Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 22 - WATERCRAFT REGULATION › Section 22-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as
				  set forth in W.S. §
									41-13-101 and the Commission also
				  adopts the following definitions:
(a)
				"Accompanied by an adult" means no person under the age of sixteen (16) years
				shall operate or be in physical control of a motorized watercraft on the waters
				of the State unless an adult is also physically aboard the motorized watercraft
				and is responsible for the operation of the watercraft.
(b) "Adult" means a person eighteen (18)
				years of age or older.
(c) "Aft"
				means a direction toward the back of a watercraft.
(d) "Beam" means the width of a watercraft at
				its widest part.
(e) "Bow" means
				the front of a watercraft.
(f)
				"Certificate of number" means watercraft registration.
(g) "Degrees of a compass" means the
				gradations in a compass; there are three hundred sixty degrees (360°)
				within a compass.
(h) "Diver down
				flag" is a rectangular shaped flag either blue and white in color (alpha flag)
				or red in color with a white diagonal stripe (diving flag), not less than
				twelve (12) inches by twelve (12) inches and displayed no less than three (3)
				feet above the surface of the water.
(i) "Duplicate number or duplicate
				certificate" means a certificate of number issued by the Department to replace
				an original certificate of number.
(j) "Enclosed cabin" means a permanent
				structure with hardened sides, which is intended for human
				occupation.
(k) "Engine cut-off
				switch" means a device for shutting off the engine of a watercraft in the event
				the operator falls off the watercraft while it is underway.
(l) "Gunwale" means the upper edge of the
				side of a watercraft.
(m) "HIN"
				means a Hull Identification Number that meets the specifications listed in
				Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(n) "Length of a watercraft" means the length
				of the hull of a watercraft measured in a straight line from the stem to the
				stern excluding the deck, bowsprits, bumpkins, rudders, outboard motor brackets
				and similar fittings or attachments.
(o) "Motorized watercraft" means any
				watercraft powered by an internal combustion or electric engine.
(p) "Motorized watercraft dealer " means a
				person who is engaged in the business of manufacture or sale of motorboats in
				Wyoming and who is required to be licensed with the Wyoming Department of
				Revenue to collect and remit sales tax or a person whose motorboat sales
				business is outside Wyoming, but who demonstrates motorboats in
				Wyoming.
(q) "No wake" means the
				speed of a watercraft when underway does not cause water action that disturbs
				another watercraft at rest, a dock, or swimmers, and does not exceed a speed of
				five (5) miles per hour.
(r)
				"Operator" means the person in physical control of or directing the movement of
				a watercraft while it is in use. When the person in physical control of a
				watercraft is under the age of sixteen (16) years, the accompanying adult may
				be considered the operator.
(s)
				"Personal watercraft" means any watercraft propelled by a water-jet pump or
				other machinery as its primary source of motor power and that is designed to be
				operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the watercraft, rather
				than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the
				watercraft.
(t) "Port" means the
				left side of a watercraft as one faces forward while aboard the watercraft and
				is denoted by a red light.
(u)
				"Proof of ownership for temporary operation" means a notarized bill of sale
				stating the name of the previous owner of the motorized watercraft, the name of
				the purchaser of the watercraft, description of the watercraft with correct HIN
				or a copy of a properly transferred title, a bill of sale with correct HIN from
				a motorized watercraft dealer, or a copy of a notarized affidavit by the
				builder of a homemade watercraft that indicates a description of the watercraft
				and the date construction was completed.
(v) "Rental boat owner" means a person who
				rents watercraft to the public for a fee.
(w) "Safe carrying capacity" means the
				capacity shall not exceed the number of persons or the weight limit, whichever
				is reached first, as stated on the capacity plate affixed to the
				watercraft.
(x) "Starboard" means
				the right side of a watercraft as one faces forward while aboard the watercraft
				and is denoted by a green light.
(y) "Stem" means the line where the port and
				starboard hulls join together at the bow.
(z) "Stern" means the transom or rear end of
				a watercraft.
(aa) "Temporary
				operation" means the operation of a motorized watercraft without a certificate
				of number during the thirty (30) consecutive days immediately following the
				date of purchase.
(bb) "Throwable
				device" means a U.S. Coast Guard approved ring buoy or buoyant
				cushion.
(cc) "Underway" means the
				watercraft is being propelled by mechanized power, wind, or human
				effort.
(dd) "Vessel" means every
				description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable
				of being used as a means of transportation on the water.
(ee) "Wake" means the water action caused by
				a watercraft that is underway that disturbs another watercraft at rest, a dock,
				or swimmers, and, the speed of the watercraft exceeds five (5) miles per
				hour.
(ff) "Water sport toy" means
				a sailboard, float tube, kite board or any aid to swimming or fishing that is
				not defined as a watercraft.
(gg)
				"Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed primarily for navigation on
				the water or is designed to be propelled by paddles, oars, sails or motors,
				except devices defined as water sport toys. Amphibious vehicles designed for
				travel over land and water with mechanical propulsion systems shall be
				considered watercraft for the purpose of this regulation.
(hh) "Watercraft of closed construction"
				describes watercraft that have one or more of the following conditions:
(i) Inboard engines;
(ii) Closed compartments under seats wherein
				portable fuel tanks may be stored;
(iii) Double bottoms not sealed to the hull
				or which are not completely filled with floatation materials;
(iv) Closed living spaces;
(v) Closed stowage compartments in which
				combustible material are stored; or,
(vi) Permanently installed fuel
				tanks.