(a) Effective Periods.
This section is effective during the U.S. Navy/City of San Francisco Fleetweek Parade of Navy Ships and Navy Blue Angels and other airshow activities held annually in early October, from Thursday through Saturday (with a possible Sunday Blue Angels Flight Demonstration if weather prevents a Saturday performance). Annual notice of the specific effective dates and times of these regulations will be published by the Coast Guard in the Local Notice to Mariners and in the Federal Register. To be placed on the Local Notice to Mariners mailing list contact: Commander (oan), Eleventh Coast Guard District, 400 Oceangate Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90822-5399.
(b) Regulated Areas:
The following areas are designated “regulated areas” during the Navy Parade of Ships and Blue Angels' Flight activities.
(1) Regulated Area “Alpha” for Navy Parade of Ships.
The waters of San Francisco Bay bounded by a line connecting the following points:
37°48′40″ N |
122°28′38″ W |
37°49′10″ N |
122°28′41″ W |
37°49′31″ N |
122°25′18″ W |
37°49′06″ N |
122°24′08″ W |
37°47′53″ N |
122°22′42″ W |
37°46′00″ N |
122°22′00″ W |
37°46′00″ N |
122°23′07″ W |
(2) Regulated Area “Bravo” for U.S. Navy Blue Angels Activities.
The waters of San Francisco Bay bounded by a line connecting the following points:
37°48′27.5″ N |
122°24′04″ W |
37°49′31″ N |
122°24′18″ W |
37°49′00″ N |
122°27′52″ W |
37°48′19″ N |
122°27′40″ W |
(c) Regulations:
All persons and/or vessels not authorized as participants or official patrol vessels are considered spectators. The “official patrol” consists of any Coast Guard, public, state or local law enforcement vessels assigned and/or approved by Commander, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco to patrol the Fleetweek event.
(1)
Except for persons or vessels authorized by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander, in regulated area “Alpha” no person or vessel may enter or remain within 500 yards ahead of the lead Navy parade vessel, within 200 yards astern of the last parade vessel, and within 200 yards on either side of all parade vessels. No person or vessel shall anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the through transit of ship parade participants or official patrol vessels in regulated area “Alpha.”
(2)
Except for persons or vessels authorized by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander, no person or vessel may enter or remain within regulated area “Bravo.”
(3)
When hailed and/or signaled by an official patrol vessel, a person or vessel shall come to an immediate stop. Persons or vessels shall comply with all directions given.
(4)
The Patrol Commander shall be designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, California. The Coast Guard Patrol Commander is empowered to forbid and control the movement of all vessels in the regulated areas.
Code of Federal Regulations
[CGD11-89-15, 54 FR 39998, Sept. 29, 1989, as amended by CGD11-91-11, 56 FR 51332, Oct. 11, 1991; CGD11-93-009, 58 FR 51242, Oct. 1, 1993; USCG-2006-25556, 72 FR 36327, July 2, 2007]