---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 185.503"
title: "46"
number: "185.503"
heading: "Voyage plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/185.503"
---

# §185.503. Voyage plan.

- (a) The master of the following vessels shall prepare a voyage plan:
  - (1) A vessel making an oceans or coastwise voyage;
  - (2) A vessel making a voyage of more than 300 miles on the Great Lakes, except from a Canadian to a United States port;
  - (3) A vessel, with overnight accommodations for passengers, making an overnight voyage; and
  - (4) A vessel arriving from a foreign port, except at a United States Great Lakes port from a Canadian Great Lakes port.
- (b) The voyage plan required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must be prepared prior to departing on a voyage and communicated verbally or in writing, ashore at the vessel's normal berthing location or with a representative of the owner or managing operator of the vessel. The voyage plan shall be available to the Coast Guard upon request.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.