Sources

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• 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters

  367 chunks · last ingested 2026-04-30

  Inland Navigation Rules + USCG operating rules.

  ecfr.gov · Title 33

• 46 CFR — Shipping

  563 chunks · last ingested 2026-04-30

  Subchapters T (small passenger vessels) and B (mariner credentialing).

  ecfr.gov · Title 46

• COLREGs (72 COLREGS)

  not ingested yet

  International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — 38 rules (annexes covered separately under 33 CFR).

  IMO · public domain

• Inland Navigation Rules

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  Parallel set of rules for inland US waters; codified at 33 CFR Subchapter E.

  33 CFR §83

• Bowditch — American Practical Navigator

  25 chunks · last ingested 2026-05-01

  NGA. Public domain. Reference for celestial, dead reckoning, charts.

  NGA Pub. 9

• USCG Boatswain's / Coxswain's Mate manuals

  24 chunks · last ingested 2026-05-01

  Public-domain US Coast Guard training texts.

  USCG · public domain

• Light List & Buoy Chart Symbols

  75 chunks · last ingested 2026-05-01

  USCG Light List + Chart No. 1 buoy and aid symbols.

  USCG · public domain