46 CFR § 167.65-35 - Use of auto pilot.

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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 167.65-35 - Use of auto pilot."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "167.65-35"
section_name: "Use of auto pilot."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "NAUTICAL SCHOOLS"
part_number: "167"
part_name: "PUBLIC NAUTICAL SCHOOL SHIPS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 6101, 8105; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 51-11, 16 FR 3218, Apr. 12, 1951, unless otherwise noted."
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# 167.65-35 Use of auto pilot.

Except as provided in 33 CFR 164.15, when the automatic pilot is used in—

(a) Areas of high traffic density;

(b) Conditions of restricted visibility; and

(c) All other hazardous navigational situations, the master shall ensure that—

(1) It is possible to immediately establish human control of the ship's steering:

(2) A competent person is ready at all times to take over steering control; and

(3) The changeover from automatic to manual steering and vice versa is made by, or under, the supervision of the officer of the watch.

[CGFR 75-074, 42 FR 5964, Jan. 17, 1977]