§ 3312 - Operations rules as between vessels
§ 3312. Operations rules as between vessels
(a) When two boats are approaching each other "head on" or in a manner so as to involve risk of collision, each boat shall bear to the right and pass the other boat on its left side.
(b) When boats approach each other obliquely or at right angles, the boat approaching on the right side has the right-of-way.
(c) One boat may overtake another on either side but shall grant the right-of-way to the overtaken boat.
(d) The United States Coast Guard Inland Navigation Rules (33 U.S.C. §§ 2001-2038 and 2071-2073, as amended from time to time) are hereby adopted as the operative rules for Lake Champlain, Lake Memphremagog and Wallace Pond in Canaan. (Added 1983, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1989, No. 65, § 8.)