Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 301 - TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 6 - Water Patrol › Section 301 KAR 6:001 - Definitions for 301 KAR Chapter 6

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 235,
				33 C.F.R.
				175.15
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				235.280 requires the Department of Fish and
				Wildlife Resources to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the fair,
				reasonable, equitable, and safe use of all waters of Kentucky and to carry out
				the purposes of KRS Chapter 235. This administrative regulation establishes
				definitions for terms used in 301 KAR Chapter 6. 46 U.S.C. Chapter 131 requires
				the state to comply specific elements of applicable federal laws and
				regulations which specify requirements for States RBS Program.
				33 C.F.R.
				175.13 defines wearable and throwable
				PFDs.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Adequate ventilation" means ventilation
			 that meets Boating Industry Association and U.S. Coast Guard requirements at
			 the time the vessel was manufactured.
(2) "Airborne device" means a kite,
			 parachute, or similar device that holds a person aloft while towed behind a
			 moving vessel.
(3) "Class A" means
			 vessels less than sixteen (16) feet in length.
(4) "Class 1" means vessels sixteen (16) feet
			 or over and less than twenty-six (26) feet in length.
(5) "Class 2" means vessels twenty-six (26)
			 feet or over and less than forty (40) feet in length.
(6) "Class 3" means vessels forty (40) feet
			 or more in length.
(7) "Crossing"
			 means a situation in which a vessel approaches another from an angle of 112.5
			 degrees or less from either side of the bow.
(8) "Documented by the federal government"
			 means a vessel that has been registered with, and issued official registration
			 documents by, the United States Coast Guard.
(9) "Idle speed" means the slowest possible
			 speed at which maneuverability can be maintained.
(10) "International diving flag" means a red
			 flag with a white stripe running diagonally from an upper corner to the
			 opposite lower corner.
(11)
			 "Length":
(a) Means the longest dimension of a
			 boat measured along the centerline from the bow to the stern; and
(b) Does not mean the length including
			 outboard motors, swim platforms, or similar attachments.
(12) "Manually propelled racing vessel" means
			 a racing shell, rowing scull, racing canoe, or racing kayak recognized by
			 national or international racing associations for use in competitive racing,
			 and not carrying or having been designed to carry equipment, except that which
			 is solely for competitive racing.
(13) "Overtaking" means a situation in which
			 a faster vessel approaches a slower vessel from an angle of more than 112.5
			 degrees from either side of the bow of the slower vessel.
(14) "Passing" means a situation in which
			 vessels approach and pass each other from head on or nearly so.
(15) "Personal Flotation Device or PFD" means
			 any lifesaving device classified and approved by the regulations of the
			 commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
(16) "Throwable personal flotation device"
			 means a PFD designed to be thrown to someone in the water".:.
(17) "Water skis" means rigid or inflatable
			 skis, kneeboards, tubes, wakeboards, or similar devices.
(18) "Water skiing" means:
(a) The act of riding in or upon water skis
			 while being towed behind a moving vessel or propelled by a boat's wake or while
			 riding on or in a boat's wake directly behind a vessel that is underway;
			 or
(b) Barefoot skiing.
(19) "Wearable personal flotation
			 device" means a PFD designed to be worn or otherwise attached to the
			 body.