Rule 2. These rules apply to vessels and associated equipment used, to be used, or carried in vessels used on any waters within the territorial limits of this state including those waters of the Great Lakes which are under the jurisdiction of this state, except:
(a) Foreign vessels temporarily using waters subject to state jurisdiction.(b) Military or public vessels of the United States, except recreational-type public vessels.(c) A vessel whose owner is a state or political subdivision thereof, other than this state and its political subdivisions, which is used principally for governmental purposes, and which is clearly identifiable as such.Mich. Admin. Code R. 281.1232