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2016 Code of Alabama
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND WATERCOURSES.
Chapter 5 - REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF VESSELS.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 33-5-22.1 - "Sailboard" defined; hull deemed flotation device.
AL Code § 33-5-22.1 (2016) What's This?
Section 33-5-22.1"Sailboard" defined; hull deemed flotation device. (a) For the purposes of this section "sailboard" means any sailboat whose unsupported mast is connected by a snivel or a flexible universal joint to a hull similar to the hull of a surfboard.
(b) Any law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the hull of a sailboard shall be deemed to be a flotation device. Any sailboarder or wind surfer is exempt from any additional type of personal flotation device.
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