---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 83.29"
title: "33"
number: "83.29"
heading: "Pilot vessels (Rule 29)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/83.29"
---

# §83.29. Pilot vessels (Rule 29).

- (a) A vessel engaged on pilotage duty shall exhibit:
  - (i) At or near the masthead, two all-round lights in a vertical line, the upper being white and the lower red;
  - (ii) When underway, in addition, sidelights and a sternlight; and
  - (iii) When at anchor, in addition to the lights prescribed in [paragraph (i)](#a-i) of this Rule, the anchor light, lights, or shape prescribed in [Rule 30](/cfr/33/30.md) ([§ 83.30](/cfr/33/83.30.md)) for vessels at anchor.
- (b) A pilot vessel when not engaged on pilotage duty shall exhibit the lights or shapes prescribed for a vessel of her length.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0102, 79 FR 37912, July 2, 2014, as amended by USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44280, July 27, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2071; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: USCG-2012-0102, 79 FR 37912, July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0102, 79 FR 37912, July 2, 2014, as amended by USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44280, July 27, 2015]