NARROW-CHANNEL RULE

narrow-channel rule.The navigational requirement that a vessel traveling down a slim fairway must keep as near to the fairway wall on the vessel’s starboard side as is safe and practicable. 33

USCA § 2009(a)(i). [Cases: Collision 90. C.J.S. Collision §§ 160, 162, 165–174, 177, 180.]

[Blacks Law 8th]