Section 35.20-45 - Use of Auto Pilot-T/ALLWhen 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 manual 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.CGD 75-074, 42 FR 5963, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 91-204, 58 FR 27633, May 10, 1993; USCG-2015-0926, 83 FR 55281, Nov. 5, 2018, 83 FR 56271, Nov. 13, 2018