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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A8 - Reporting of boating accidents

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A written
			 report on forms provided by the department is required to be submitted to the
			 department as prescribed by Section
			 15-149a
			 of the General Statutes, whenever any one or more of the following occurs on
			 board, or involves any vessel:
(1) the death
			 of any person from whatever cause;
(2) the disappearance of any person from on
			 board;
(3) the injury of any person
			 sufficient to require medical attention;
(4) loss or damage to property of any kind,
			 including the vessel, in an amount of more than five hundred dollars.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A10 - Self-propelled water-skis or surf boards prohibited. Operation of wing-in-ground effect vessels restricted

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 operate a self-propelled water-ski or surf board on the waters of the state.
			 For the purpose of this regulation, a self-propelled water-ski or surf board is
			 a vessel propelled by machinery, which:
(1)
			 Has a width not greater than twenty-four inches, or
(2) Is capable of carrying at least one
			 individual who while operating the vessel, has no means of steerage other than
			 by shifting his or her body weight.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A13 - Personal flotation devices for manually propelled racing vessels

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Racing shell, Rowing scull, racing canoe,
			 or racing kayak as used in this section means a manually-propelled vessel that
			 is recognized by national and international associations for use in competitive
			 racing and one in which all occupants row, scull, or paddle with the exception
			 of the coxswain, if one is provided, and is not designed to carry and does not
			 carry any equipment not used solely for competitive racing.
(b) No person on board a racing shell, rowing
			 scull, racing canoe, or racing kayak shall be required to carry any PFD on
			 board, provided any such vessel shall be accompanied at all times by an escort
			 vessel. Each escort vessel shall accompany no more than three vessels at a time
			 and shall keep the escorted vessels in sight at all times, without the use of
			 artificial devices other than eyeglasses. The requirement to use an escort
			 vessel shall not apply to any organized race event when race organizers have
			 taken steps to provide for the safety of such participants, provided the
			 organizer of such event shall give a written explanation of participant safety
			 provisions to the commissioner at least thirty days in advance of the event,
			 and the commissioner approves such provisions in writing before the
			 event.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A14 - Rules for safe operation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No operator of
			 a vessel under power shall allow any person to be on a decked-over bow of such
			 vessel while underway unless the bow of the vessel is equipped with a handrail
			 that encompasses the bow, and all persons on the bow are inward of such
			 handrail. On vessels under power with open bows not decked-over, no operator
			 shall allow any person to sit or stand on the gunwale at the bow of such vessel
			 while underway. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons in
			 or on the bow of vessels engaged in anchoring, mooring, or docking activities
			 and proceeding at dead slow speed.
(b) No operator of a vessel under power shall
			 allow any person in or on the bow of such vessel to hang any portion of the
			 body beyond the handrail or outside the vessel over the top of the gunwale
			 while underway, except when proceeding at dead slow speed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A16 - Posting methods for regulations and local ordinances

Current through July 10, 2024
In the case of any regulation or municipal ordinance respecting
				the operation of vessels adopted pursuant to Section
				15-136
				of the General Statutes, which regulation or ordinance has not been published
				and distributed in pamphlet form on or before the first day of April in
				accordance with the provisions of Section
				15-138
				of the General Statutes, the adopting authority shall post each affected
				waterbody with signs as follows:
(a)
			 Signs shall be posted in a manner and at locations such that the signs are
			 likely to come to the attention of boaters. For a regulation or ordinance
			 affecting a lake or pond, signs concerning such regulation or ordinance shall
			 be posted at every location where public access by boat to such lake or pond is
			 available. For a regulation or ordinance affecting a river or tidal water, a
			 sign or signs concerning such regulation or ordinance shall be posted at every
			 location where public access by boat to such river or tidal water is available
			 when such location is within five miles of the affected waterbody or portion
			 thereof.
(b) Each sign shall be no
			 smaller than eleven inches in width and fifteen inches in height.
(c) Each sign shall be made of plastic or
			 other waterproof material.
(d) At
			 the top of each sign shall be the words, "notice: new boating regulation" or
			 "notice: new boating ordinance," as appropriate, in letters at least one inch
			 in height. The word "notice" shall be on a separate top line. All other letters
			 and numerals on the sign shall be at least three eighths inch in height. The
			 sign shall include the actual text of the regulation or ordinance or a summary
			 of such regulation or ordinance, as well as the words, "posted in accordance
			 with Section
			 15-138
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes," which words shall be printed at the
			 bottom of each sign.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A17 - Personal flotation devices for manually propelled vessels

Current through July 10, 2024
During the period from October first through May thirty-first
				all persons aboard a manually propelled vessel shall wear a United States Coast
				Guard approved PFD of appropriate size and in serviceable condition. Except as
				provided in subsection (b) of section
				15-121-A13
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, no operator, owner or user of
				said manually propelled vessel shall allow any person to be aboard who is not
				wearing a PFD.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A18 - Public safety light

Current through July 10, 2024
Vessels engaged in government sanctioned public safety
				activities, and commercial vessels performing similar functions, may display an
				alternately flashing red and yellow light signal. This identification light
				signal must be located so that it does not interfere with the visibility of the
				vessel's navigation lights. This identification light signal may be used only
				as an identification signal and conveys no special privilege to the vessel.
				Public safety activities include but are not limited to patrolling marine
				events or regattas; traffic control; salvage; firefighting; medical assistance;
				assisting disabled vessels; and search and rescue. The public safety light is
				not a towing light. The light fixture shall be a standard police type beacon,
				with clear, weatherproof lens over a pair of rotating lights; one red and the
				other yellow. The lights shall rotate between 70 and 100 revolutions per
				minute.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-A19 - Marine safety and security zones

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) As used in this
			 section:
(1) "Safety zone" means a water area,
			 shore area, or water and shore area to which, for safety or environmental
			 purposes, access is limited to authorized persons, vehicles, or vessels. It may
			 be stationary and described by fixed limits or it may be described as a zone
			 around a vessel in motion; temporary zones may be established by the
			 commissioner, permanent zones, by the United States Coast Guard under 33CFR
			 165, et seq.;
(2) "Security zone"
			 means an area of land, water, or land and water which is so designated under 33
			 CFR 165, et seq. by the Captain of the Port or District Commander of the United
			 States Coast Guard for such time as is necessary to prevent damage or injury to
			 any vessel or waterfront facility, to safeguard ports, harbors, territories, or
			 waters of the state; and
(3)
			 "Regulated navigation area" means a water area within a defined boundary under
			 33 CFR 165, et seq., for which regulations for vessels navigating within the
			 area have been established under 33 CFR 165, et seq.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B1 - Requirements of an application for a certificate of number

Current through July 10, 2024
The application for a number shall include the
				following:
(1) Name of
			 owner;
(2) Address of owner,
			 including zip code;
(3) Owner
			 identifier, which shall consist of the owner's tax identification number, the
			 owner's date of birth together with the owner's driver's license number, or the
			 owner's date of birth together with the owner's identity card number issued by
			 the Department of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section
			 1-1h of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(4)
			 State of principal operation;
(5)
			 Number previously issued by an issuing authority;
(6) Application type: Authorized terms are
			 "new number", "renewal of number", or "transfer of ownership";
(7) Primary operation: Authorized terms are
			 "charter fishing", "commercial fishing", "commercial passenger carrying",
			 "other commercial operation", "pleasure", "rent or lease", or
			 "livery";
(8) Make and model of
			 vessel;
(9) Model year;
(10) Hull identification number, if
			 any;
(11) Overall length of
			 vessel;
(12) Vessel type:
			 Authorized terms are "air boat", "auxiliary sail", "cabin motorboat", "canoe",
			 "houseboat", "inflatable boat", "open motorboat", "paddlecraft", "personal
			 watercraft", "pontoon boat", "rowboat", "sail only", or "other";
(13) Hull material: Authorized terms are
			 "aluminum", "fiberglass", "plastic", "rubber/vinyl/canvas", "steel", "wood", or
			 "other";
(14) Propulsion type:
			 Authorized terms are "air thrust", "manual", "propeller", "sail", "water jet",
			 or "other";
(15) Engine drive type:
			 Authorized terms are "inboard", "outboard", "pod drive", "sterndrive", or
			 "other";
(16) Fuel: Authorized
			 terms are "electric", "diesel", "gas", or "other"; and,
(17) Signature of the owner
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B2 - Information on a certificate of number

Current through July 10, 2024
The certificate of number shall show the following:
(1) Number issued to the vessel;
(2) Expiration date of the
			 certificate;
(3) State of principal
			 operation;
(4) Name of
			 owner;
(5) Address of owner,
			 including zip code;
(6) Primary
			 operation: Authorized terms are "charter fishing", "commercial fishing",
			 "commercial passenger carrying", "other commercial operation", "pleasure",
			 "rent or lease", or "livery";
(7)
			 Hull identification number, if any;
(8) Make and model of vessel;
(9) Model year;
(10) Overall length of vessel;
(11) Vessel type: Authorized terms are "air
			 boat", "auxiliary sail", "cabin motorboat", "canoe", "houseboat", "inflatable
			 boat", "open motorboat", "paddlecraft", "personal watercraft", "pontoon boat",
			 "rowboat", "sail only", or "other";
(12) Hull material: Authorized terms are
			 "aluminum", "fiberglass", "plastic", "rubber/vinyl/canvas", "steel", "wood", or
			 "other";
(13) Propulsion type:
			 Authorized terms are "air thrust", "manual", "propeller", "sail", "water jet",
			 or "other";
(14) Engine drive type:
			 Authorized terms are "inboard", "outboard", "pod drive", "sterndrive", or
			 "other"; and,
(15) Fuel: Authorized
			 terms are "electric", "diesel", "gas", or "other".
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B3 - Numbering pattern to be used

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 identification numbers awarded under the Connecticut system shall consist of
			 three parts. The first part shall consist of the letters "CT" indicating this
			 state. The second part shall consist of not more than four arabic numerals. The
			 third part shall consist of not more than two letters.
(b) The parts shall be separated by a hyphen
			 or an equivalent space. As examples: CT-1-A; CT-1234-AA; CT 56 ZZ.
(c) Since the letters "I," "O" and "Q" may be
			 mistaken for arabic numerals, they shall not be used in the suffix.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B6 - Numbering of livery boats

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The description
			 of the motor and type of fuel will be omitted from the application and
			 certificate of number of a livery boat in any case where the boat is speeds in
			 excess of eight miles per hour and may engage rented with different motors or
			 with the person renting the board supplying the motor.
(b) The certificate of number of a livery
			 shall be plainly marked "livery boat."
(c) The number awarded the boat livery man
			 will contain the letters "BL" in the suffix. An example of such a number is
			 "CT-1234-BL."
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B12 - Vessel, vessel speeds and fishing restrictions regarding swim areas and boating access areas

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 operate or allow the operation of a vessel inside markers demarcating a
			 restricted swim area which has been authorized in writing by the
			 commissioner.
(b) No person shall
			 operate or allow the operation of a vessel at a speed in excess of Slow-No-Wake
			 when within one hundred feet of markers placed to designate a restricted swim
			 area or boating access area which has been authorized in writing by the
			 commissioner.
(c) This section
			 shall not apply to vessels used exclusively as lifeguard rescue
			 boats.
(d) No person shall fish
			 inside the markers demarcating a restricted swim area that has been authorized
			 in writing by the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B13 - Restricted areas adjacent to dams on the Housatonic River

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall operate a vessel within three hundred feet of
				the upstream side of the Lake Housatonic Dam in Derby, the Stevenson Dam in
				Oxford, the Shepaug Dam in Southbury, or the Bleachery Dam in New Milford. No
				person shall operate a vessel within fifteen hundred feet of the downstream
				side of the Lake Housatonic Dam in Derby or the Shepaug Dam in Southbury,
				within seven hundred feet of the downstream side of the Stevenson Dam in
				Oxford, or within three hundred feet of the downstream side of the Bleachery
				Dam in New Milford.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B14 - Restricted speed limit

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of Slow-No-Wake within one hundred
			 feet of shore, or of a dock, pier, float, or anchored or moored vessel, unless
			 such motorboat is approaching such float, dock or shore for the purpose of
			 enabling a person engaged in waterskiing to take off or land.
(b) The Commissioner may temporarily limit
			 vessel speed to Slow-No-Wake in a construction area or in association with a
			 marine event authorized by the Commissioner pursuant to Section
			 15-121-A6.
			 Uniform State Waterway Marking System controlled area regulatory markers may be
			 placed to indicate the Slow-No-Wake area.
(c) Violation of subsection (a) of this
			 section shall be an infraction.
(d)
			 This section shall not preempt town ordinances or regulations which are adopted
			 in accordance with Section
			 15-136
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and which have more stringent speed limits
			 or distance from shore limits.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15 - Connecticut River regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 operate a vessel in other than a careful and prudent manner, having regard to
			 conditions and circumstances such as weather, current, visibility, water depth,
			 width of channel, proximity to shore and water hazards, vessel traffic and
			 water use, so as not to unreasonably interfere with free and proper use of the
			 navigable waters or endanger life, limb or property.
(b) When not within areas governed by
			 subsection (c) of this section, from the Bulkeley Bridge in Hartford to
			 Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook, when passing a marina, yacht club area in
			 which boats are docked at anchor, or being launched or retrieved or a congested
			 area, a motorboat shall be operated with minimum wake and not in excess of
			 Slow-No-Wake.
(c) No person shall
			 operate a motorboat in excess of Slow-No-Wake within:
(1) The area between the Saybrook breakwaters
			 bounded northerly by the Say-brook inner light and bounded southerly by the
			 Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook;
(2) The area bounded northerly by navigation
			 aid Connecticut River light # 15 and bounded southerly by the southernmost
			 point of Saybrook Point in Old Saybrook;
(3) The area bounded northerly by navigation
			 aid Connecticut River red nun #20 and bounded southerly by the railroad bascule
			 bridge in Old Saybrook;
(4) The
			 area bounded northerly by a point eight hundred feet upstream from the East
			 Haddam Bridge and bounded southerly by a point one thousand five-hundred feet
			 downstream from the East Haddam Bridge;
(5) The area bounded northerly by a point
			 five hundred feet downstream from the highway bridge in Middletown and bounded
			 southerly by navigation aid Connecticut River light #87;
(6) The area bounded northerly by navigation
			 aid Connecticut River light #113 and bounded southerly by the water tower on
			 property now or formerly known as the Connecticut Foundry, in Rocky
			 Hill;
(7) The area bounded
			 northerly by the rail road bridge (north of the Bulkeley Bridge) and bounded
			 southerly by Navigation Aid #143 (south of the Charter Oak Bridge).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15a - Candlewood Lake special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) On the waters
			 of Candlewood Lake, including Squantz Pond, the following restrictions shall
			 apply:
(1) No person shall operate a vessel
			 in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour from one-half hour after sunset to
			 one-half hour before sunrise;
(2)
			 No person shall operate a vessel in excess of forty-five (45) miles per hour
			 from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset;
(3) Within the area of Lattins Cove, from the
			 end northerly for two-thousand five-hundred (2,500) feet no person shall
			 operate a vessel in excess of Slow-No-Wake; and
(4) Within the area of Squantz Cove, from the
			 causeway southeasterly for two-thousand five-hundred (2,500) feet no person
			 shall operate a vessel in excess of Slow-No-Wake.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15b - Lake Lillinonah special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Lake Lillinonah, located in the towns of
				Bridgewater, Brookfield, New Milford, Newtown, and Southbury, no person shall
				operate a vessel at a speed in excess of forty-five miles per hour, except that
				the speed limit shall be twenty-five miles per hour from one half hour after
				sunset to one half hour before sunrise.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15d - Lake Quassapaug special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Lake Quassapaug located in the towns of
				Middlebury and Woodbury the following restrictions shall apply:
(a) No person shall operate a vessel at a
			 speed in excess of twenty five miles per hour.
(b) No person shall operate a vessel at a
			 speed in excess of six miles per hour from the third Saturday in April through
			 the first Tuesday after Labor Day, both days inclusive.
(c) No person shall operate a motorboat
			 between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. prevailing time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15e - Long Pond and Bush Pond special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Long Pond and Bush Pond, both located in the
				towns of Ledyard and North Stonington, the following restrictions shall
				apply:
(a) No motorboat shall be
			 operated on such waters at a speed in excess of five miles per hour.
(b) Water skiing and similar activities
			 involving the towing of any person behind a vessel under power are prohibited
			 on such waters.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15f - Lake Housatonic special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Lake Housatonic located in the towns of
				Seymour, Oxford, Derby and Shelton the following restrictions shall
				apply:
(a) No person shall operate a
			 vessel in excess of 45 miles per hour, except that speed limit shall be 25
			 miles per hour from one half hour after sunset to one half hour before
			 sunrise.
(b) All vessels proceeding
			 upstream shall, when it is safe and practical, keep to that side of midstream
			 which lies on the starboard side of the vessel. All vessels proceeding
			 downstream shall, when it is safe and practical, keep to that side of midstream
			 which lies on the starboard side of the vessel.
(c) Motorboats must be operated at the
			 minimum speed necessary to maintain steerage when within twenty-five feet of
			 any dock, pier, shore, or anchored vessel, except for the purpose of enabling a
			 water-skier to take off or land.
(d) The launching into the air of objects or
			 persons towed by a motorboat is prohibited; however, a town may, in waters
			 within its jurisdiction, permit such activity provided the area, time, and
			 conditions are approved by the commissioner through issuance of a marine event
			 permit pursuant to Section
			 15-140b
			 of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15g - Bantam Lake special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Bantam Lake located in the towns of Morris and
				Litchfield the following restrictions shall apply:
(a) The launching into the air of objects or
			 persons towed by a motorboat is prohibited; however, a town may, in waters
			 within its jurisdiction, permit such activity provided the area, time, and
			 conditions are approved by the commissioner through issuance of a marine event
			 permit pursuant to Section
			 15-140b
			 of the General Statutes.
(b) No
			 person shall operate or allow the operation of any motorboat between the hours
			 of 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. prevailing time.
(c) No person shall operate or allow the
			 operation of any motorboat which is towing a water skier closer than one
			 hundred and fifty feet from the shore, unless such motorboat is approaching the
			 shore for the purpose of enabling a water skier to take off or land.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15h - West Hill Pond special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of West Hill Pond located in the towns of New
				Hartford and Barkhamsted the following restrictions shall apply:
(a) No person shall operate or allow the
			 operation of a motorboat equipped with a motor or motors with a total greater
			 than eight horsepower from Memorial Day through the fifteenth of September,
			 both days inclusive. For purposes of this subsection, Memorial Day shall be as
			 defined in section
			 1-4
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) No person shall operate or allow the
			 operation of a motorboat at a speed in excess of fifteen miles per
			 hour.
(c) No person shall operate
			 or allow the operation of a motorboat at a speed in excess of six miles per
			 hour between sunset and sunrise.
(d) No person shall water-ski or operate a
			 vessel towing a water-skier.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15i - Farmington River special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall operate or allow the operation of a vessel at a
				speed in excess of thirty-five miles per hour on that portion of the Farmington
				River known as Rainbow Reservoir located in the town of Windsor and bounded
				upstream by the Windsor town line and downstream by the Rainbow
				Dam.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15j - Crystal Lake regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Crystal Lake, located in the towns of
				Ellington and Stafford, the following restrictions shall apply:
(a) No person shall operate a motorboat at a
			 speed in excess of forty-five miles per hour;
(b) No person shall operate a motorboat at a
			 speed in excess of six miles per hour from sunset to 9:00 A.M.;
(c) No person shall operate a motorboat at a
			 speed in excess of six miles per hour on Sunday from noon until 3:00
			 P.M.;
(d) No person shall tow
			 anyone or anything, except a disabled boat, with a motorboat on Sunday from
			 noon until 3:00 P.M.;
(e) No person
			 shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of six miles per hour at any
			 time when weather conditions restrict normal visibility to less than one
			 hundred yards;
(f) No person shall
			 operate a vessel less than sixteen feet in length which has an inboard mounted
			 internal combustion engine powering a water-jet pump as its primary source of
			 motor propulsion and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting,
			 standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of
			 sitting or standing within the vessel;
(g) An operator of a vessel towing a water
			 skier shall proceed in a counterclockwise direction around the lake;
(h) No person shall waterski, and no person
			 shall operate a motorboat towing a water skier, from 4:00 P.M. until 10.00 A.M.
			 from the third Saturday in April until the third Saturday in May,
			 inclusive;
(i) No person operating
			 a motorboat shall tow more than two water skiers at any one time;
(j) No person shall engage in kite skiing or
			 parasailing;
(k) No person shall
			 anchor or moor any vessel unattended at a distance in excess of seventy-five
			 feet from shore;
(l) No person
			 shall launch, moor, or otherwise use a vessel with a permanently installed
			 toilet capable of overboard discharge;
(m) No person shall use a vessel for
			 overnight camping unless such vessel is equipped with a U.S. Coast Guard
			 approved marine sanitation device which is not capable of overboard
			 discharge;
(n) No person shall
			 discharge, dispose of, or otherwise release any human or animal sewage
			 overboard.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15k - Lake Zoar special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Lake Zoar located in the towns of Southbury,
				Newtown, Oxford and Monroe, no person shall operate a vessel in excess of
				forty-five miles per hour, except that speed limit shall be twenty-five miles
				per hour from one half hour after sunset to one half hour before
				sunrise.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15l - Pine Island Bay and Baker Cove regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On the waters of Pine Island Bay and Baker Cove, both located
				in the City of Groton and the Noank section of the Town of Groton bounded on
				the west by a line extending from the southernmost point of Avery Point to the
				westernmost point of Pine Island and bounded on the east by a line extending
				from the southernmost point of the east bank of Baker Cove to the westernmost
				point of Bushy Point, the following restrictions shall apply from the fifteenth
				day of May through the fifteenth day of September:
(a) All motorboats shall be operated at
			 Slow-No-Wake;
(b) No person shall
			 water-ski and no person shall operate a vessel towing a water-skier.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15m - Housatonic River regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 operate a vessel in other than a careful and prudent manner, so as not to
			 unreasonably interfere with free and proper use of the navigable waters or
			 endanger life, limb or property, having due regard for conditions and
			 circumstances such as weather, current, visibility, water depth, width of
			 channel, proximity to shore, water hazards, vessel traffic and water
			 use.
(b) When not within areas
			 governed by subsection (c) of this section, from the lower Housatonic Dam in
			 Shelton to the southern tip of the outer break wall in Milford, and when
			 passing a marina, yacht club, fuel dock, an area in which boats are docked, at
			 anchor, being launched or retrieved, or congested area, no person shall operate
			 a vessel in excess of Slow-No-Wake.
(c) No person shall operate a vessel in
			 excess of Slow-No-Wake within:
(1) The area
			 bounded northerly by a point five hundred feet upstream from navigation aid #4
			 and bounded southerly by a point five hundred feet downstream from navigation
			 aid #3;
(2) the channel east of
			 Nells Island and all channels, creeks or waterways within the Charles E.
			 Wheeler Wildlife Management Area, including Nells Island;
(3) the area bounded northerly by the Devon
			 railroad bridge between Milford and Stratford and bounded southerly by
			 navigation aid #14; and
(4) the
			 area bounded northerly by the northernmost tip of Wooster Island and bounded
			 southerly by the southernmost tip of Wooster Island.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15n - Mansfield Hollow Lake (Naubesatuck) special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
On Mansfield Hollow Lake (Naubesatuck) motorboats shall not
				operate at a speed in excess of eight miles per hour and no person shall
				water-ski or operate a vessel towing a water-skier.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B15o - Mystic River regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall operate a vessel in excess of Slow-No-Wake in
				the Mystic River within the following two areas:
(1) Between the entrance to the Mystic Harbor
			 and Red Navigation Marker No. 22, excluding Beebe Cove, where the entrance to
			 Mystic Harbor shall be a line beginning at the southernmost tip of Mouse
			 Island, then east to Red Navigation Buoy "4", known as Whale Rock, then
			 generally northeasterly to Green Navigation Buoy "9" to the northern tip of Ram
			 Island and to the southernmost tip of Mason Point, and
(2) from Red Navigation Buoy "26" northward
			 to Green Navigation Buoy "53".
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-b15p - Lake Waramaug special regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall operate a motorboat on Lake Waramaug in the
				towns of Washington, Warren and Kent in excess of slow-no-wake from May 15
				through September 15, inclusive, in the cove adjacent to Lake Waramaug State
				Park in the area beginning at the northernmost tip of the cove, bounded by the
				shorelines, and southerly from said northernmost tip for a distance of 1,300
				feet.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B16 - Vessel restrictions on state-owned lakes and ponds

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Motorboats shall not be operated at a
			 speed in excess of eight miles per hour and no person shall water-ski or
			 operate a vessel towing a water-skier on the following state-owned lakes and
			 ponds unless specified in subsection (b) of this section:
(1) Amos Lake, Preston;
(2) Avery Lake, Preston;
(3) Babcock Pond, Colchester;
(4) Beachdale Pond, Voluntown;
(5) Beseck Lake, Middlefield;
(6) Burr Pond, Torrington;
(7) Dooley Pond, Middletown;
(8) Eagleville Lake, Coventry and
			 Mansfield;
(9) Gorton Pond, East
			 Lyme;
(10) Halls Pond, Ashford and
			 Eastford;
(11) Hatch Pond,
			 Kent;
(12) Higganum Reservoir,
			 Haddam;
(13) Holebrook Pond,
			 Hebron;
(14) Hopeville Pond,
			 Griswold;
(15) Mono Pond,
			 Columbia;
(16) Morey Pond, Ashford
			 and Union;
(17) North Farms
			 Reservoir, Wallingford;
(18) Park
			 Pond, Winchester;
(19) Pataconk
			 Lake, Chester, and in addition, the use of internal combustion engines is
			 prohibited during the months of July and August;
(20) Pattagansett Lake, East Lyme;
(21) Pickerel Lake, Colchester and East
			 Haddam;
(22) Powers Lake, East
			 Lyme;
(23) Silver Lake (Peat Works
			 Pond), Berlin and Meriden;
(24)
			 Tetreault Pond, Killingly;
(25)
			 Winchester Lake, Winchester; and
(26) Wyassup Lake, North
			 Stonington.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B18 - Modification of regulations during marine events. Exemption for law enforcement and emergency vessels

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Section
			 15-121-B12
			 through Section
			 15-121-B15,
			 inclusive, Sections
			 15-121-B15a
			 through
			 15-121-B15o,
			 inclusive, and Section
			 15-121-B16
			 shall not apply to:
(1) A law enforcement or
			 emergency vessel owned by a federal, state or municipal agency while such
			 vessel is being used in the performance of official duties in connection with
			 law enforcement or an emergency, or;
(2) A non emergency vessel owned by a
			 federal, state or municipal agency when such vessel is being used in connection
			 with official functions, if compliance with such sections would impede the
			 performance of those functions, or;
(3) An emergency vessel eligible for
			 assistance referrals from the U.S. Coast Guard or from a state or municipal law
			 enforcement agency while such vessel is responding to an emergency.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Restricted Zones for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials › Section 15-121-C1 - Transportation of hazardous substances in Connecticut waters

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No vessel, regardless of tonnage size, or
				manner of propulsion, and whether self-propelled or not, transporting oil or
				other hazardous substance in bulk shall navigate in Connecticut waters in Long
				Island Sound north of a "Shore Clearance Line" except when, in the judgment of
				the master, the safety of the vessel, cargo or crew would be jeopardized and
				except further that a course not less than sixty degrees north of the Shore
				Clearance Line may be taken when making an approach to the channel entrance at
				a port of call or in departing from same and except further that a vessel may
				navigate north of the Shore Clearance Line at Long Sand Shoal when making an
				approach to the Connecticut River.
(b) Oil means oil of any kind or in any form,
				including but not limited to petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil
				mixed with wastes other than dredge spoil; hazardous substance means any liquid
				cargo which is inflammable or combustible or which, when discharged in any
				quantity into or upon the waters of Connecticut causes or is likely to cause
				significant damage to the environmental resources of Connecticut, including but
				not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, shorelines, and beaches; Shore
				Clearance Line means a series of straight lines connecting sequentially the
				following navigation aids as numbered and described in Coast Guard Light List
				(CG-158) Volume I, Atlantic Coast (1972):
Number
Description
Nearest
								Locality
981
Parsonage Point Lighted Buoy 40
Mamaroneck, N.Y
976
The Cows Lighted Bell Buoy 32
Stamford, Conn.
969
Norwalk Harbor Lighted Gong Buoy
								24A
Norwalk, Conn.
968
Cockenoe Island Shoal Lighted Bell 24
Norwalk, Conn.
961
Stratford Point Lighted Bell Buoy 18
Stratford, Conn.
958
New Haven Light
New Haven, Conn.
954
Townshend Ledge Lighted Gong Buoy 10A
East Haven, Conn.
952
Goose Island Lighted Bell Buoy 10G1
Guilford, Conn.
947
Long Sand Shoal West End Lighted Bell
								Buoy
Westbrook, Conn.
946
Long Sand Shoal Lighted Gong Buoy
								8B
Westbrook, Conn.
944
Long Sand Shoal Lighted Whistle Buoy 8A
Old Saybrook, Conn.
942
Saybrook Bar Lighted Bell Buoy 8
Lyme, Conn.
934
Bartlett Reef Lighted Whistle Buoy 2A
Seaside Pt., Conn.
917
Seaflower Reef Light
Mumford, Pt., Conn.
916
North Dumpling Light
(North of North Hill, Fisher's
								Island,N.Y.)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 140e - Exemption From Safe Boating Certificate › Section 15-140e-4 - Exemption for operators of rental vessels

Current through July 10, 2024
Any operator of a vessel rented for a period of fourteen days
				or less from a person or organization engaged in the business of commercial
				rental of vessels, who claims exemption from safe boating certificate
				requirements pursuant to subsection (d) of Section
				15-140e
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall carry on board such vessel the
				original or a copy of the written agreement for such rental stating the period
				of such rental and the identity of the lessee. Any such operator shall produce
				such rental agreement upon demand of any enforcement officer identified in
				Section
				15-154
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 140f - Boating Safety › Section 15-140f-1 - Safe boating certificate course content. Safe water skiing endorsement course content

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person
			 required by subsections (a) or (b) of section
			 15-140e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes to successfully complete a course prior to
			 issuance of a safe boating certificate shall complete a course in safe boating
			 operation which, for purposes of these regulations, shall include a minimum of
			 eight hours of classroom instruction. Said course shall subscribe to the
			 National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) National
			 Boating Education Standards amended from time to time and available online at
			 www.nasbla.org or from the NASBLA Headquarters Office, 1648 McGrathiana
			 Parkway, Suite 360, Lexington, KY 40511. Said course shall include a section on
			 Invasive Aquatic Vegetation as described in subsection (h) of section
			 15-140e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) For purposes of this section, and section
			 15-140e
			 and subsection (c) of section
			 15-140f
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the following courses in safe boating
			 operation may be approved by the commissioner:
(1) Classroom courses with a proctored,
			 closed-book examination in safe boating operation taught by Department of
			 Energy and Environmental Protection personnel or their agents who have been
			 designated to teach such course by the commissioner;
(2) Classroom courses in safe boating
			 operation which have been approved by the National Association of State Boating
			 Law Administrators with a proctored, closed-book examination;
(3) Classroom courses in safe boating
			 operation taught by members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary with a
			 proctored, closed-book examination; and
(4) Classroom courses in safe boating
			 operation taught by members of the United States Power Squadrons with a
			 proctored, closed-book examination.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 140f - Boating Safety › Section 15-140f-2 - Proctored examinations for safe boating certificates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person taking an approved course in
			 safe boating operation as the prerequisite for issuance of a safe boating
			 certificate shall also be required to pass a proctored closed book examination
			 to be given at the conclusion of such course. In the case of a course in safe
			 boating operation taught by Department of Environmental Protection personnel or
			 its agents, such examination shall consist of no fewer than fifty questions
			 prepared by the Commissioner. The minimum score to pass such examination shall
			 be eighty percent correct answers.
(b) As provided by Section
			 15-140e(b)(2)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, any person may take an equivalency
			 examination in order to satisfy the prerequisite for issuance of a safe boating
			 certificate. Such examination may be taken only one time. The equivalency
			 examination shall be taken upon application, in person at a place and at a time
			 designated by the Commissioner and shall consist of a closed book examination
			 of no fewer than fifty questions prepared by the Commissioner. The minimum
			 score to pass such examination shall be eighty percent correct answers. Any
			 person who fails to pass such examination shall be required to successfully
			 complete an approved course in safe boating operation as identified in Section
			 15-140f-1
			 or
			 15-140j-2(c)(1)
			 of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies as a prerequisite to
			 receiving a safe boating certificate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 140f - Boating Safety › Section 15-140f-4 - Fees for safe boating certificate courses and examinations and for issuing safe boating certificates, temporary safe boating certificates and duplicate certificates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) There shall be
			 no fee for an approved course in safe boating operation taught by Department of
			 Environmental Protection personnel or its agents.
(b) The fee for a safe boating certificate
			 equivalency examination shall be seventy five dollars for any person taking
			 such examination.
(c) The fee for
			 issuance of a safe boating certificate or temporary safe boating certificate
			 shall be fifty dollars.
(d) The
			 Commissioner may set a fee for issuance of a duplicate safe boating certificate
			 of twenty dollars.
(e) Duplicate
			 certificates issued because of name change due to marriage or divorce shall be
			 free of charge.
(f) The fee payable
			 under this section for an equivalency examination shall be paid prior to taking
			 such examination. Fees for issuance of certificates payable under this section
			 shall accompany the application for a safe boating certificate, temporary safe
			 boating certificate or duplicate certificate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 140f - Boating Safety › Section 15-140f-5 - Reciprocal agreements with other states

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person who
			 possesses a safe boating or a personal watercraft operation certificate issued
			 by a state having an agreement of reciprocity with the Commissioner may present
			 evidence of said certificate to satisfy the educational requirements, as
			 described in Sections
			 15-140e
			 and
			 15-140j
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, for the issuance of a Connecticut safe
			 boating certificate or a certificate of personal watercraft
			 operation.
(b) Any person who is
			 required to possess a safe boating certificate under Section
			 15-140e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or a certificate of personal watercraft
			 operation under Section
			 15-140j
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and who possesses a safe boating
			 certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation issued by a state
			 having an agreement of reciprocity with the Commissioner, shall obtain a safe
			 boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation issued by
			 the Commissioner within ninety days of becoming a resident of this
			 state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 140j - Boating Safety › Section 15-140j-1 - Issuance of certificates of personal watercraft operation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A certificate of personal watercraft
			 operation required by subsection (b) of Section
			 15-140j
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be a safe boating certificate as
			 described in subsection (a) of Section
			 15-140e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, with a notation thereon that the person to
			 whom it is issued may operate a personal watercraft. For purposes of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, "personal watercraft" shall be
			 defined as that term is defined in Section
			 15-140j
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
(b) Any person required to obtain a
			 certificate of personal watercraft operation shall apply for such certificate
			 to the Commissioner on a form provided by the Commissioner. The application
			 shall contain the items of information required by subsection (a) of 15-140f-3
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies for issuance of a safe boating
			 certificate. The applicant shall also provide with the application:
(1) the original or a photocopy of the
			 document demonstrating successful completion of the course specified in Section
			 15-140j-2(c)(1)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or an original statement,
			 written on the letterhead of and signed by an authorized representative of the
			 agency or organization which gave such course, attesting to the existence of
			 records which show that the applicant successfully completed such course;
			 or
(2) the original or a photocopy
			 of the document demonstrating successful completion of the course specified in
			 Section
			 15-140j-2(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and the original lifetime safe
			 boating certificate or duplicate of such certificate issued pursuant to Section
			 15-140f-3
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or other verification
			 obtained from the records of the Commissioner that such certificate was issued,
			 or proof as specified in subsection (h) or (i) of Section
			 15-140f-3
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies of eligibility to be issued
			 such certificate; or
(3) the
			 original or a photocopy of the document demonstrating successful passing of the
			 equivalency examination specified in Section
			 15-140j-2(c)(2)
			 of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies.
The Commissioner may waive the requirements contained in
				subdivisions (1) to (3) of this subsection, as applicable, if the records of
				the Commissioner demonstrate that a course as specified in this section was
				successfully completed or an equivalency examination, as specified in Section
				15-140j-2(c)(2)
				of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies, was passed.