Cutting through U.S. territorial waters

Hello,

I'd like to sail from Soper's Hole to the Indians. Do I have to keep the US/BVI border on starboard or can I cut through U.S. territorial waters without getting into trouble?

Thanks for any advice!

No problem. It's called innocent passage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocent_passage

Just don't dump your holding tank on the US side.

Great, thank you!

So the preferred holding tank dumping area is on the BVI side??

I don't make the rules (3nm offshore for US, wherever for BVI), I just follow them.