Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, watercraft shall be subject to the Rules to Prevent Collisions of Vessels and Pilot Rules for Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and of the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico (C.F. 236479), promulgated by the United States Coast Guard, pursuant to act of Congress, as such rules are now or may hereafter from time to time be adopted. [Code 1980 at § 10.12.190].