What "vessels" Are Required To Comply With The Navigation Rules?

1.	What "vessels" Are Required To Comply With The Navigation Rules?
Answer» In Rule 3 the word vessel INCLUDES every description of watercraft, including non-displacement craft, WIG craft, and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on WATER. COURTS have interpreted transportation to not just include PASSENGERS, but also goods or services. The Navigation Rules address VESSELS, not whom/what is controlling them. In Rule 3 the word vessel includes every description of watercraft, including non-displacement craft, WIG craft, and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. Courts have interpreted transportation to not just include passengers, but also goods or services. The Navigation Rules address vessels, not whom/what is controlling them.

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In Rule 3 the word vessel INCLUDES every description of watercraft, including non-displacement craft, WIG craft, and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on WATER.

COURTS have interpreted transportation to not just include PASSENGERS, but also goods or services. The Navigation Rules address VESSELS, not whom/what is controlling them.

In Rule 3 the word vessel includes every description of watercraft, including non-displacement craft, WIG craft, and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

Courts have interpreted transportation to not just include passengers, but also goods or services. The Navigation Rules address vessels, not whom/what is controlling them.

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