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Official PWC Rules and Regulations Directly From the Source

The proceeding features the official rules and regulations as stated by the Lake George Park Commission (LGPC) specific to personal watercraft (PWC).  Lake George enforcers are known for their strict legislation on the lake, so it is key for all who ride to be educated on the laws of the waterway for maximum pleasure!

-The following has been directly quoted from LGPC's Web site.  Their site can be followed by accessing our links page.

Section 646-2.5 Regulation of Specific Recreational Activities.

Summary:

bulletNY State Certification or Equivalent Required. (All Northeast states are acceptable.)
(Age 31 and younger - 2003 —  all PWC operators 2004)
bulletCertified PFD must be worn for all passengers at all times.
bulletBoater's certification card must be carried for driver.

(a) Personal Water Craft (PWC).

(1) All persons operating PWC upon the waters of Lake George shall comply with the following requirements in addition to all navigational laws and other regulations of the Lake George Park Commission:

(i) A PWC may be operated only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or sunset whichever is earlier.

(ii) No person shall operate a PWC within five hundred (500) feet from the outer boundaries of a designated swimming or mooring area.

(iii) No person shall operate a PWC within five hundred (500) feet of shore at a speed greater than five (5) miles per hour except that such five (5) mile per hour speed limit shall not apply to a PWC operator operating at safe headway speed in a straight line to or from shore or to or from an area five hundred (500) feet from shore.

(iv) No person shall operate a PWC on the waters of Lake George so as to knowingly annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the health, comfort, repose or peace of another person.

(v) No person shall operate a PWC on the waters of Lake George which was manufactured on or after January 1, 1991 with an exhaust system which has been altered in any way from the original manufacturer's equipment.

(vi) On or after January 1, 1992 no person shall operate a PWC on the waters of Lake George if such PWC produces a sound level greater than that of the original manufacturers specifications for that PWC, but in no event shall a PWC operate on the waters of Lake George if such PWC exceeds the sound limits set forth in Section 646-2.8 of this Title.

(2) Accidents involving PWC shall be reported in writing by the owner or operator to the Commission or other law enforcement agency within forty-eight (48) hours after such accident.

-End quote from LGPC's Web site.

 


 
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