USCG Navigation Rules

[Boatingnut]

Quick question: For those of us who are required to carry copy of the USCG Navigation Rules booklet (12 meters or larger), are we allowed to print off a copy of the booklet from pdf on the Homeland Security website, put it into a binder, and call that our copy, or do we need the actual printed version?

Here is the website:
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/mwv/navrules/download.htm

There is a disclaimer on the website that seems to not allow for this:

DISCLAIMER: While information provided on this site is intended to assist visitors with convenient research and review of the Navigation Rules, it must not be used as a substitute for applicable United States Coast Guard publications.



Just curious.

 

[Sea Gull]

It's $8.58 from Amazon. You are going to spend more than that in printer ink and paper. Buy the real book and don't worry about it.

 

[fwebster]

This has never been an issue for me in my area, but we were delivering a boat to South Fla last fall and were stopped entering a channel that happened to also be a port entrance. The CG guys were courteous and polite, but checked everything on the boat. We were 58ft so we were required to have a copy of the rules on board. The guy responsible checked the cover and the title page for the Commandant Instruction # and publication date.

Those CG guys were reasonable and glad to inspect a clean boat with knowledgable people on board, but my view is if they are going to look this close, I'm not going to give some gung ho Homeland Security nut a reason to look closer or cite me with an infraction over a $9 cost.