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Wakeboarder towed behind a boat

Vessel operators towing a person(s) on water skis, aquaplanes, surfboards, inner tubes, or any similar devices and the persons being towed must do so safely and responsibly.

  • A person may not be towed between sunset and sunrise.
  • Those towing persons on water skis, a surfboard, or similar device and those being towed must act in a safe and prudent manner. Vessels towing persons must keep at least 200 feet away from any wharf, marina, dock, pier, bridge, structure, abutment, shore, aid to navigation, mooring, other vessel, or person in the water.
  • It is illegal to operate the vessel or manipulate the tow rope, water skis, or other device such that the towed device or person collides with any other person or object.
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