This handbook (which supersedes Commandant Instruction 16772.2D,
Navigation Rules: International-Inland*) is a compendium, produced by
the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Standards Branch, U.S. Coast Guard
Headquarters, Washington, DC, of the: International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS); Inland Navigation Rules
(33 CFR 83); their respective technical annexes (33 CFR 84-90); COLREGS
Demarcation Lines (33 CFR 80); Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone
Regulations, (33 CFR 26); Vessel Traffic Management Regulations (33 CFR
161); and, various other pertinent provisions of the U.S. Code and Code
of Federal Regulations regarding compliance and penalties associated
with the Navigation Rules.