Laws and Safety Equipment

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WATER SKIING AND TOWING

• Boat operators must maintain a proper look out and a safe course of travel when towing a person on water skis or other devices.
• In addition to the operator, an observer, who is at least eight years of age, must be on board to watch and communicate with the skier.
• The observer must display an international orange flag, at least 12 inches square and mounted on a handle, when the skier is down in the water.
• Water skis and other towed devices may be used only between sunrise and sunset.
• All persons being towed behind a vessel must wear a properly fitted U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD. An inflatable PFD may not be used to meet this requirement.
• You must have room on board your boat, within the boat’s maximum persons capacity, for any person(s) being towed behind the boat.