(a) Definitions. As used in this section:

Navigation rules means the Navigation Rules, International and Inland (see, 1972 COLREGS and 33 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.).

Official patrol means those persons designated by Captain of the Port: Erie, Detroit, and Duluth to monitor tall ship safety zones, permit entry into the zones, give legally enforceable orders to persons or vessels within the zones, and take other actions authorized by the cognizant Captain of the Port (COTP).

Public vessel means vessels owned, chartered, or operated by the United States or by a State or political subdivision thereof.

Tall ship means any sailing vessel participating in the Tall Ships Challenge 2025 in the Great Lakes.

(b) Location. The following areas are safety zones: All navigable waters of the United States located in the Ninth Coast Guard District within a 100-yard radius of any tall ship.

(c) Regulations. (1) No person or vessel is allowed within the safety zones, unless authorized by the cognizant Captain of the Port, their designated representative, or the on-scene official patrol.

(2) Persons or vessels operating within a confined harbor or channel, where there is not sufficient navigable water outside of the safety zones to safely maneuver, are not allowed to operate within the safety zones unless authorized by the COTP, designated representative, or the on-scene patrol officer.

(3) Persons or vessels authorized to operate within the safety zones must travel at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course. Persons or vessels authorized to operate within the safety zones must not come within 25 yards of a tall ship, unless authorized by the COTP, designated representative, or the on-scene official patrol.

(4) When a tall ship approaches any vessel that is moored or anchored, the stationary vessel must stay moored or anchored while it remains within the tall ship's safety zones unless ordered by or given permission from the COTP, designated representative, or the on-scene official patrol to do otherwise.

(d) Enforcement period. This section will be enforced from 12:01 a.m. on July 10, 2025, to 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2025.