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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources |
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Agency 15. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries |
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Chapter 420. Watercraft: Navigation Lights and Shapes |
Section 40. Power-driven vessels underway
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A. A power-driven vessel underway shall exhibit:
1. A masthead light forward;
2. A second masthead light abaft of and higher than the forward one; except that a vessel of less than 164 feet (50 meters) in length shall not be obliged to exhibit such light but may do so;
3. Sidelights; and
4. A sternlight.
B. An air-cushion vessel when operating in the nondisplacement mode shall, in addition to the lights prescribed in subsection A of this section, exhibit an all-round flashing yellow light where it can best be seen.
C. A power-driven vessel of less than 39.4 feet (12 meters) in length may, in lieu of the lights prescribed in subsection A of this section, exhibit an all-round white light and sidelights.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 19, Issue 05, eff. January 1, 2003.