Conn. Agencies Regs. § 15-121-B15 - Connecticut River regulation
(a) No person shall
operate a vessel in other than a careful and prudent manner, having regard to
conditions and circumstances such as weather, current, visibility, water depth,
width of channel, proximity to shore and water hazards, vessel traffic and
water use, so as not to unreasonably interfere with free and proper use of the
navigable waters or endanger life, limb or property.
(b) When not within areas governed by
subsection (c) of this section, from the Bulkeley Bridge in Hartford to
Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook, when passing a marina, yacht club area in
which boats are docked at anchor, or being launched or retrieved or a congested
area, a motorboat shall be operated with minimum wake and not in excess of
Slow-No-Wake.
(c) No person shall
operate a motorboat in excess of Slow-No-Wake within:
(1) The area between the Saybrook breakwaters
bounded northerly by the Say-brook inner light and bounded southerly by the
Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook;
(2) The area bounded northerly by navigation
aid Connecticut River light # 15 and bounded southerly by the southernmost
point of Saybrook Point in Old Saybrook;
(3) The area bounded northerly by navigation
aid Connecticut River red nun #20 and bounded southerly by the railroad bascule
bridge in Old Saybrook;
(4) The
area bounded northerly by a point eight hundred feet upstream from the East
Haddam Bridge and bounded southerly by a point one thousand five-hundred feet
downstream from the East Haddam Bridge;
(5) The area bounded northerly by a point
five hundred feet downstream from the highway bridge in Middletown and bounded
southerly by navigation aid Connecticut River light #87;
(6) The area bounded northerly by navigation
aid Connecticut River light #113 and bounded southerly by the water tower on
property now or formerly known as the Connecticut Foundry, in Rocky
Hill;
(7) The area bounded
northerly by the rail road bridge (north of the Bulkeley Bridge) and bounded
southerly by Navigation Aid #143 (south of the Charter Oak Bridge).
(d) Subject to the provisions of
subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no person shall operate a vessel in
excess of the following speed limits:
(1) 45
miles per hour from one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset
on Monday through Friday, inclusive, during all seasons, and on Saturdays and
Sundays from the Saturday following Labor Day to the Friday preceding Memorial
Day, inclusive;
(2) 30 miles per
hour from one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset on
Saturdays and Sundays from the Saturday preceding Memorial Day to the Sunday
preceding Labor Day, inclusive, and on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor
Day;
(3) 25 miles per hour from one
half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise on all days of the
year.
(e) For the
purposes of this section, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day shall be
as defined in Section
1-4
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
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