does not result in another close-quarters situation.
(D) Action taken to avoid collision with
			 another vessel shall be such as to result in passing at a safe distance. The
			 effectiveness of the action shall be carefully checked until the other vessel
			 is finally past and clear.
(E) If
			 necessary to avoid collision or allow more time to assess the situation, a
			 vessel shall slacken its speed or take all way off by stopping or reversing its
			 means of propulsion.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-09 - Narrow channels

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
(1) A
			 vessel proceeding along the course of a narrow channel or fairway shall keep as
			 near to the outer limit of the channel or fairway which lies on its starboard
			 side as is safe and practicable.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (A)(1) of this
			 rule and paragraph (A) of rule
			 1501:47-2-14 of
			 the Administrative Code, a power-driven
									 vessel operating in narrow
			 channels or fairways on lake Erie and its tributaries
			  and the Ohio river and
			 its tributaries and proceeding downbound with a following current shall have
			 the right-of-way over an upbound vessel, shall propose the manner and place of
			 passage, and shall initiate the maneuvering signals prescribed by paragraph
			 (A)(1) of rule
			 1501:47-2-34
			 of the Administrative Code, as appropriate. The vessel proceeding upbound
			 against the current shall hold as necessary to permit safe passing.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-11 - Application of rules 1501:47-2-11 to 1501:47-2-18 of the Administrative Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rules 1501:47-2-11 to
				1501:47-2-18
				of the Administrative Code apply to vessels in sight of one another.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-12 - Sailing vessels

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) When two sailing vessels are approaching
			 one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of
			 the way of the other as follows:
(1) When
			 each has the wind on a different side, the vessel which has the wind on the
			 port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
(2) When both have the wind on the same side,
			 the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which
			 is to leeward.
(3) If a vessel
			 with the wind on the port side sees a vessel to windward and cannot determine
			 with certainty whether the other vessel has the wind on the port or on the
			 starboard side, it shall keep out of the way of the other.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-13 - Overtaking

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Notwithstanding
			 anything contained in rules
			 1501:47-2-04
			 to
			 1501:47-2-18
			 of the Administrative Code, any vessel overtaking any other shall keep out of
			 the way of the vessel being overtaken.
(B) A vessel shall be deemed to be overtaking
			 when coming up with another vessel from a direction more than twenty-two and
			 one half degrees abaft its beam; that is, in such a position with reference to
			 the vessel it is overtaking, that at night it would be able to only see the
			 sternlight of that vessel but neither of its sidelights.
(C) When a vessel is in any doubt as to
			 whether it is overtaking another, it shall assume that this is the case and act
			 accordingly.
(D) Any subsequent
			 alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall not make the overtaking
			 vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules or relieve it of the
			 duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until it is finally past and
			 clear.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-14 - Head-on situation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Unless otherwise agreed, when two
			 power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so
			 as to involve risk of collision each shall alter its course to starboard so
			 that each shall pass on the port side of the other.
(B) Such a situation shall be deemed to exist
			 when a vessel sees the other ahead or nearly ahead and by night it could see
			 the masthead lights of the other in a line or nearly in a line or both
			 sidelights and by day it observes the corresponding aspect of the other
			 vessel.
(C) When a vessel is in any
			 doubt as to whether such a situation exists it shall assume that it does exist
			 and act accordingly.
(D)
			 Notwithstanding paragraph (A) of this rule, a power-driven vessel operating on
			 lake Erie and its tributaries
								, the Ohio river and its
			 tributaries (or waters specified by the secretary) and proceeding downbound
			 with a following current shall have the right-of-way over an upbound vessel,
			 shall propose the manner of passage, and shall initiate the maneuvering signals
			 prescribed by paragraph (A)(1) of rule
			 1501:47-2-34
			 of the Administrative Code, as appropriate.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-15 - Crossing situation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) When two power-driven vessels are
			 crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on
			 its starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall, if the circumstances of
			 the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel.
(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (A) of this
			 rule, on lake Erie and its tributaries, the Ohio river and its tributaries (or
			 water specified by the secretary) a vessel crossing a river shall keep out of
			 the way of a power-driven vessel ascending or descending the river.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-16 - Action by give-way vessel

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every vessel which is directed to keep out of the way of
				another vessel shall, so far as possible, take early and substantial action to
				keep well clear.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-17 - Action by stand-on vessel

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
(1)
			 Where one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep its
			 course and speed.
(2) The latter
			 vessel may, however, take action to avoid collision by its maneuver alone, as
			 soon as it becomes apparent to it that the vessel required to keep out of the
			 way is not taking appropriate action in compliance with this chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-18 - Responsibilities between vessels

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except where rules
				1501:47-2-09,
				1501:47-2-10,
				and
				1501:47-2-13 of the
				Administrative Code otherwise require:
(A) A power-driven vessel underway shall keep
			 out of the way of:
(1) A vessel not under
			 command.
(2) A vessel restricted
			 in its ability to maneuver.
(3) A
			 vessel engaged in fishing.
(4) A
			 sailing vessel.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-19 - Conduct of vessels in restricted visibility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) This rule applies to vessels not in sight
			 of one another when navigating in or near an area of restricted visibility.
(B) Every vessel shall proceed at
			 a safe speed adapted to the prevailing circumstances and conditions of
			 restricted visibility. A power-driven vessel shall have its engines ready for
			 immediate maneuver.
(C) Every
			 vessel shall have due regard to the prevailing circumstances and conditions of
			 restricted visibility when complying with rules
			 1501:47-2-04
			 to
			 1501:47-2-10
			 of the Administrative Code.
(D) A
			 vessel which detects by radar alone the presence of another vessel shall
			 determine if a close-quarters situation is developing or risk of collision
			 exists. If so, it shall take avoiding action in ample time, provided that when
			 such action consists of an alteration of course, so far as possible the
			 following shall be avoided: an alteration of course to port for a vessel
			 forward of the beam, other than for a vessel being overtaken and an alteration
			 of course toward a vessel abeam or abaft the beam.
(E) Except where it has been determined that
			 a risk of collision does not exist, every vessel which hears apparently forward
			 of its beam the fog signal of another vessel, or which cannot avoid a
			 close-quarters situation with another vessel forward of its beam, shall reduce
			 its speed to the minimum at which it can be kept on course. It shall if
			 necessary take all its way off and, in any event, navigate with extreme caution
			 until danger of collision is over.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated, any vessel on
				the waters in this state, in violation of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-20 - Application of rules 1501:47-2-20 to 1501:47-2-31 of the Administrative Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Rules 1501:47-2-20 to
			 1501:47-2-31 of the
			 Administrative Code shall be complied with in all weather.
(B) The rules concerning lights shall be
			 complied with from sunset to sunrise local time, and during such times no other
			 lights shall be exhibited, except such lights as cannot be mistaken for the
			 lights specified in these rules or do not impair their visibility or
			 distinctive character, or interfere with the keeping of a proper look-out.
(C) The lights prescribed by this
			 chapter shall, if carried, also be exhibited from sunrise to sunset local time
			 in restricted visibility and may be exhibited in all other circumstances when
			 it is deemed necessary.
(D) Rules
			 concerning shapes shall be complied with from sunrise to sunset local time.
(E) The lights and shapes
			 specified in these rules shall comply with the provisions of annex I of the
			 "I.N.R.A."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-21 - Definitions for rules 1501:47-2-21 to 1501:47-2-31 of the Administrative Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For the purpose of rules 1501:47-2-21 to
				1501:47-2-31 of the
				Administrative Code, except where the context otherwise requires, the
				definitions are as follows:
(A)
			 "Masthead light" means a white light placed over the fore and aft centerline of
			 the vessel showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of two hundred
			 twenty-five degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to
			 twenty-two and one-half degrees abaft the beam on either side of the vessel,
			 except that on a vessel of less than twelve meters in length the masthead light
			 shall be placed as nearly as practicable to the fore and aft centerline of the
			 vessel.
(B) "Sidelights" mean a
			 green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side each showing
			 an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of one hundred twelve and one-half
			 degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to twenty-two and
			 one-half degrees abaft the beam on its respective side. On a vessel of less
			 than twenty meters in length the side lights may be in combination in one
			 lantern carried on the fore and aft centerline of the vessel, except on a
			 vessel of less than twelve meters in length the sidelights when combined in one
			 lantern shall be placed as nearly as practicable to the fore and aft centerline
			 of the vessel.
(C) "Sternlight"
			 means a white light placed as nearly as practicable at the stern showing an
			 unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of one hundred thirty-five degrees
			 and so fixed as to show the light sixty-seven and one-half degrees from right
			 aft on each side of the vessel.
(D) "Towing light" means a yellow light
			 having the same characteristics as the sternlight defined in paragraph (C) of
			 this rule.
(E) "All-round light"
			 means a light showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of three
			 hundred sixty degrees.
(F)
			 "Flashing light" means a light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of
			 one hundred twenty flashes or more per minute.
(G) "Special flashing light" means a yellow
			 light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of fifty to seventy flashes
			 per minute, placed as far forward and as nearly as practicable on the fore and
			 aft centerline of the tow and showing an unbroken light over an arc of the
			 horizon of not less than one hundred eighty degrees nor more than two hundred
			 twenty-five degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to abeam
			 and no more than twenty-two and one-half degrees abaft the beam on either side
			 of the vessel.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-22 - Visibility of lights

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The lights prescribed in these rules shall have an intensity as
				specified in annex I of the "I.N.R.A.", so as to be visible at the following
				minimum ranges:
(A) In a vessel of
			 fifty meters or more in length:
(1) A
			 masthead light, six miles.
(2) A
			 sidelight, three miles.
(3) A
			 sternlight, three miles.
(4) A
			 towing light, three miles.
(5) A
			 white, red, green or yellow all-around light,
three miles.
(6) A special flashing light, two miles.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft › Chapter 1501:47-2 - Rules of Navigation › Section 1501:47-2-23 - Power-driven vessels underway

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A power-driven vessel underway shall
			 exhibit:
(1) A masthead light forward; except
			 that a vessel of less than twenty meters in length need not exhibit this light
			 forward of amidships but shall exhibit it as far forward as is practicable.
(2) A second masthead light abaft
			 of and higher than the forward one; except that a vessel of less than fifty
			 meters in length shall not be obliged to exhibit such light but may do so.
(3) Sidelights.
(4) A sternlight.