Coast Guard enforces regulated area near Annapolis during Blue Angels air show

Coast Guard enforces regulated area near Annapolis during Blue Angels air show

Editors ‘ note : View the approximate zone on Google and see the Maritime Safety and Security Bulletin for official details.

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is scheduled to establish a impermanent baffle sphere Tuesday and Wednesday in indicate waters in the Severn River and College Creek for a Blue Angels air read .
The baffle area will be in effect from 9:30 ante meridiem to 4 post meridiem, Tuesday and Wednesday, which may limit or prohibit navigation by commercial and recreational waterway users .
The regulate area will include the Severn River south from the U.S. Highway 50 fixed highway bridge to Greenbury Point. The specific coordinates are included in Sector Maryland-National Capital Region ‘s Maritime Safety and Security Bulletin 13-18.

Buoys marking the limit zone for Coast Guard safety and enforcement patrol operations will be set by 9:30 ante meridiem each day, and can be a ocular reference for spectators setting up anchorage .
A temp access channel marked with bolshevik and greens buoy will be established near Horn Point, to allow vessels to transit into and out of Annapolis Harbor during the event ; vessels operating in this sphere will do therefore at their own free will. At no time will spectators be permitted to obstruct both the temp access transmit and the federal navigation channel outside the regulate area. In addition, a commercial vessel spectator partition is located immediately adjacent to the irregular access channel. alone pre-approved commercial passenger vessels will be permitted within this designated on-water spectator zone .
The Coast Guard patrol commanding officer may forbid and control the movement of all vessels in the regulate area. When hailed or signaled by an official patrol vessel, a vessel in the area shall immediately comply with the directions given. failure to do sol may result in expulsion from the sphere, citation for failure to comply or both. Spectators may contact the patrol air force officer to request license to operate within the regulate area but shall at all times remain outside the destine publicize express box. If license is granted, spectators must proceed at a condom accelerate and without loitering.

The Coast Guard may be assisted in the patrol and enforcement of this sphere by federal, state and local agencies. For any comments or questions, touch Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region at ( 410 ) 576-2525, or use marine-band radio receiver via VHF-FM channel 16 .
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