33 C.F.R. § 100.801 Annual Marine Events In the Eighth Coast Guard District

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The regulations in this section apply to the marine events listed in Tables 1 through 7 of this section. These regulations will be effective annually, for the duration of each event listed in Tables 1 through 7. Annual notice of the exact dates and times of the effective period of the regulation with respect to each event, the geographical area, and details concerning the nature of the event and the number of participants and type(s) of vessels involved will also be published in local notices to mariners. Sponsors of events listed in Tables 1 through 7 of this section must submit an application each year in accordance with § 33Submission of application100.15.

(a) The Coast Guard may patrol the event area under the direction of a designated Coast Guard Patrol Commander. The Patrol Commander may be contacted on Channel 16 VHF-FM (156.8 MHz) by the call sign "PATCOM."

(b) All persons and vessels not registered with the sponsor as participants or official patrol vessels are considered spectators. The "official patrol vessels" consist of any Coast Guard, state or local law enforcement and sponsor provided vessels assigned or approved by the Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, to patrol the event.

(c) Spectator vessels desiring to transit the regulated area may do so only with prior approval of the Patrol Commander and when so directed by that officer and will be operated at a no wake speed in a manner which will not endanger participants in the event or any other craft.

(d) No spectator shall anchor, block, loiter, or impede the through transit of participants or official patrol vessels in the regulated area during the effective dates and times, unless cleared for entry by or through an official patrol vessel.

(e) The Patrol Commander may forbid and control the movement of all vessels in the regulated area. When hailed or signaled by an official patrol vessel, a vessel shall come to an immediate stop and comply with the directions given. Failure to do so may result in expulsion from the area, citation for failure to comply, or both.

(f) Any spectator vessel may anchor outside the regulated area specified in Tables 1 through 7 of this section, but may not anchor in, block, or loiter in a navigable channel.

(g) The Patrol Commander may terminate the event or the operation of any vessel at any time it is deemed necessary for the protection of life or property.

(h) The Patrol Commander will terminate enforcement of the special regulations at the conclusion of the event.

(i) In Tables 1 through 7 to this section, where a regulated area is described by reference to miles of a river, channel or lake, the regulated area includes all waters between the indicated miles as defined by lines drawn perpendicular to shore passing through the indicated points.

(j) In Tables 1 through 7 to this section, where alternative dates are described ("third or fourth Saturday"), the exact date and times will be advertised by the Coast Guard through Local Notices to Mariners and Broadcast Notices to Mariners.

TABLE 1 TO § 100.801 -SECTOR OHIO VALLEY ANNUAL AND RECURRING MARINE EVENTS

Date	Event/sponsor	Ohio valley location	Regulated area
1. 3 days-Second or third weekend in March	Oak Ridge Rowing Association/Cardinal Invitational	Oak Ridge, TN	Clinch River, Mile 48.5-52.0 (Tennessee).
2. 1 day-Third weekend in March	Vanderbilt Rowing/Vanderbilt Invite	Nashville, TN	Cumberland River, Mile 188.0-192.7 (Tennessee).
3. 2 days-Fourth weekend in March	Oak Ridge Rowing Association/Atomic City Turn and Burn	Oak Ridge, TN	Clinch River, Mile 48.5-52.0 (Tennessee).
4. 3 days-One weekend in April	Big 10 Invitational Regatta	Oak Ridge, TN	Clinch River, Mile 48.5-52.0 (Tennessee).
5. 1 day-One weekend in April	Lindamood Cup	Marietta, OH	Muskingum River, Mile 0.5-1.5 (Ohio).
6. 3 days-Third weekend in April	Oak Ridge Rowing Association/SIRA Regatta	Oak Ridge, TN	Clinch River, Mile 48.5-52.0 (Tennessee).
7. 2 days-Third Friday and Saturday in April	Thunder Over Louisville	Louisville, KY	Ohio River, Mile 597.0-604.0 (Kentucky).
8. 1 day-During the last week of April or first week of May	Great Steamboat Race	Louisville, KY	Ohio River, Mile 595.0-605.3 (Kentucky).
9. 3 days-Fourth weekend in April	Oak Ridge Rowing Association/Dogwood Junior Regatta	Oak Ridge, TN	Clinch River, Mile 48.5-52.0 (Tennessee).
10. 3 days-Second weekend in May	Vanderbilt Rowing/ACRA Henley	Nashville, TN	Cumberland River, Mile 188.0-194.0 (Tennessee).
11. 3 days-Second weekend in May	Oak Ridge Rowing Association/Big 12 Championships	Oak Ridge, TN	Clinch River, Mile 48.5-52.0 (Tennessee).
12. 3 days-Third weekend in May	Oak Ridge Rowing Association/Dogwood Masters	Oak Ridge, TN	Clinch River, Mile 48.5-52.0 (Tennessee).
13. 1 day-Third weekend in May	World Triathlon Corporation/IRONMAN 70.3	Chattanooga, TN	Tennessee River, Mile 462.7-467.5 (Tennessee).
14. 1 day-During the last weekend in May or on Memorial Day	Mayor's Hike, Bike and Paddle	Louisville, KY	Ohio River, Mile 601.0-604.5 (Kentucky).
15. 1 day-The last week in May	Chickamauga Dam Swim	Chattanooga, TN	Tennessee River, Mile 470.0-473.0 (Tennessee)
16. 2 days-Last weekend in May or first weekend in June	Visit Knoxville/Racing on the Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	Tennessee River, Mile 647.0-648.0 (Tennessee).
17. 2 days-Last weekend in May or one weekend in June	Outdoor Chattanooga/Chattanooga Swim Festival	Chattanooga, TN	Tennessee River, Mile 454.0-468.0 (Tennessee).
18. 2 days-First weekend of June	Thunder on the Bay/KDBA	Pisgah Bay, KY	Tennessee River, Mile 30.0 (Kentucky).
19. 1 day-First weekend in June	Visit Knoxville/Knoxville Powerboat Classic	Knoxville, TN	Tennessee River, Mile 646.4-649.0 (Tennessee).
20. 1 day-One weekend in June	Tri-Louisville	Louisville, KY	Ohio River, Mile 600.5-604.0 (Kentucky).
21. 2 days-One weekend in June	New Martinsville Vintage Regatta	New Martinsville, WV	Ohio River Mile 127.5-128.5 (West Virginia).
22. 3 days-One of the last three weekends in June	Lawrenceburg Regatta/Whiskey City Regatta	Lawrenceburg, IN	Ohio River, Mile 491.0-497.0 (Indiana).
23. 3 days-One of the last three weekends in June	Hadi Shrine/Evansville Shriners Festival	Evansville, IN	Ohio River, Mile 790.0-796.0 (Indiana).
24. 3 days-Third weekend in June	TM Thunder LLC/Thunder on the Cumberland	Nashville, TN	Cumberland River, Mile 189.6-192.3 (Tennessee).
25. 1 day-Third or fourth weekend in June	Greater Morgantown Convention and Visitors Bureau/Mountaineer Triathlon	Morgantown, WV	Monongahela River, Mile 101.0-102.0 (West Virginia).
26. 1 day-Fourth weekend in June	Team Magic/Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon	Chattanooga, TN	Tennessee River, Mile 462.7-466.0 (Tennessee).
27. 1 day-One day in June	Guntersville Lake Hydrofest

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