Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part II - FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION › Subpart C - BOATING › Chapter 105 - OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS › Section 105.3 - Unacceptable boating practices

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
It is unlawful to:
(1) Operate a motorboat not equipped with
				  railings or other safeguards at greater than a slow, no wake speed while a
				  person is riding on bow decking, gunwales, transom or motor cover. It is not a
				  violation of this paragraph to ride on the motor cover of an inboard motorboat
				  while underway at that speed if the motor cover is designed by the manufacturer
				  for the operator or a passenger to ride on it.
(2) Operate a motorboat-less than 20 feet in
				  length-at greater than slow, no wake speed while a person is standing on or in
				  the boat. It is not a violation of this paragraph if the boat is designed for
				  the operator or a passenger, or both, to stand while underway at that
				  speed.
(3) Operate or stop a boat
				  in a marked marine event area in violation of the conditions of the
				  event.
(4) Operate or stop a boat
				  in a manner that interferes with the conduct of a permitted marine
				  event.
(5) Cause a boat to become
				  airborne or completely leave the water while crossing the wake of another boat
				  when within 100 feet of the boat creating the wake.
(6) Weave through congested
				  traffic.
(7) Follow too close to
				  another boat, including personal watercraft. For the purposes of this
				  paragraph, following too close shall be construed as operating in excess of
				  slow, no wake speed within 100 feet to the rear or 50 feet to the side of
				  another boat that is underway, unless the boats are operating in a narrow
				  channel, in which case the boats may operate at the speed and flow of other
				  boat traffic.
(8) Operate within
				  100 feet of a water-skier or other boat-towed watersports participant being
				  towed by another boat.
(9) Operate
				  a pontoon boat while a person is riding outside the passenger carrying area.
				  The passenger carrying area is defined by continuous railings or enclosed
				  spaces intended for persons to use while the pontoon boat is underway. This
				  prohibition does not apply when the operator of the boat is docking, mooring,
				  anchoring or rafting the pontoon boat.
(10) Operate a motorboat at any speed with a
				  person or persons sitting, riding or hanging on a swim platform or swim ladder
				  attached to the motorboat, except when launching, retrieving, docking or
				  anchoring the motorboat.
(11)
				  Operate a motorboat at any speed when towing a person on water skis or other
				  boat-towed devices using a tow rope of 20 feet or less as measured from the
				  transom of the boat. This prohibition does not apply to wake surfing as defined
				  in §
										109.4
				  (relating to waterskiingand other boat-towed watersports).
(12) Operate a motorboat propelled by an
				  outboard motor, inboard/outboard motor or water jet while a person is wake
				  surfing in or on the wake of the motorboat, unless the propulsion system is
				  specifically designed by the manufacturer for that
				  activity.
The provisions of this § 105.3 amended under
						30 Pa.C.S. §
													5123.