Book excerpt: This handbook (ISBN: 9780160925665), which supersedes Commandant Instruction 16772.2D, Navigation Rules: International-Inland*, is a compendium, produced by the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Standards Branch, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC, of the: International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS);Inland Navigation Rules (33 CFR 83);their respective technical annexes (33 CFR 84-90);COLREGS Demarcation Lines (33 CFR 80);Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Regulations, (33 CFR 26);Vessel Traffic Management Regulations (33 CFR 161); and,various other pertinent provisions of the U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulationsregarding compliance and penalties associated with the Navigation Rules