[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR122.304]

[Page 391]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 122--OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--Miscellaneous Operating Requirements
 
Sec. 122.304  Navigation underway.


    (a) The movement of a vessel shall be under the direction and 
control of the master or a licensed mate at all times. The master shall 
operate the vessel keeping the safety of the passengers and crew 
foremost in mind by directing the vessel in order to prevent a casualty. 
Special attention should be paid to:
    (1) The current(s) velocity and direction of the transmitting area;
    (2) Tidal state;
    (3) Prevailing visability and weather conditions;
    (4) Density of marine traffic;
    (5) Potential damage caused by own wake;
    (6) The danger of each closing visual or radar contact;
    (7) Vessels's handling characteristics; and
    (8) Magnetic variation and deviation errors of the compass.
    (b) [Reserved]

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51352, Sept. 
30, 1997]