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F. No person shall board, use, damage or tamper with a watercraft, except <br />when done by the owner or with the owner ’s consent. <br />G. No person under 15 years of age shall operate a v/atercraft powered by <br />a motor of ten horse or more, unless accompanied by a competent person 15 <br />years of age or older. <br />Subsection 6 . The failure to tow or to operate a watercraft towing one or more <br />persons behind a watercraft on water skis, aqua-plane, surfboard, saucer, or similar device, <br />except in compliance with these regulations: <br />A. Every person being towed shall wear a life vest, belt, or other buoyant <br />device, except with written permission of the County Sheriff. <br />B. Not more than two persons may be towed at one time, except with <br />written permission by the County Sheriff. <br />C. No person shall be towed from one-half hour after official sunset to <br />sunrise. <br />D. No person shall be towed by a rope, or cable, or other towing device <br />longer than 85 feet, except with a written permit of the County Sheriff. <br />E. No person shall operate a watercraft when towing a person, and no <br />person being towed, shall come within 150 feet of any bathing area, skin <br />diver ’s warning flag, swimmer, or raft, watercraft, dock, pier or public <br />launching ramp or access except that raft, dock, or pier from which he is <br />operating. <br />F. No person shall tow or be towed during a holiday, a Saturday or a <br />Sunday, or in a congested area at any time, unless two competent persons are <br />on board the watercraft. The driver of such watercraft shall be at least 15 <br />years of age, and must watch where the watercraft is being driven at all times. <br />The second person on board the watercraft shall be an observer, and shall be at <br />least 12 years of age, and shall at all times watch the person or persons being <br />towed. <br />G. No person shall drag an unoccupied tow line behind a watercraft for an <br />unreasonable length of time. <br />H. No person shall tow or be towed into or through a marked channel <br />connecting two bodies of water. <br />057/14134097 3/19/97 <br />J