Specifications, manuals, and trusted resources

Navigation, navigable waters, aids to navigation, boating safety, bridges, waterways, and Coast Guard and Army Corps authorities.

Shipping regulations, including vessel documentation, safety equipment, vessel requirements, and merchant-mariner credentialing.

EPA standards for marine sanitation devices and vessel sewage discharges.

FCC rules for marine radios, ship stations, frequencies, distress communications, licensing, and maritime radio services.

A Coast Guard summary of federal vessel, safety-equipment, operating, pollution, sanitation, navigation, and radio requirements.

The Coast Guard’s official recreational-boating safety and regulatory information portal.

International and Inland Navigation Rules, annexes, Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Regulations, and selected vessel-traffic regulations.

A compact Coast Guard web presentation that identifies differences between the International and Inland Rules.

Navigation rules, notices, Light Lists, aids-to-navigation information, bridge notices, AIS information, and marine-radio information.

Weekly information about changes to aids to navigation, hazards, dredging, marine construction, bridges, and temporary restrictions.

Recently reported hazards, closures, restrictions, and other time-sensitive navigation conditions.

Location-specific Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners and Light List information.

Official descriptions of lights, sound signals, buoys, daybeacons, and other federal aids to navigation.

Current regional editions covering channels, anchorages, hazards, clearances, currents, facilities, routes, regulations, and other local information.

The current Gulf Coast edition, including Mobile Bay and its approaches, with the Navigation Rules included.

A browser-based version of Coast Pilot 5 with chapter navigation and current update information.

Official vector-chart products for U.S. coastal waters and connected charting tools.

Maintenance projects, closures, restrictions, hazards, dredging, lock work, and other conditions affecting inland navigation.

Near-real-time operating conditions, queues, delays, and vessel information for Corps-operated locks.

Navigation notices for waterways in the Mobile District, including portions of the Black Warrior–Tombigbee system.

Official location, dimensions, operating information, and contacts for the lock nearest Hunky Dory’s home port.

Coast Guard doctrine for mooring, anchoring, towing, man-overboard response, risk management, and related deck operations. It is guidance for cutter operations, not a recreational-vessel regulation.

Publications used in Coast Guard deck-officer examinations and an authoritative starting point for Master, Mate, and OUPV study references.

Examination guides, reference libraries, sample examinations, and topics for deck and engineering endorsements.

The federal framework governing vessel sewage, discharge restrictions, and EPA and Coast Guard responsibilities.

An explanation of Type I, Type II, and Type III marine sanitation devices and the standards applicable to each type.

EPA information about areas where treated and untreated vessel sewage discharges are prohibited.

The EPA’s state-by-state list of designated no-discharge zones and their supporting notices and maps.

The federal framework governing ship and coast stations, licensing, frequencies, distress communications, and maritime radio equipment.

Ship-station equipment, licensing, operating requirements, Maritime Mobile Service Identities, and related radio matters.

When a recreational vessel does or does not require an FCC ship-station license.

Marine VHF channels, radio watches, calling procedures, and practical radio use by recreational boaters.

Fire- and life-safety requirements for pleasure and commercial motor craft under 300 gross tons. Official online access may require registration or a subscription.

NFPA’s official access point for viewing available codes and standards.

Standards covering AC and DC electrical systems, batteries, corrosion, bilge pumps, water and sanitation, fuel, ventilation, exhaust, steering, fire protection, and other systems.

Official access to current ABYC standards. Membership, a trial, or paid access is generally required.

Information about ABYC’s limited trial access to its copyrighted standards library.

A general step-by-step process for preparing and repairing fiberglass damage using epoxy and reinforcing material.

Current instruction sheets, technical data, application guidance, compatibility information, safety precautions, and troubleshooting.

Manufacturer requirements for mixing, preparation, application, curing, cleanup, and permitted uses.

Mix ratio, dispensing, application conditions, curing, clamping, storage, and other manufacturer requirements.

Application, mixing, surface preparation, curing, sanding, and recoating information for TotalFair epoxy fairing compound.

Preparation, mixing, application, overcoating, and curing information for TotalProtect epoxy barrier-coat primer.