Texas Operation of Your Personal Watercraft
Tuesday, Jul. 26th 2011 8:01 AM
NOTE: Children under 13 are specifically prohibited from operating a PWC unless accompanied on board by a person at least 18 years of age.
All operational rules for regular motorboats also apply to PWC. In addition to those requirements, it is unlawful for any person to:
- operate PWC at night (sunset until sunrise);
- operate PWC within 50 feet of another PWC, motorboat, vessel, platform, person, object, or shore except at headway speed without creating a swell or wake (Headway speed = Slow, idle speed, or speed only fast enough to maintain steerage); and
- operate a PWC and jump the wake of another vessel recklessly or unnecessarily close.
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