---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 162.125"
title: "33"
number: "162.125"
heading: "Sturgeon Bay and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisc."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/162.125"
---

# §162.125. Sturgeon Bay and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisc.

- (a) **In the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal—**
  - (1) No vessel may exceed 5 miles per hour.
  - (2) No vessel greater than 150 feet in length (including tug and tow combinations) may come about.
  - (3) No vessel 65 feet or greater in length (including tug and tow combinations) may either:
    - (i) Enter or pass through the canal two or more abreast; or
    - (ii) **Overtake another vessel.**
  - (4) No vessel may anchor or moor unless given permission to do so by the Captain of the Port.
  - (5) Each vessel must keep to the center, except when meeting or overtaking another vessel.
- (b) **In Sturgeon Bay and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal—**
  - (1) Each laden vessel under tow must be towed with at least two towlines. Each towline must be shortened to the extent necessary to provide maximum control of the tow.
  - (2) Each unladen vessel may be towed with one towline.
  - (3) No towline may exceed 100 feet in length.
  - (4) No vessel may tow another vessel alongside.
  - (5) No vessel may tow a raft greater than 50 feet in width.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-151, 46 FR 7960, Jan. 26, 1981]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 75-082, 42 FR 51759, Sept. 29, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 79-151, 46 FR 7960, Jan. 26, 1981]