2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
CHAPTER 46-27 - Personal Watercraft Safety Act
§ 46-27-1 - Definitions.
SECTION 46-27-1
§ 46-27-1 Definitions. – In this chapter, the term:
(1) "Headway speed" in this section means the slowest speed at which a personal watercraft can be operated and maintain steerage way.
(2) "Operator" means a person who operates or who has charge of the navigation or use of a watercraft.
(3) "Personal watercraft" means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional method of sitting or standing inside the vessel.
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