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Boating Safety
Failure to adhere to these warnings may
result in severe injury or death to you and/or others.
• Every towed person must always wear a USCG-
approved personal flotation device.
• Always have an experienced driver and a
designated observer in the boat while being
towed.
• Maintain a distance of at least 100 feet from all
other objects, including other boats, piers, rafts,
mooring and navigational buoys, pilings,
abutments, or any other items.
• Never waterski, wakeboard or participate in other
towed watersports in shallow water, close to
shore, or in water where you do not know the
depth or what is beneath the surface.
• Never put your arm, head, or any other part of
your body through the handle-bridle of the tow
line nor wrap the line around any part of the body
at any time.
• Do not participate in watersports while under the
influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
• Do not participate in watersports during inclement
weather or on rough water.
• Never waterski, wakeboard or participate in other
towed watersports directly in front of other boats
who may run over you if you fall.
• Never waterski, wakeboard or participate in other
towed watersports at night.
• Never jump from a boat that is moving at any
speed.
• Make sure that everyone knows and uses
approved towed watersports hand signals.
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