---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 97.05-5"
title: "46"
number: "97.05-5"
heading: "Charts and nautical publications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/97.05-5"
---

# §97.05-5. Charts and nautical publications.


As appropriate for the intended voyage, all vessels except barges, vessels operating exclusively on rivers, and motorboats other than those certificated for ocean or coastwise route, must carry adequate and up-to-date—

- (a) Charts;
- (b) Sailing directions;
- (c) Coast pilots;
- (d) Light lists;
- (e) Notices to mariners;
- (f) Tide tables;
- (g) Current tables; and
- (h) **All other nautical publications necessary.** 1

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 75-074, 42 FR 5964, Jan. 31, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 5111, 6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 75-074, 42 FR 5964, Jan. 31, 1977]