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Boating Safety

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Unlawful Practices

       It is unlawful to operate or give permission for the operation of a vessel which is not equipped as required.

       To is unlawful to for any operator to exceed the speed posted or charted in any specific zone or area. Under all other circumstances speed must be reasonable and proper in consideration of the prevailing conditions.

       Speeds exceeding 5 mph are illegal at all times in or within 30 yards of any vessel, harbor, marina, landing pier, fishing pier, anchorage or bathing beach and the hours between sunset and sunrise.

       It is unlawful to wake jump with a motorized vessel withint 50 yards of another craft.

      Operating a motorboat with a blood alcohol content of .08% or greater constitutes Boating Under the Influence (BUI) and carries a penalty of up to $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail and the loss of boating privileges for six months. Refusal to submit to a chemical blood alcohol text will result in the same penalties as BUI.

       No one under 14 shall operate motorboats of any class at any time. Owners shall be held responsible. No one under 18 shall operate a watercraft without completing a boaters saftey course. Listed under safety.

       Each personal watercraft operator must wear a lanyard-type engine cutoff switch if the personal watercraft is equipped by the manufacturer.

 
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