# 2024-31600: Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility Determination for a Foreign-Built Vessel: Skydancer (Sail); Invitation for Public Comments

2024-31600, Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility Determination for a Foreign-Built Vessel: Skydancer (Sail); Invitation for Public Comments, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective Submit comments on or before February 5, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31600
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31600
- Title: Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility Determination for a Foreign-Built Vessel: Skydancer (Sail); Invitation for Public Comments
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: Submit comments on or before February 5, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The government is checking if the foreign-built sailboat Skydancer can get special permission to carry up to 12 paying passengers along the U.S. coast. They want to hear from U.S. boat builders and businesses about how this might affect them. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until February 5, 2025, to speak up—no fees involved, just your voice!

## Abstract

The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to issue coastwise endorsement eligibility determinations for foreign-built vessels which will carry no more than twelve passengers for hire. A request for such a determination has been received by MARAD. By this notice, MARAD seeks comments from interested parties as to any effect this action may have on U.S. vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag vessels. Information about the requestor's vessel, including a brief description of the proposed service, is listed below.

## Effects PRIA read

- Foreign-Built Sailboat Seeks Coastwise Entry: cost, low. MARAD received a request to determine if the foreign-built sailboat Skydancer (a 57-foot monohull) can get a coastwise endorsement to carry no more than 12 paying passengers for hire. The requester intends to run passenger sailing charters based in Marina Del Rey, California.
- Stakeholders Can Comment by Feb 5, 2025: benefit, low. U.S. vessel builders and businesses that use U.S.-flag vessels may submit comments about this application. Comments must be submitted on or before February 5, 2025, to docket MARAD-2024-0165 via regulations.gov or by mail/hand delivery.
- MARAD May Deny Approval To Protect U.S. Interests: benefit, low. MARAD will not approve the vessel's coastwise endorsement eligibility if it determines that employing the vessel in coastwise trade to carry no more than 12 passengers will have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S. vessel builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels. Comments should address the…

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## Sources
- [2024-31600 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31600/coastwise-endorsement-eligibility-determination-for-a-foreign-built-vessel-skydancer-sail-invitation)
- [2024-31600 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31600.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31600 (as of 2026-06-08).